Bell & Ross Introduces Two New Summer Ready Limited Edition Pilot Watches
With summer quickly approaching, we?re seeing watch brands of all stripes release new pieces that seem tailor made for the warmer weather. This happens every year, of course, and as someone who lives in a climate where you still need to bundle up in the early morning hours well into late April (as I did just today – it?s great to be back in New England) I appreciate it when watch brands remind me that there?s a light at the end of the very cold tunnel that is winter and early spring above a certain latitude. Usually these watches are colorful, lightweight, sporty, and are generally lacking in conservatism when it comes to design. Nobody wants to be the standard bearer for stodginess on vacation, I guess. Two new watches from Bell & Ross (right on the heels of what is emerging as the consensus pick on the team for the best watch they?ve ever made) seem to fit that summery mold.Â
What we have here are two new variants of the BR V2-92, which in its most basic form is Bell & Ross?s most straightforward vintage inspired pilot?s watch. It?s a simple three handed pilot?s watch with a date discreetly tucked away at 4:30 in a 41mm case with 100 meters of water resistance and a timing bezel in anodized black aluminum. The BR V2-92 runs on the BR-CAL.302 movement, which is a rebadged Sellita SW300, and in its most basic form it?s a fairly sedate, but practical, tool watch. Bell & Ross is certainly known primarily for their more contemporary square cased in...
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