In Case You Missed It - the BR V2-94 AERONAVALE in BRONZE

From Bell & Ross -

Courtesy of Bell & Ross

By and large, when it comes to bronze watches I have mixed emotions. All too often brands foolishly opt to use it for a dive watch, the execution is clumsy, and within a few months it is a large block of greenish smudge that looks as if it has been polished with a hot Hershey bar.

But bronze can be elegant, and my favorite in a runaway is the BR V2-94 Aeronvale in bronze.

A less bulky profile than a diver, it provides a far better format for bronze.  To be clear, the BR V2-94 will age and gain a patina that will share not just the story of the watch, but the individual who wore it. And this is just the time machine to record that history.

Here are the pertinents -

Movement: calibre BR-CAL.301. Automatic mechanical.

Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds at 3 o'clock and date. Chronograph: 30-minute timer at 9 o'clock, central chronograph seconds.

Case: 41 mm in diameter. CuAI7Si2 bronze. Bezel with anodized blue aluminum ring and 60-minute scale. Screw-down crown and push-buttons. Steel and sapphire case back.

Dial: blue sunray. Gilded and polished numerals and indices. Satin-polished and gilded skeleton Super-LumiNova®-filled hour and minute hands.

Crystal: box-type sapphire crystal sapphire with anti-reflective coating.

Water-resistance: 100 metres.

Strap: blue calfskin.

Buckle: Folding. Satin-polished bronze.