The BR-X3 Patrouille de France

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This is the latest from Bell & Ross. For the past several years they have partnered with the Patrouille de France aerobatic team for a special watch. This year's version is limited to 250 pieces.

The asking is $8,100.

Here are the pertinents, straight from Bell & Ross -

Movement : Manufacture. Automatic Mechanical Movement. Power reserve of approximately 70 hours.

Functions : Hours, minutes and seconds. Date window at 3 o'clock and power reserve indicator at 9 o'clock.

Case : 41 mm wide. 13.30 mm thick. Satin-finished and polished steel. Screw-down crown. Crown guard. Decorative side pillar and bezel in blue anodised aluminium with micro-blasted finish. Sapphire case-back featuring a custom metallised Patrouille de France logo.

Dial : Three-plate construction – matt black base, blue and white skeletonised applique, matt black insert – with polished and rhodium-plated “Baignoire-style” applique indices, filled with white Super-LumiNova® BGW9 Grade X1 (blue glow). Patrouille de France logo at 6 o'clock. Power reserve window featuring the colours of the French flag (blue, white and red). Skeletonised rhodium-plated hour and minutes hands filled with Super-LumiNova® BGW9 Grade X1 (blue glow).

Crystal : Sapphire with anti-reflective coating.

Water resistance : 100 metres.

Strap : Openworked black rubber and blue ultra-resilient synthetic fabric.

Buckle : Pin. Satin-finished and polished steel.

The BR-X3 Tourbillon Micro-Rotor

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Limited to 25 pieces, and priced at €89,000.

Here are the pertinents -

Movement:
BR-CAL.389. Automatic in-house mechanical. 52-hour power reserve.

Functions:
Hours and minutes, off-center at 2 o'clock. Flying tourbillon cage, at 5:30.

Case:
Width 40 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Polished and satin-finished steel. Custom polished and satin-finished bridges.

Dial:
Skeleton. Small smoked sapphire dial. Rhodium-plated hour and minute hands.

Glass:
Sapphire with anti-reflective coating.

Waterproof rating:
50 meters.

Bracelet:
Grey alligator leather.

Buckle:
Folding. Polished and satin-finished steel.

The BR-X3 TOURBILLON MICRO-ROTOR

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This is the latest take on the BR - X3 , a skeletonized tourbillon with micro rotor.

Limited to 25 pieces only, it is a pre-order item. It is available for pre-order only, and deliveries will begin in December. Priced at $ 99,000

Here are the pertinents -

• MOVEMENT

  BR-CAL.389. Proprietary automatic mechanical movement. 58-hour power reserve.

• FUNCTIONS

  Hours and minutes offset at 2 o’clock. Flying tourbillon cage at 5:30.

• CASE

  40 mm wide. 9 mm thick. Satin-finished and polished steel. Customised polished and satin-finished bridges.

• DIAL

  Skeletonised. Small sapphire fumé dial. Rhodium-plated hour and minute hands.

• CRYSTAL

  Sapphire with anti-reflective coating.

• WATER-RESISTANCE

  resistance: 50 metres.

• STRAP

  Grey alligator skin.

• BUCKLE

  Folding. Satin-finished and polished steel.

The BR-X3 Black Titanium

Weighing in at a tidy 41 mm in diameter, and crafted of titanium, and Calibre BR-CAL.323 (Bell & Ross's manufacture movement) under the hood the BR-XR Black Titanium is one of two new releases this week from Bell & Ross.

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Here are the pertinents -

• MOVEMENT

  Calibre BR-CAL.323. Manufacture. Automatic mechanical movement. Power reserve of approximately 70 hours.

• FUNCTIONS

  Hours, minutes and seconds. Date window at 3 o'clock and power reserve indicator at 9 o'clock.

• CASE

  41 mm wide, 13.3 mm thick. Micro-blasted grade 2 titanium. Screw-down crown. Crown guard with black DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) finish. Decorative side pillar and bezel in black rubber. Black tinted sapphire case-back with oscillating weight.

• DIAL

  Three-plate construction – matt black varnished base, micro-blasted applique, micro-blasted insert – with micro-blasted “Baignoire-style” applique indexes filled with white Super-LumiNova® X1 (green emission). Skeletonised hour and minute hands filled with white Super-LumiNova® X1 (green emission).

• CRYSTAL

  Anti-reflective sapphire.

• WATER-RESISTANCE

  100 metres.

• STRAP

  Openworked black rubber.

• BUCKLE

  Pin. Micro-blasted titanium.