De Bethune DB28 Wins Geneva Grand Prix Watch Of The Year 2011

The international jury, composed of watchmaking professionals, awarded the eleven prizes to best watchmaking creations in various categories. The winner of the “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix, officially the watch of the year 2011, is the amazing DB28 model by De Bethune. Here is a complete list of laureates:

- “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix: De Bethune, DB28
- Best Ladies’ Watch Prize: Boucheron, Crazy Jungle Hathi
- Best Men’s Watch Prize: Hermès, Arceau Le Temps Suspendu
- Best Design Watch Prize: Urwerk, UR-110
- Best Jewellery and Artistic Crafts Watch Prize: Van Cleef & Arpels, Lady Arpels Polar Landscape
- Best Complicated Watch Prize: Zenith, Academy Christophe Colomb Equation of Time
- Best Sports Watch Prize: TAG Heuer, Mikrotimer Flying 1000 Chronograph
- “Petite Aiguille” Prize (for models under CHF 5’000): Montblanc, Star Worldtime GMT Automatic
- Best Watchmaker Prize: Vianney Halter
- Special Jury Prize: Patek Philippe Museum
- Public Prize: Audemars Piguet, Millenary 4101


The winner of the Grand Prix, and officially the watch of the year 2011, is the amazing De Bethune DB28. This horological work of art has a large dial opening that reveals the heart of the movement as well as the amazing spherical moon phase, crafted in blued steel, which rotates around its own axis. It is available in ultra-light titanium or in rose gold, with anthracite or black dial. This watch shows hours, minutes and power reserve, along with a performance indicator. Everything is animated by the mechanical hand-wound Calibre DB 2115 movement that allows for extraordinary 6 days of power reserve. De Bethune DB28 retails at 80,000 Swiss Francs.




Reference numbers:
DB28RSB rose gold case, anthracite dial, blued titanium floating lugs
DB28TIS5 titanium case, anthracite dial, titanium floating lugs
DB28TIS5B titanium case, anthracite dial, blued titanium floating lugs
DB28TIS8 titanium case, black dial, titanium floating lugs

All the prize-winning and nominated watches will be presented at the Salon International de l’Horlogerie de Prestige Belles Montres, which will be held at the Carrousel du Louvre from November 24th to 27th.

Author: Marina Milojević
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