This is a lively and playful piece, designed in the manner of reversible watches. DeWitt X-Watch features “bonnet” in the shape of an “X” that partly covers the face of the watch. Four push-pieces, positioned at the upper and lower edge of the case, are used to separate the middle and slowly open up to reveal a face of a watch. Only in this position the wearer can flip over the case and lock it up again. However, the watch will continue to serve its inner purpose even when the bonnet is in the closed position, and will remain completely readable.



The core of this watch beats with DeWitt’s third in-house manufactured movement - Calibre DW 8046. This powerful reversible movement provides several complications: bi-retrograde hours and minutes, tourbillon, chronograph and patented Automatic Sequential Winding (A.S.W.). The movement is composed of 535 individual parts and offers between 67 and 72 hours of power reserve.




The round-shaped case is made in Grade 5 Titanium and boasts traditional DeWitt imperial columns on the bezel. It has no less than 49 millimeters in diameter, being 21.80 millimeters thick. The dial has a rhodium plated and polished decoration, shaped like an hourglass. At the upper portion, it features a 120-degree power reserve indicator. The lower section reveals a tourbillon, with a small seconds hand attached to its cage. Left and right from the center of the watch are hours and minutes, both read from the bottom to top. When the bonnet is closed, every detail still remains visible.



But, when we flip the dial on the lower side – there is a hidden face: a skeleton chronograph. It has a disk seconds indication and a triple-arm minutes hand covering a 30 minute time-span on three levels. At the top of the dial, there is small seconds counter. Minutes are printed on the sapphire glass, on the lower part of the dial, positioned on three levels. Triple-armed hand, topped with small disks on each tip, covers the three 10-minute levels per cycle. The rotor has beautiful rose gold finishes and truly looks impressive.

Technical details

Calibre:

One single reversible movement displaying bi-retrograde hours and minutes on each side and featuring an automatic Tourbillon, a Chronograph and a patented Automatic Sequential Winding (A.S.W.) device driven by a peripheral oscillating rotor. Manufactured by DeWitt.

Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph and power reserve indication. Reversible, twin-faced case.
Power reserve: Between 67 and 72 hours
Vibrations: 21’600 A/h
Balance: Variable-inertia (Glucydur) balance
Spiral: Straumann Hairspring® with Phillips curve sequenced at 3 Hz.
Escapement: 44° angle of lift
Jewelling: 58 jewels
Number of components: 535

Case:Round-shaped, with traditional DeWitt imperial columns on the bezel. X-shaped bonnet covering the dial and activated by 4 push-pieces. Chronograph function activated by 2 push-pieces.
Material: Grade 5 Titanium and steel “X”-shaped bonnet
Diameter: 49 mm
Thickness: 21.80 mm
Case back: Sapphire crystal, secured with screws
Water-resistance: 30 meters
Dial side: central applique in the shape of an hourglass. Background with guilloche pattern.
Chronograph side: background “plate” in blackened nickel silver
Hands: Hours and Minutes: open-worked hands in the shape of two-edged swords. Seconds: thin and elegant hand placed on the Tourbillon Power reserve: thin and elegant hand. Chronograph seconds: gliding seconds disk. Chronograph minutes: 3-arm minutes hand covering a 30 minute time span and with small disks on each tip
Wristband: Semi-mat black calf leather strap with rubbery aspect
Buckle: Grade 5 Titanium & Black PVD triple blade folding clasp, polished, engraved “W” signature