The BR 01 Tourbillon is a natural development for Bell & Ross. As Bruno Belamich, the brand’s Design Manager explains, “The BR 01 tourbillon offers a very visual complication that fits into the Bell & Ross philosophy of technical and professional demands: readability, performance, precision and water-resistance. In addition, it combines ideally with the sporty look of the BR 01 collection. The fact that the watch also comes with a titanium and carbon fibre desk/table support means that when it is not being worn on the wrist, when it is placed in a static vertical position, the existence of the tourbillon is justified.”
The Tourbillon comes in a 46 mm case in titanium with a black PVD finish. It has ribbed corner angles that not only strengthen the casing, but also offer a particularly distinctive look with its black carbon fibre dial and colourful complications’ indicators. Nevertheless, the BR 01 Tourbillon maintains its technical and professional demands: readability, function, precision and water-resistance.
The exclusive movement is in platinum and offers four complications: a tourbillon with carbon fibre bridges; a regulator with hours at 12 o’clock and a central minutes hand; a 120-hour power reserve indicator (5 days) between 8 and 10 o’clock; a trust index, an indicator of optimal working of the movement, between 2 and 4 o’clock. The trust index is in three sectors, high, middle and low: the middle sector indicates the ideal working of the movement; the lower sector means the watch is running slow and requires winding and in the high position it means you have to simply wait until the movement comes back to its optimal working rate. The movement is visible through a sapphire crystal caseback which is fixed with four screws.