Story & heritage

Bell & Ross is a Paris-based French watch company associated with Swiss Made watches for professional users such as pilots and divers; its square BR watches became the house’s best-known design after the BR-01 arrived in 2005.

Bell & Ross takes to the skies with its new BR-03 Astro, a watch evocative of the outer space universe. By placing the Earth in the central position, surrounded by the Moon and Mars, Bell & Ross pays homage to the blue planet and offers a new perspective on its vision of watchmaking expertise.

Materials & craft

Official Bell & Ross specifications list Movement: Caliber BR-CAL.327. Automatic mechanical. 54-hour power reserve; Case: Width 41 mm, thickness 11.50 mm. Microblasted black ceramic; Dial: Blue aventurine plate representing space. Hour hand, Mars, "mysterious" hand, transparent plate on which is drawn a representation of Mars. Minute hand, the Moon, in laser-engraved metal, to reveal the craters, and the second hand, the satellite, is also in laser-engraved metal. The Earth in the center is hollowed out in the sapphire; Water resistance: 100 meters; Strap: Black rubber and black synthetic canvas.

How to choose & style

Choose BR-03 Astro when the square instrument case is the point: it works best as a deliberate, graphic watch with monochrome layers, flight jackets, denim, or technical outerwear rather than as a quiet dress piece.