Bell & Ross, the French watchmaker known for its aviation-inspired designs, has released a new model, the BR 03-92 Bi-Compass

Ahead of this year?s Baselworld, Bell & Ross has launched the BR 03-92 Bi-Compass, following their successful formula of highly legible, square-cased aviation watches. Rather than paying homage to one specific cockpit instrument, the 42mm BR 03-92 Bi-Compass incorporates an amalgamation of analogue displays, and includes a rotating central hour disc.

The dial itself is split into two tiers. There?s the outer minute ring, with eggshell SuperLuminova-painted numerals running up to 60, and a minute track that slopes down to meet the recessed centre of the dial. There, the central hour disc, marked with a green triangle, rotates to point towards the oversize hour numerals.
They?re marked out in blue-green – known as ?Munsell green? – in Bell & Ross? signature font, Isonorm, which is the typography used on analogue aviation counters. The off-white/blue-green colour scheme replicates that used on US Navy aircrafts.
Highly legible: the Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Bi-Compass
The ultra-light central disc is delicate enough not to compromise the power reserve or affect the precision, but strong enough to not become deformed or cause any friction.

The separation of hour and minute graduations means the time can be read at a glance. The case, too, is designed with legibility in mind – inspired by the colour of an instrumentation ...