Top Yacht Design – Agosto 2019

(Martin Jones) #1
Conforme alla normativa
ISO 6425 il BR03-92
Black Matte (3.900 euro)
è impermeabile fino a 300
metri di profondità.

ISO 6425 certified, the
BR03-92 Black Matte
(3.900 euros) is water
resistant to depths of 300m.

Iconic style re-emerges


from the depths


The BR03-92 Diver Black Matte is the



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diving watch range

In 1997, just a few years after its debut in the


watchmaking market, Bell & Ross presented


the Hydromax, a timepiece water resistant to


depths of 11,100 metres, thanks to its inno-


vative oil-filled case. Ten years later, in 2007,


came the BR 02, the first collection with a ton-


neau-shaped case and a helium decompression


valve. In 2017 came the breakthrough with the


presentation of the BR-03 Diver. In fewer than


30 years of activity, the French manufacturer


has managed to carve out an important space


in the watchmaking world by taking advanta-


ge of the power of ideas and by breaking the


mould.


This strategy led to the introduction of the


iconic square case with its circular bezel that


recalls the instruments of an aircraft cockpit.


The Diver collection has now evolved to include


the BR03-92 Diver Matte Black. Presented at
Baselworld, this timepiece raises the bar even
higher in terms of innovation. The opaque
black ceramic material used is the result of sub-
stantial research and development: light, scra-
tch and impact-resistant and soft to the touch,
it also has thermo-regulating properties so it
adapts instantly to body temperature.
The BR03-92 Diver Matte Black also includes
the essential features for diving, such as a uni-
directional rotating ceramic bezel, with a gra-
duated scale marking each minute from 0 to
20 and 5-minute intervals up to 60 minutes.
ISO 6425 certification attests that it is possible
to read the timepiece in conditions of low li-
ghting and from a distance of 25 cm. Designed
in every minute detail, the orange hour hand
stands out from the minute hand as to enable
the simple calculation of dive times. The BR 03-
92 is water resistant to a depth of 300 metres
thanks also to the 2.85mm anti-reflection sap-
phire crystal that protects the black square on
which the applied metal outlines of the num-
bers are filled with Superluminova. The 42mm
diameter case houses a calibre BR-CAL 302
mechanical movement.
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