De Bethune DB25 Digitale puts jumping hours around a spherical moon

De Bethune’s DB25 Digitale, reference DB25VD, turns the DB25 into a highly unconventional digital display. A jumping-hour aperture sits at 12 o’clock, analogue minutes appear on a rotating disc at 6, and a central palladium-and-blued-steel moon sphere is inclined at 60 degrees. The polished Grade 5 titanium case measures 42 mm by 11.9 mm and is rated to 3 ATM.

The hand-wound DB2144V3 calibre contains 416 components and 32 jewels, runs at 28,800 vibrations per hour and stores five days of power. Its spherical moon display is stated to deviate by one lunar day in 1,112 years. Random-guilloché blued titanium and grey-gold stars complete the celestial construction.