I'd lean toward the Starry Seas myself, since I can't resist De Bethune's blued titanium, and I don't think there's anything else like that microlight texture out there. Open dials and mirror polishing are more commonplace design features, and besides, yo

The complex, layered dial on the De Bethune GMT Starry Varius DB25, with it's blued concave blued titanium center sector, is a bear to capture adequately with the camera, and yesterday's overcast conditions on the waterfront offered the perfect lighting.

After a week in NYC with the De Bethune DB25 Starry Varius GMT, it feels like time for something simpler. The PP Chronometro Gondolo 5908R does the trick. Being in Manhattan for a while puts the current state of urban Seattle in perspective. On the one ha

The DB25 Starry Varius GMT as an NYC tourist. (The city of my birth, on my birthday.) At Grand Central Station… and the Chrysler Building. It goes back to the west coast with me tomorrow, and something else will get some wrist time after its extended outi

Heading to NYC, wearing the De Bethune DB25 GMT Starry Varius on its inaugural cross country flight.

Capturing the various hues displayed by the blued titanium on the De Bethune GMT Starry Varius dial is probably a quixotic undertaking, but that doesn't mean I can't try. Not to be dismissed, either, is the polished titanium case, which achieves a level o

For me today: De Bethune DB25 GMT Starry Varius in titanium, Ref. #DB25VGTIS3, knits by Missoni.

Picked up all the major awards in 1992 - and who can ever forget “Hannibal the Cannibal” 😳 Going with my budget DB25 Starry Varius GMT this weekend - saved 2/3 off the asking price of the LV collaboration!

The DB25 Starry Varius GMT was my personal choice a few years back. Still loving it today.

Back in 2022 when the Marc Newson hour glass project was underway, the rejected titanium ball bearings came out of the kiln colored dark burgundy. At the time, I told them they had enough to make an additional unique hour glass with the red BBs. That neve