De Bethune is an independent Swiss luxury watch brand celebrated for its avant-garde designs, innovative materials, and groundbreaking horological technology. Founded in 2002 by David Zanetta and Denis Flageollet, the brand merges artistic vision with technical mastery, creating timepieces with distinctive features like floating lugs for enhanced comfort and cases crafted from advanced materials such as titanium or blued titanium. De Bethune’s proprietary movements showcase innovations like silicon/white gold balance wheels and self-regulating twin barrels, while their thermally blued titanium elements deliver a signature deep blue hue. The brand excels in astronomical complications, offering hyper-realistic moon phase indicators and celestial displays, alongside skeletonized and artistic dials that reveal intricate mechanics. Iconic models include the elegant DB25, the lightweight DB28 with floating lugs, the reversible DB Kind of Two, and the experimental DB Dream Watch Series, such as the DB28XP Starry Seas. Combining traditional craftsmanship with futuristic innovation, De Bethune hand-finishes each watch to ensure exceptional quality, with prices ranging from $50,000 to over $500,000, reflecting their exclusivity and complexity. Would you like further details on a specific model?