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  • Bell & Ross

    The French watch company Bell & Ross (Bell and Ross) was founded in 1992. Its watches are built for extreme conditions, Bell & Ross watches are popular with astronauts, pilots, divers, military fans and bomb-disposal experts. The Bell & Ross watch design is derived from airplane cockpits. The four core values of all Bell & Ross watches are great water resistance, very precise movements, visual indicators, and extraordinary functions.

    2020, The Watch Year in Review: 10 Dynamic Dive Watches

    It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch launches despite the huge obstacles posed by the pandemic and its effects on the world economy. As we look ahead hopefully to 2021, it’s time for our...

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    Dec 26, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    Sponsored: Boasting Cutting Edge Technology, G-SHOCK Introduces Its Latest MT-G

    G-SHOCK’s premium MT-G collection of timepieces has long been found at the crossroads of bold style and cutting edge technology, and with the new MTGB3000BD1A that trend only continues. Found as part of the larger MTGB3000 series, the watch is constructed of stainless steel, fine resin, and carbon, and features a renewed Dual Core Guard Structure...

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    May 18, 2022 by WatchTime

    Premiering at WatchTime Live 2020: Bell & Ross BR 05 Chrono Black Steel & Blue Steel

    When Bell & Ross launched its BR 05 collection of integrated-bracelet luxury sports watches in 2019, we knew it was only a matter of time before the new family — which kicked off with time-and-date only models and a smattering of skeletonized pieces — would add that most popular of sporty complications, a chronograph. That...

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    Oct 22, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    Showing at WatchTime Live 2020: Bell & Ross BR 03-92 H.U.D. Edition

    Bell & Ross famously planted its flag in the watch world with the introduction of the BR 01 Instrument, inspired by airplane cockpit clocks, in 2005. In 2010, the brand launched the first of a number of variations that took cues from other onboard instruments, such as radar screens and heading indicators. This year, Bell...

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    Oct 5, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    Sponsored: Where Professionalism Meets Technology, ProTek Sees Its Debut

    Crafted with first responders in mind, American watchmaker ProTek launches this month with the debut of their initial collection, the Series 1000. The new brand joins the Time Concepts family of brands, and is helmed by industry veteran Barry Cohen, founder of Luminox. After founding Luminox in 1989, Cohen differentiated the brand as an industry...

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    May 10, 2022 by WatchTime

    Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver Orange: A Boutique-Exclusive Limited Edition

    Bell & Ross launched the BR 03-92 Diver in 2017, its first divers’ watch fashioned in the familiar, square-shaped “Instrument” case that the brand pioneered with its line of aviation watches. That black-dialed model was followed by a blue-dialed version last year, and the most recent BR 03-92, offered exclusively in Bell & Ross boutiques...

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    Sep 21, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    PORTFOLIO

    Open-Dial Season: 5 Watches With Skeleton Dials

    Skeletonization, in which the dial and all non-essential materials are removed from the movement construction, is one of modern watchmaking’s most enduring trends, with roots dating back to the mid-20th century. Each year, dozens of brands unveil skeletonized timepieces that range from over-the-top and garish to pleasantly subtle. Here, we’ve gathered five noteworthy timepieces that have embraced skeletonization to great effect.

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    Sep 17, 2020 by WatchTime

    PORTFOLIO

    Splash! A Plunge Into the Colorful World of Watersports Watches

    Take the plunge with us into the colorful world of water sports. Here you can find professional instruments with appealing technologies, styles, and prices. In this article, we present divers’ watches without complex additional functions (e.g., chronographs) because the watches listed here are designed to focus your undivided attention on the time of day and the...

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    Aug 19, 2020 by Alexander Krupp

    WATCH REVIEW

    Pilots’ Hours: Testing the Bell & Ross BR V1-92 Black Steel

    Bell & Ross’s watches are inspired by the history of aviation. Legibility, reliability and precision lead the list of specs. We checked all these attributes in our test of the BR V1-92 Black Steel.

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    Aug 19, 2020 by Martina Richter

    FEATURE

    Living Time: 5 Watches Created With Natural Materials

    In this feature from the WatchTime archives, we present several watches created using natural materials, including notable models from Hublot, Bell & Ross, and Tudor.

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    Aug 5, 2020 by Jens Koch

    A Punch of Light: Bell & Ross Unveils BR 03-92 Full Lum Limited Edition

    Ever since the introduction of the BR 03-92 Diver in 2017, its first dive watch in the iconic square case shape, French watchmaker Bell & Ross has gone on to expand this popular model into an entire collection. This month, the brand announced the debut of the BR 03-92 Full Lum Limited Edition, the seventh reference added to this "Instrument" collection, here with a dial coated entirely in Super-LumiNova.

