We are now clear through the midway point of the year, and against all odds, Bell & Ross is still the maker of what has to be one of my top five favorite watches of 2022 to this point. Of course, I?m talking about the absolutely bonkers eye chart that is the BR 03-94 Multimeter, a colorful chronograph with an unusual display of multiple scales on a busy, color coded dial. It?s all in a blacked out ceramic case in Bell & Ross?s iconic square shape. I bring up the Multimeter not because the new watch we?re looking at today shares an obvious aesthetic similarity, but because it seems to take a similar avant-garde approach, and is weird in its own way. I can imagine this new limited edition, the BR 05 Artline, appealing to people in the same way the Multimeter appeals to me: on the strength of the bold decision making that went into the design. It?s a bit more subtle, perhaps, but no less interesting as a watch. 
This is the latest iteration on the BR 05 platform, which is quickly being built out at Bell & Ross to match their other distinct product families. This, of course, is their take on an integrated bracelet sports watch (Zach W. reviewed the original BR 05 here, and Blake wrote about the chronograph here). The BR 05 was introduced at a time when it seemed like every brand was trying to get into the integrated bracelet sports watch craze, which (I think") is still happening, but might be tempered a bit by the simple fact that brands that have d...