Last week, Bell & Ross unveiled its latest collection produced in partnership with Renault?s Formula 1 team. The new collection, titled R.S.20 (R.S. stands for Renault Sport, the carmaker?s motorsport, performance and special vehicles division), features four new chronographs featuring the team?s black-and-yellow colorway and geared toward fostering the ?Formula 1 of the future.? To do this, the new models take inspiration from Renault?s R.S.20 single seater, first revealed on March 11, and the automaker?s futuristic R.S. 2027 Vision concept car, together resulting in an updated collection that is ?outstandingly futuristic? yet ?anchored in the present? with novel designs, colors, and material combinations used.

Leading the four new models is the BR V3-94 R.S.20, which is a new take on the brand?s popular BR V3 round-cased chronograph design. This 43-mm watch uses a polished steel case with stepped pushers, sharp crown guards, and a screw-down crown featured on its right side. Surrounding the matte black dial is a bidirectional 60-minute outer bezel with small Arabic numerals and a large white triangle at its top. On the dial, you can find the Renault colorway throughout, with an angled outer tachymetric scale and minute ring featuring white and yellow accents;  just within this is a white-printed minute ring reminiscent of checkered racing flags. Adding to the F1 theme, the hour markers use an italicized font popularly found in racing watches, and two distinct subdia...