Bell & Ross Finally Makes The Radar In Green

Bell & Ross builds its watches to look like they were pulled out of a cockpit. The square BR-03 case is shaped like an instrument gauge, and most of the dials they use are inspired by altimeters, compasses and flight clocks. The Radar takes the idea furthest, mimicking the look of an actual radar. That means that it has no hands. Instead, rotating discs withy tiny planes show the time around the dial under a tinted crystal. The BR-03 Green Radar Ceramic is the latest version, and the one that looks the most like an actual radar, now with three aircraft and glowing trails on the same dial, behind a green crystal instead of the usual red.

The ceramic case now measures 41mm wide and 10.6mm thick, which is the smallest ceramic Radar so far. That matters a lot on a square watch, which always wears larger than you might imagine. The ceramic is black, with a microblasted finish, and the sapphire crystal on top is colored green. Water resistance is 100 meters. The solid caseback is engraved with the three aircraft you'll find on the dial.

The green is a refreshing color after a series of red watches. And this one is the coolest of the bunch, thanks to three discs with different planes that indicate different things: a Falcon jet for the hours, a Rafale for the minutes, and the Neuron, a prototype stealth combat drone, for the seconds. Each aircraft is lumed in Dark Green Super-LumiNova and drags a luminous streak behind it, like a blip fading on a real radar. Fixed markers at 12, 3, 6 and 9, plus a printed target grid, give you something to use as a reference.

Inside is the automatic BR-CAL.327, built on the Sellita SW300-1, itself a clone of the ETA 2892-2. It beats at 4Hz with 54 hours of power reserve. It's a slim, proven base. You get a rubber strap in black and a second one in synthetic fabric, both fitted with a PVD-blackened steel buckle.

The Bell & Ross BR-03 Green Radar Ceramic (ref. BR03A-GRDR-CE/SRB) is limited to 999 numbered pieces and priced at €4,900. See more on the Bell & Ross website.