De Bethune - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XVIII Hong Kong Friday, May 24, 2024 | Phillips
  • 製造商: De Bethune
    年份: Circa 2015
    型號: DB25CWYL40
    機芯編號: DB.E.001.087
    錶殼號碼: GIFBF88E
    型號名稱: DB25 Imperial Fountain, Dragon
    材料: 18K white gold
    機芯: Manual, cal. DB 2145, 31 jewels
    錶帶/ 錶鏈: Crocodile
    錶扣: 18K white gold De Bethune pin buckle
    尺寸: 44mm diameter
    簽名: Case, movement, and buckle signed
    配件: Accompanied by undated De Bethune certificate stamped The Hour Glass Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, purchase invoice, instruction manual, travel case and fitted presentation box.

  • 圖錄文章

    As Victor Hugo has once stated, “Art has two principles, the Idea, which produces European art, and the Chimera, which produces oriental art. The Summer Palace was to chimerical art what the Parthenon is to ideal art.” The DB25 Imperial Fountain series precisely manifests this philosophy with its fascinating mixture of Chinese and Western aesthetics. Based on the DB25 IXème inframonde Maya special series, the Imperial Fountain was a limited-edition series launched in 2013, in sets of 12 pieces, each with one of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs engraved at the center of the dial.

    The design of the timepiece was drawn from the famous Chinese zodiac clepsydra at the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuan Ming Yuan, in Beijing. It features a solid gold dial adorned by a magnificent dragon engraving, meticulously hand-engraved by the master engraver and artist Michèle Rothen. The dragon is set against a backdrop with delicate chased reliefs, surrounded by an hour ring that features blue Chinese calligraphy numerals, an art form that Denis Flageollet practiced privately. An outer ring sculpted with exquisite depictions of the Zodiac signs is a reference to the bronze animal heads surrounding the fountain at the Old Summer Palace. The hours and minutes are displayed by the flame-blued steel hands, in signature De Bethune style, sweeping poetically around the dial periphery, without any obstruction to the sculptural décor. This is achieved by the development of a special micro ball bearings mechanism with a specific toothing profile for the discs required in the transmission.

    Offered in attractive condition, and accompanied by its complete set of accessories, the present timepiece is a beautiful union of traditional artistic craftmanship of the highest level and De Bethune’s exceptional horological finesse. We are very pleased to present this extraordinary timepiece to our tasteful collectors in the Year of the Dragon.

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型號 DB25CWYL40
De Bethune,「DB25 Imperial Fountain, Dragon」型號DB25CWYL40,非常精細獨特,限量版白金腕錶,備由頂尖雕刻家「Michèle Rothen」手工雕刻中國十二生肖與中文時標錶盤,約2015年製。附原裝證書、配件、錶盒

Circa 2015
44mm diameter
Case, movement, and buckle signed

估價
HK$310,000 - 630,000 
€37,200-75,500
$39,700-80,800

成交價HK$533,400

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XVIII

香港拍賣 2024年5月24至25日