Bell & Ross released the BR 03-92 Phantom, one of the first timepieces with a military-inspired camouflage coating, in 2007, and followed it up two years later with another camo-look “instrument watch,” the Commando. This year, on the 10th anniversary of the Phantom’s launch, the company rounds out its so-called camouflage family with the new BR 03-92 Black Camo. Read on for details.
Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Black Camo on rubber strap
To create the Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Black Camo, the brand developed an original, military-style tricolor coating for the dial, with a patchwork of matte gray tones that simulate the camouflage used by elite military commandos for stealth missions. The 42-mm case is made of black ceramic with a matte finish ? another nod to actual mission utility, as it renders the watch nearly undetectable in the dark and helps to avoid unwanted reflections. Ceramic was chosen as the case material for other practical reasons: it is almost entirely scratch-resistant, tougher yet lighter than steel, hypoallergenic, and heat-resistant enough to wear in the world’s most brutally hot battle zones. Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Black Camo on synthetic fabric strap
The dial is constructed in a “sandwich” style, with two superimposed plates: a lower plate coated with black Super-LumiNova overlapped by an upper plate with the camouflage pattern and die-cut stencil-type numerals and indices that allow the luminous material be...