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 time, it turns out, is today, at our virtual WatchTime Live collectors’ event. Here’s a look at the new BR 05 Chrono Black Steel and Blue Steel.
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Like their predecessors, which have been dubbed “urban explorers” and “masculine jewels” by CEO Carlos Rosillo, the BR 05 Chronograph sports a 42-mm case in the rounded-square style of Bell & Ross’s Instrument models, which integrates smoothly into the specially designed steel bracelet. (Also in keeping with their antecedents, both the black-dialed and blue-dialed models are also available with integrated rubber straps.) The case’s flat surfaces are satin-finished and its bevels are polished. On these chronograph models, the pushers, crown guard, and crown are designed as a single unit, fluidly incorporating into the silhouette of the case.
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The dial, in navy blue or jet black, is in a classical two-register style, with soft-edged, 1970s-inspired subdials that Bell & Ross describes as “midway between round and square,” echoing the overall geometric aesthetic of the case. The 9 o’clock counter tallies the chronograph minutes at 9 o’clock, while the 3 o’clock subdial hosts the running seconds. Inside the BR 05 Chrono models is the ETA-based BR-CAL.301, an automatic movement with a 42-hour power reserve that Bell & Ross has installed in other chronograph models in its portfolio, most recently the motorsport-inspired R.S.20 collection. It beats inside a case whose 100-meter water-resistance is ensured by a screw-down crown, behind a clear sapphire caseback.
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Both versions of the BR 05 Chrono are priced at $5,900 on a rubber strap and $6,400 on a steel bracelet.
It’s beautiful where I can get one ?
thanks.