Bell & Ross – VINTAGE BR GT Automatic
PAYING HOMAGE TO THE STYLE OF THE RACING
DRIVERS OF THE SEVENTIES
Since its foundation, Bell & Ross has taken aviation – more specifically, aircraft instrumentation – as one of its main sources of inspiration. As ever, it is a question of reinventing historical heritage and tradition.
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Bell & Ross watches take their rigorous and exacting standards of legibility, functionality, precision and reliability from the first pillar of the design brief: military specifications. The second pillar is formed by the stylistic and societal codes that are carefully respected and reinterpreted to develop models, which are original and professional, while remaining faithful to their source of inspiration.
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At the heart of the Vintage collection, the new line of BR GT watches takes time away from the world of aviation to explore a new dimension of the passion for navigation, so dear to the brand, by lending a new contemporary interpretation to the chronographs worn by racing drivers of the 1970s, an extraordinary era of creativity, innovation and freedom. Bell & Ross has, therefore, applied this relationship between man and machine to accurately and carefully designed instruments dedicated to calculating time and speed.
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TWO RACING DRIVER WATCHES WITH A TIMELESS ALLURE
From the first glance, the two Vintage BR GT models reveal the spirit of 1970s racing driver watches. In reference to the technical criteria of the era, these highly balanced instruments – with a resolutely neo-retro look– are housed in a 42-mm case with an understated, modern design in steel with satin finishes.
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Like the BR01, the brand’s iconic watch and emblematic model inspired by aircraft instrumentation, the graphic design of the Vintage BR GT dial hints at the rev counters and dashboard instruments found in classic 1970s cars. This functional reference is emphasized by the contrast of the two bold colours that brighten the dials. The pitch black dial provides a stark contrast to the steel colour of the auxiliary counters and appliqué indices. The facetted, photo-luminescent, metallic hands (for hours and minutes) also play on this same contrast, offering perfect legibility. The counters highlight exceptional finishes thanks to their snailed guilloché work realised in the great Swiss watchmaking tradition.
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Like the timepieces of the era, the two Vintage BR GT watches feature an ultra-curved high-dome sapphire crystal with two layers of anti-reflective coating, for enhanced resistance and excellent legibility. The spirit of the Seventies is further reinforced by the elegant satin-finished steel bezel, which provides a striking touch. With 60-minute gradations on the three-hand version, this elegant bezel indicates a tachymeter scale on the chronograph version, prioritising the measurement of short time periods and enabling performance and speed to be read immediately.
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Powered by two Swiss self-winding mechanical movements, renowned for their reliability and endurance, the
Vintage BR GT watches are water-resistant to 100 metres. Racing driver watches with a timeless design, these two models are paired with a black, micro-perforated strap made from Alcantara®; with a special suede-like touch, that was used in car upholstery in the 1970s.
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Lined with stitched leather and fitted with a signed, satin-finished steel folding buckle, the straps on the Vintage BR GT watches combine solidity with comfort and flexibility for an ultra-stylish look. Two watches designed with a nostalgic glance back to the Seventies, for gentlemen drivers who like to live life in the fast lane.
THE QUINTESSENCE OF SPORT-CHIC VINTAGE
Both sporty and elegant, Vintage BR GT watches are evocative of an era that inspires modern men in search of authenticity: the era of the cool, rather wacky racing drivers of the Seventies. As in this decade, Bell & Ross Vintage BR GT watches are designed to be worn in all circumstances, with a three-piece suit during the week or with jeans at the weekend; and, of course, behind the wheel of fine cars…
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Technical Specifications
Model: VINTAGE
BR 123 GT Automatic 42 mm
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BR 126 GT Automatic Chronograph 42 mm
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Movement
Bell & Ross Automatic mechanical movement:
BR 123 GT: automatic mechanical. Calibre BR-CAL.305
BR 126 GT: automatic mechanical. Calibre BR-CAL.301
Functions
BR 123 GT: hours, minutes, small seconds at 6 o'clock. Date.
BR 126 GT: hours, minutes, small seconds at 3 o’clock. Date.
Chronograph:
30-min timer at 9 o’clock.
Central chronograph seconds.
Tachymeter scale on the bezel.
Case
42 mm diameter
Satin-finished steel.
Graduated fixed bezel.
Dial
Black.
Metal appliqué numerals and indices.
Minute track on metal surround.
Metal skeleton Superluminova ® -filled hour and minute hands.
Crystal:
Ultra-curved high-dome sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating.
Water-resistance: 100 m
Strap
Black Alcantara ® or satin-finished steel.
Buckle:
Folding. Satin-finished steel.
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