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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Bell & Ross BR01 Instrument Tourbillon MOVEMENT: BR 01 Tourbillon with carbon fiber mainplates and black gold tourbillon carriage. Mechanical movement with manual winding. FUNCTIONS: Hours (counter at 12 o’clock), minutes (central hand), 120-h power reserve indicator (at 9 o’clock), trust index (at 3 o’clock). CASE: 46mm XXL diameter. Glass bead blasted titane with DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) , virtually unscratchable coating (4 000 vickers). Screw-in crown. DIAL: Black carbon fiber, hands and indexes with photoluminescent coating for night reading. Anti-reflection sapphire crystal. (Top and back). Water-resistance to 100 meters. STRAP: Rubber or alligator.
Bell & Ross BR01 97 Power Reserve Utilizing their experience in the aeronautical and military sectors, in-house engineers, master watchmakers, designers and end-users, pooled their knowledge so that Bell & Ross could create a revolutionary concept – the BR01 Instrument. With absolute readability, reliability and performance as their goal, the brand’s designers have reproduced a cockpit clock to fit the wrist. The BR01 Instrument timepiece is unique in that the various complications and accessories can be assembled differently depending upon the requirements. The construction of the case has a removable clip fastening system that allows the watch to be transformed into an office or pendant watch or a watch to be fixed onto an instrument panel. The BR01-97 Instrument is for ‘professionals who require total reliability’. It is a stainless steel watch (46 mm) with a polished-satin finish and is equipped with an ETA 2897 automatic movement with hours, minutes, seconds, date and a power reserve indicator. The dial is available in galvanic black with white numerals or galvanic silver with black numerals, a screw-down crown, photo-luminescent hands and indices, and there is an anti-reflection sapphire crystal. The watch is water-resistant to 100 metres. Today, astronauts, pilots, divers and bomb disposal experts rely on Bell & Ross watches in order to carry out their tasks and missions. The BR01 Instrument Collection carries on the concept of creating watch ‘tools’ for professionals using the image of the aeronautic instrumentation for its inspiration. Once again, this timepiece underlines the Bell & Ross philosophy: ‘Function creates form’.
Bell & Ross Double Subdial with Power Reserve A masterpiece of ingenuity, this watch is the result of the collaboration between Bell & Ross and Vincent Calabrese. Endowed with a unique movement, this great complication offers simple and original hour readability thanks to a single central hand for the minutes and the large hour subdial positioned at 12:00 as well as a power reserve indicator at 6:00. Mechanical movement with automatic winding. 30 jewels. 28800 alternations per hour. Power reserve: 40 hour autonomy.Quality finishing: Rhodium treated, decorated and engraved plates, oscillating weight and bridges. Water resistant to a depth of 100 meters. Alligator skin strap http://www.bellross.com
