DB28 part 18 of 33, BEAUTY can be a WORLD, a REALM that is able to insulate

and to draw inwards and protect its owner.

I know this.

I work up to 16 hours to 18 hours to see suffering and complaints...sadness.

Now, after 3 decades of collecting all sorts of things beautiful and of great controversy, I came across several objects, very few...The Opus V was one such, and today, a standard so high, I have NOT yet seen or experienced OBJECTIVELY a creation so absorbing as the DB28.

This is something of great purity, of greatness that cannot be confined.

It is NOT inexpensive, but the only simple watches that are of this category belong to Opus V, Diavolo and the Parmigiani Bugatti Super sport.

Even the offering from DB25T is somewhat muted...I speak from the weight of ownership (painful when one is not super rich).

I share here the first VERY crude and rough pictures of my personal DB28 on the hour of its arrival last week.

The play of light on the curves of polished metal is only rivaled by the Opus V and the Bugatti Super Sport, both legends of watchmaking in my world.

These watches can CREATE worlds for you to inhabit, with the eyes and the mind...it can transport me from my clinic to a world of beauty and great meaning in life...doing things VERY WELL, and rewardingly it is fertile with goodness.

Please wait for my posts on the Bugatti Super Sport.

A sphere of precious metal.

A suspension of floating steel.

A disc of man made silicon.

Honest engineering.

Decoration from 11 spheres of gold as hour markers, exhorbitant with a certain love.

The lugs and strap, are unique to this watch. More to be told later.

The DB28 is something that is barely affordable, but IS affordable...at such low risk of loss.

One of the market's NO BRAINERS to buy.

This watch, makes me wish I made and sold watches for a living!

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huge congrats again...tap your opinion here...

By: Hororgasm : April 3rd, 2012-10:54

honest engineering, excellent finishing and arguably value for the $$$. you have always told me to collect historically significant pieces...how, in your opinion is this piece historic, if at all? and relative that argument to say VH Antiqua? congrats aga...

This one may not be "historic" but is almost exemplery in beauty without

By: bernard cheong : April 5th, 2012-01:55

an over exuberance in decor and styling. It is one of those things like a fighter jet plane, can't be any serious beauty/aesthetics department there, but they (some) look beautiful just from functional design....

Very beautiful indeed, each post on DB's make me appreciate them more! Enjoy!! [nt]

By: Ancienne Le Brassus : April 3rd, 2012-11:36

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like those old cereal box toys...I will post one pic for all replies below..the watch is

By: bernard cheong : April 5th, 2012-01:57

too beautiful....

A steady stream of impressive watches, Congrats! [nt]

By: jp884 : April 3rd, 2012-14:45

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another look...

By: bernard cheong : April 5th, 2012-01:58

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Congratulations,Bernard. Good engineering and finish....

By: Ronald Held : April 3rd, 2012-16:12

But uncertain about it's lasting appeal or historical significance.

It can make a bad day at work worthwhile...

By: bernard cheong : April 5th, 2012-02:03

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I can easily see how that happens. (nt)

By: Ronald Held : April 5th, 2012-14:54

how scratch resistant r those blued steel lug

By: edlien : April 4th, 2012-05:21

to daily wear i wonder!? big congrats bernard, i revy u of such a capture! cheers, Ed~

listen closely to Bernard on this subject

By: amerix : April 4th, 2012-10:15

I try to resist scratching to an itch on my back that I can only reach with a long-handle spoon amerix This message has been edited by amerix on 2012-04-04 10:18:19 This message has been edited by amerix on 2012-04-04 10:18:58 This message has been edited...

This superb look from this angle will distract me from any scratch

By: bernard cheong : April 5th, 2012-02:17

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DB says it is "super resistant" compared to ss316, but I don't

By: bernard cheong : April 5th, 2012-02:11

think anyone has tested that....

thanks for sharng this great moment with us...

By: nitediver : April 4th, 2012-14:50

the moment of wearing your personal DB28 for the first time. It looks to me like a happy marriage between technology and art. Enjoy it and wear it in good health, Stefan

Thanks and I hope the owners out there will come to share more pics of any watch of this

By: bernard cheong : April 5th, 2012-02:25

level, this altitude of finish, and their long term experiences....

Beautiful watch and great photos!!! [nt]

By: njoy : April 5th, 2012-08:28

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And a picture more..

By: bernard cheong : April 5th, 2012-08:45

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Thanks for sharing again and again!

By: Oztimelord : April 5th, 2012-17:48

I just cannot tire from looking at this stunning materpiece of a watch. Regards Rene

Congrats on another stunner!

By: Nicko16 : April 7th, 2012-18:42

I think I would be too mesmerised by the magnificent blue of the watch that I would forget to read the time

Yes..I am the same..the blued Ti

By: bernard cheong : April 8th, 2012-06:20

Blued titanium..man oh man. There is beauty and this is an original form of it. Cologni himself mentioned that agriculture began the seeds of history...I disagree, it is the realisation of what can be beautiful as opposed to what is practical or expensive...

It was a really nice trip reading this "adventure"

By: Mark in Paris : April 8th, 2012-04:55

and your pictures give a right reward to this beauty (even if pictures are never as good as seeing them in the flesh). The DB28 is an important step for DB, I know that more and more watch lovers like this brand and they fully deserve it. Congratz again B...

the only word that comes to mind is exquisite.

By: G99 : April 10th, 2012-11:29

thank you for all the pics and your thoughts Bernard. best Graham