Bell & Ross has expanded its series-within-a-series of BR 03-92 Lum models, whose intensely luminous dials take inspiration from the nighttime lights on airport runways (Lum is short for the French “lumière,” or “light”), with the new BR 03-92 Grey Lum.
Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Grey Lum (Ref. BR0392-GC3-ST/SCA)
The watch?s 42-mm case, in the French-Swiss watch manufacturer’s emblematic cockpit-clock ?circle in a square? configuration, is made of satin-polished stainless steel. Its new anthracite gray, sunburst-finish dial shines with extreme luminosity in darkness, thanks to the application of green-tinted SuperLumiNova C3 to the big, Arabic numerals (at 12, 3, 6, and 9 o?clock); big stick indices (at the other hour positions); and the skeletonized hour and minute hands. A very unobtrusive date display appears in small, circular window at 4:30. The hands and hour markers are coated in ultra-bright Super-LumiNova C3.
Inside the 100-meter water-resistant case, behind a solid caseback, ticks the self-winding BR-CAL 302 movement, built on a Sellita SW300-1 base, which provides the watch a 42-hour power reserve, a hacking seconds function, and a quick date change.
The square, brushed steel case frames an anthracite-gray dial.
The Super-LumiNova C3 used on the dial of the Grey Lum model ? as well as on all the previous models in the series, which began in 2017 with the BR 03-92 Horolum ? is reminiscent of the tritium used on vintage military pie...