DB28XP Kind of Blue 42mm
DB28XP Kind of Blue
How it wears
Wears larger than its 42 mm case suggests
De Bethune DB28XP Kind of Blue 42mm measures 54.5 mm lug-to-lug on a 42 mm case, a lug-to-lug ratio of 1.30 against a database median of 1.18. That span is longer than 98% of the 7,421 watches in this database and longer than 80% of the 10 De Bethune watches listed.
A flat wrist width of 61 mm (2.40 in) or more keeps it in the balanced range, and from 73 mm (2.87 in) it starts to look compact. Below 54.5 mm (2.15 in) the lugs are likely to overhang the wrist. Flat wrist width is measured straight across the top of the wrist, not around it.
At 8.5 mm thick it is on the slim side, thinner than 93% of the watches with a listed thickness.
Wrist fit analyzer
Fit reference
Exceeds the measured wrist width and is likely to extend beyond the wrist edge.
Sources
- https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hands-on-de-bethune-db28xp-db28xs
Hodinkee reports 54.5mm lug-to-lug, 42mm case size/width, 8.5mm thickness for De Bethune DB28XP Kind of Blue in “Hands-On: Diving Into All Kinds Of Blues With Two New De Bethune DB28s.” Its spring-loaded floating lugs can compress below the quoted maximum span.
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