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    Jun 30, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

    Sky Blue and Skeletonized: Bell & Ross Unveils BR 05 Skeleton Blue Limited Edition

    Launched to considerable fanfare in Fall 2019, Bell & Ross's BR 05 collection integrated the distinctive, softly angled square cases of the flagship BR 01 model into metal bracelets for the first time. The most eye-catching of the new family is the BR 05 Skeleton, whose openworked caliber is draped in vibrant blue in this new, 500-piece limited edition.

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    Jun 17, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    NEWS

    Formula 1 of the Future: Bell & Ross Releases New R.S.20 Collection

    Last week, Bell & Ross unveiled its latest collection produced in partnership with Renault’s Formula 1 team. The new collection, titled R.S.20 (R.S. stands for Renault Sport, the carmaker’s motorsport, performance and special vehicles division), features four new chronographs featuring the team’s black-and-yellow colorway and geared toward fostering the “Formula 1 of the future.” To...

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    Mar 16, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

    THE WATCHTIME Q&A:

    Outlaw Connoisseur: “Mayans MC” Actor Antonio Jaramillo Talks Watches

    Antonio Jaramillo, who co-stars on FX’s motorcycle club drama “Mayans MC,” whose third season is set to debut this fall, went from selling watches at Tiffany & Co. to acting in stage plays, TV and movies. But the Mexican-born actor has continued his pursuit of horological knowledge while assembling a small but eclectic timepiece collection....

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    Mar 6, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    WATCH TO WATCH

    Light Through the Clouds: Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Grey Lum

    Bell & Ross has expanded its series-within-a-series of BR 03-92 Lum models, whose intensely luminous dials take inspiration from the nighttime lights on airport runways (Lum is short for the French “lumière,” or “light”), with the new BR 03-92 Grey Lum. The watch’s 42-mm case, in the French-Swiss watch manufacturer’s emblematic cockpit-clock “circle in a...

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    Mar 5, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    BASELWORLD 2020 PREVIEW

    Bell & Ross Covers Land, Sea, and Air with Three New BR V2 Watches

    Today, Bell & Ross has unveiled three new models within its neo-vintage BR V2 line, becoming, we believe, the first watchmaker to offer an official glimpse of new products launching at the upcoming Baselworld 2020 watch fair. The three new pieces, the BR V2-92 Military Green, BR V2-94 Aéronavale Bronze, and BR V2-93 GMT Blue, are designed to represent a trifecta of sea, air, and land watches.

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    Feb 1, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

    NEWS

    Bleached Bones: Bell & Ross BR 01 Laughing Skull White

    We’re still recycling wrapping paper from the holiday season and sweeping up confetti from New Year’s celebrations, but Bell & Ross has released a watch that already has us in mind of Halloween, namely the latest edition of its clever, quirky automaton model, the BR 01 Laughing Skull, which has as its central attraction a...

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    Jan 3, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    2019: THE WATCH YEAR IN REVIEW

    Eight Significant Pilot’s Watches That Landed in 2019

    As we approach the end of 2019 and prepare for 2020 — surely destined to be another interesting year in the world of watches — we take a look back at some of the most noteworthy timepieces that came out this year, in various popular categories. Today, we look at eight watches from 2019 targeted...

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    Dec 25, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

    TREND PIECE:

    Two-Tone Tendencies: The Hottest Bicolor Watches of 2019

    Depending on execution, two-tone timepieces can come off as a striking alternative to your daily wristwear or fall into the domain of over the top and extravagant. Despite the fine line that exists between good looking and gauche, two-tone has emerged as one of 2019’s hottest trends with the halls of Baselworld and SIHH filled...

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    Nov 25, 2019 by WatchTime

    TREND PIECE:

    Orange is the New Black: Our 10 Favorite Orange (Non-Dive) Watches of 2019

    As my colleague Mark Bernardo pointed out during WatchTime’s post-Baselworld Round Table earlier this year, 2019 has often felt like it is “more about new colors than new complications.” Diverse colorways have no doubt been trending upwards in recent years with blue, green, and brown all making major headway onto the wrists of watch collectors. One...

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    Nov 21, 2019 by WatchTime

    COUNTDOWN TO WTNY

    Showing at WatchTime New York 2019: Bell & Ross BR 05 Black Steel

    America's luxury watch extravaganza, WatchTime New York, is less than two weeks away! Returning for its fifth consecutive year at Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 25 - 26, the event is shaping up to be the biggest yet, with 37 participating watch brands displaying their latest and greatest timepieces. Among them is longtime WTNY exhibitor Bell & Ross, which will be showcasing the BR 05 Black Steel from its recently launched sport-luxury collection.

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    Oct 14, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

    REVIEW:

    Diving with the Square-Shaped Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver

    “A divers’ watch with corners? That’s absurd.” This comment, or a similar one, might be heard from techies who know that it’s much harder to make a square watch case watertight than a round one. But Bell & Ross has succeeded in constructing the brand’s characteristic quadratic case in such a way that it can...

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    Oct 3, 2019 by Alexander Krupp
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