The new INSTRUMENT BR HERITAGE

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Bell & Ross et l'Instrumentation Aéronautique : A Story of Heritage.

Press release

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2008 marked Bell & Ross' induction as an official supplier to the French Air Force. At their request, the brand created a symbolic, utilitarian watch, meeting the specific requirements of fighter pilots - the BR 03 Type Aviation. Bell & Ross and its iconic model, the INSTRUMENT, upturned traditional watch-making codes with its conceptual and innovative design.

Bell & Ross is again returning to the origins of the BR, to their core; watches designed with professionals in mind, this time with the INSTRUMENT BR HERITAGE. NEW INSTRUMENT BR HERITAGE: The origins Taking its inspiration directly from aircraft cockpit instrument panels, the INSTRUMENT collection responds to four fundamental principles: legibility, functionality, precision and reliability.

The developments of the INSTRUMENT collection parallel the in-depth technological developments within aeronautical instrumentation. The INSTRUMENT BR 01 is directly inspired by aircraft cockpit on-board instruments from the 1970s. The INSTRUMENT BR 03 Type Aviation, with its multi-function movement, benefits from technological advances in watch-making, just like the aircraft cockpits of the 2000s.

 

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With the INSTRUMENT BR HERITAGE, Bell & Ross revives the authentic spirit of a collection watch, this time taking its inspiration from military aircraft instruments from the 1940s. The BR HERITAGE inspired by history whilst incorporating the most modern techniques, offers a unique combination of details from its vintage style hands and numerals to its sand-coloured index and its stamped natural leather strap, thus giving it the appeal and appearance of the 1940s in a contemporary military watch.

Straddled between yesterday and today, the INSTRUMENT BR HERITAGE draws its inspiration from history yet uses the most modern techniques to restore the effects of passing time. Bell & Ross: A Passion for military watches. A project to create utilitarian watches suitable for professional use. This is how the instrument-watch was born. 

NEW INSTRUMENT BR HERITAGE: The origins Taking its inspiration directly from aircraft cockpit instrument panels, the INSTRUMENT collection responds to four fundamental principles: legibility, functionality, precision and reliability. The developments of the INSTRUMENT collection parallel the in-depth technological developments within aeronautical instrumentation. The INSTRUMENT BR 01 is directly inspired by aircraft cockpit on-board instruments from the 1970s.

The INSTRUMENT BR 03 Type Aviation, with its multi-function movement, benefits from technological advances in watch-making, just like the aircraft cockpits of the 2000s. With the INSTRUMENT BR HERITAGE, Bell & Ross revives the authentic spirit of a collection watch, this time taking its inspiration from military aircraft instruments from the 1940s.

The BR HERITAGE inspired by history whilst incorporating the most modern techniques, offers a unique combination of details from its vintage style hands and numerals to its sand-coloured index and its stamped natural leather strap, thus giving it the appeal and appearance of the 1940s in a contemporary military watch. Straddled between yesterday and today, the INSTRUMENT BR HERITAGE draws its inspiration from history yet uses the most modern techniques to restore the effects of passing time.

 

Technical specifications

Movement:

Automatic mechanical ETA 2892.

Functions:

Hours, minutes, seconds.

Case:


- BR 01: diameter 46 mm.
- BR 03: diameter 42 mm.
316 L glass bead blasted steel with black finishing type
“carbon powder coating”. Screw in crown (BR 01).

Dial:

black. Numbers, index marks and hands covered
with a sand-colored photoluminescent coating for night
reading.

Glass:


anti-reflection sapphire

Water resistance: 100 meters.

Strap:


printed natural leather or heavy-duty synthetic fabric

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