Twenty-8-Eight Tourbillon

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Twenty-8-Eight Tourbillon - DeWitt
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The new Twenty-8-Eight Tourbillon harks back to Monsieur de Witt's imperial heritage, and above all to his family's deep passion for watchmaking.
Conceived and sketched out for the first time one August 28, the Twenty-8-Eight watch is a friendly nod to Monsieur Jérôme de Witt's illustrious ancestor, Napoleon Bonaparte, proclaimed “Emperor of the French” by the Senate on the 28th day of Floréal in the revolutionary calendar.


Equipped with the calibre DW8028 incorporating the first tourbillon movement entirely developed and produced within the Manufacture, its rather classic construction relies on tried and tested ancestral technical parameters: 18,000 Vph and 72 hours of power reserve. The movement has a Swiss lever escapement with a variable inertia balance wheel and a Breguet overcoil balance spring sequenced at 2.5 Hz. The balance wheel, escapement wheel and pallet are in 18 carat yellow gold.

 

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Its stylish aesthetic plays on contrasts with a bold combination of noble materials with innovative style: 18-carat pink or white gold and titanium with a bronze- or glaciercoloured PVD coating.

The new dials of the Twenty-8-Eight Tourbillon have a two part design. On the upper part, the two vertical appliques are inspired by a very masculine and imposing Art Deco construction with a futurist touch. The lower part of the dial opens onto a beautiful large circular-grained circle which frames the heart of the movement displaying the visible beating of the tourbillon.

 

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On the two new bronze and glacier versions, the crown, buckle and the case attachment screws are in 18 carat gold.

The Twenty-8-Eight Tourbillon lives up perfectly to the very high standards of finishing adopted by the DeWitt Manufacture. Entirely carried out by hand, the finishing work is of a rare quality and can be observed through the sapphire glass back. The barrel and the tourbillon carriage bridges are painstakingly bevelled and decorated with “Côtes de Genève”.

 

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A small plaque bearing the signature of the master watchmaker is to be found on the back of the watch, on the barrel bridge, a token of the passion and extreme care put into making each timepiece. If forges a direct link between the customer and the master watchmaker. Indeed, to ensure perfect quality of the finished product, DeWitt makes it a point of honour that each watch is assembled, adjusted and tested by a single master watchmaker from start to finish.

The two new Twenty-8-Eight Tourbillon models are produced in limited editions of 99 pieces each.


Technical data

Twenty-8-Eight Tourbillon

T8.TH.015 and
T8.TH.016


Calibre

Reference DW8028
Mechanical manually-wound movement integrating a Tourbillon manufactured by DeWitt
Diameter: 33 mm
Functions: Hours, minutes
Power reserve: 72 hours
Frequency: 18'000 A/h
Variable-inertia balance
Spiral with Breguet curve sequenced at 2.5 Hz.
Escapement: 44° angle of lift
Jewelling: 19 jewels
Number of components: 185

Case

Case: Round with DeWitt Imperial columns on the sides
Material: 18-carat white gold and titanium with ice-blue PVD treatment (
T8.TH.015) or 18-carat rose gold and titanium with bronze PVD treatment (T8.TH.016)
Diameter: 43 mm
Total thickness: 10.28 mm
Crown 18-carat rose gold, polished, ring in blackened titanium, “W” signature
Case back: Sapphire crystal with safety screws
Distance between lugs: 21 mm


Dial

Dial: Grey colour tone featuring two ice-blue “Art Deco” appliques. Index, Roman numeral and Arabic numeral appliques in rose gold colour tone. Large rose gold colour tone circle embracing the Tourbillon movement
(T8.TH.015) or Black colour tone featuring two “Art Deco” appliques with a bronze PVD treatment. Index, Roman numeral and Arabic numeral appliques in rose gold colour tone. Large rose gold colour tone circle embracing the Tourbillon movement (T8.TH.016)
Hands: Hours and minutes: open-work hands in the form of doubleedged swords


Strap

Black alligator
Buckle 18-carat white gold pin buckle, polished, engraved “W” signature
(T8.TH.015)
18-carat rose gold pin buckle, polished, engraved “W” signature (T8.TH.016)

Water resistance: 30 metres

Limited editions : 99 pieces





 

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