Been getting all excited about DeWitt’s crazy X-watch, but let’s not forget their more mainstream models :-)
[Press Release] The face of the watch is artistically divided in two different guilloché zones. In the centre, a light flame pattern provides incredible life to the dial as the slightest wrist movement will animate the flames in graceful reflections.
The second pattern, at the perimeter, takes the form of a regular and reassuring sunray that structures the whole design. Flames and sunrays are separated by a fine circle applique that gives a final touch of shiny elegance and echoes the thin and polished columns on the bezel.
Time has never been more readable as large Roman numerals are positioned on the four cardinal points and discretely interconnected by small Arabic numerals positioned at five minutes intervals.
The Twenty-8-Eight Automatic is an “urban classic” with a 43 mm round case made in 18-carat white or rose gold. Offering a subtle combination of character and refinement, the design of the Twenty-8-Eight collection is sober and balanced. Presenting a slightly thinner case (10,28 mm) than the Academia collection as well as more discrete columns on its flanks, the Twenty-8-Eight collection gives a fascinating impression of lightness.
Elegant and streamlined lugs achieve to complete the design with perfect proportions and offer a remarkable comfort of wearing. However, the strong DNA, so characteristic of DeWitt watches, remains fully recognizable.
The Twenty-8-Eight Automatic houses a solid and reliable calibre and displays hours, minutes and centre seconds. The hours and minutes hands are open-worked and in the shape of two-edged swords whereas the seconds hand, elegant and thin, gracefully glides round the dial. The Twenty-8-Eight Automatic fully complies with very demanding finishing norms of the DeWitt Manufacture: satin-brushed surfaces, polishing and bevelling. The quality of the finishing can be observed through the sapphire crystal back, which also unveils a fine DeWitt rotor, designed in-house.
Also, two miniature “W” signatures are to be found on the crown and on the golden buckle. Last but not least, just as any DeWitt watch, it is entirely assembled, adjusted and tested by a single master watchmaker, from A to Z.
2011 novelty
Rose Gold & Chocolate-Brown – Ref. T8.AU.003
The warm and welcoming DeWitt chocolate-brown in two different tonalities, with rose gold numerals, circle applique and hands. An atmosphere that reminds of the DeWitt museum.
White Gold & Blue – Ref. T8.AU.005
A summery, “blue jeans” version with light blue waves in the centre and an intense deep blue at the perimeter. The rhodium plated numerals, circle applique and hands provide perfect contrasts and dazzling reflections.
Technical Specifications
Movement: Self-winding
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds
Reference: DWT8AU (ETA2892)
Power reserve: 42 hours
Rotor: DeWitt’s design
Vibrations: 28’800 A/h
Balance: 3-armed, made in Glucydur
Balance-spring: Flat
Escapement: 510 angle of lift
Jewelling: 21 jewels
Case:
Case: Round-shaped, adorned with DeWitt’s imperial columns pattern on the flanks
Material: 18-carat white or rose gold
Diameter: 43 mm
Total thickness: 10,28 mm
Crown: 18-carat white or rose gold polished crown adorned with a ring made in blackened titanium featuring the “W” signature
Distance between lugs: 21 mm
Case back: Sapphire crystal, secured with screws
Dial:
Dial: Two-zone guilloche: internal with flame guilloche pattern, external with baguette guilloche pattern. Circle applique with columns. Large Roman numerals at four cardinal points and small Arabic numerals positioned at five minutes intervals.
Hands: Hours and Minutes: open-worked hands in the shape of two-edged swords. Seconds: thin and elegant.
Wristband:
Wristband:Alligator leather in different colour tonalities
Buckle: 18-carat white or rose gold pin buckle, polished, engraved “W” signature
Other: Water-resistance: 30 meters
DeWitt join the Only Watch party with this very interesting ‘convertible’ piece – the X-Watch.
The peripheral oscillating rotor is attached to a ring with a sinusoidal profile on its inner edge. This particular shape will, in turn, activate the patented A.S.W system which enables the movement to always operate in an ideal functioning range, between 92 and 96% of the main-spring torque. The main gear-train is therefore guaranteed to always receive a constant and stable flow of energy thanks to the sequenced winding of the barrel.
On the lower side of the dial,operating on the same movement, a skeleton chronograph with disk seconds indication and a 3-arm minutes hand covering a 30 minute time span on 3 different levels. The peripheral oscillating rotor, streamlined and with elegant rose gold finishings, travels freely around the dial and is a marvel to observe. Since the crown and the two chronograph push-pieces must remain on the right hand side, the watch itself is turned by 180 degrees. The disk seconds indication, placed underneath the Tourbillon, is therefore now positioned in the upper part of the dial. A polished and rhodium plated cover is placed over the disk, leaving only a small window opening to display the passing seconds. The cover is also decorated with the “DeWitt” logo. The minutes, in the lower part of the dial and printed on the sapphire glass, are positioned on 3 different levels. A 3-arm rose gold hand with small disks on each tip covers the three 10-minute levels in a single rotation.
[Press Release] The DeWitt calibre DW8028 is a manually wound movement integrating a solid and reliable Tourbillon mechanism.
[Press Release] Sporty and highly technical, the new Academia Quantième Perpetuel Sport is a true racing machine displaying an emblematic “speedy red” of circumstance.
[Press Release] The new Academia Chronostream displays a sporty chronograph dial inspired by the speedometer of a racing car.
[Press Release] With the Golden Afternoon collection, DeWitt poetically celebrates women in all their beauty. The collection name is inspired by Lewis Carroll, who improvised the Alice in Wonderland story to entertain the three Liddell sisters, Lorina, Alice and Edith during a boat trip from Oxford to Godstow.
Here’s a glimpse of the DeWitt Twenty-8-Eight Ladies.
[Press Release] DeWitt’s Twenty-8-Eight Regulator A.S.W. Horizons, by its design and inspiration, intends to pay tribute to Art Déco design, and in particular to the post Great Depression trends explored in America.
