Bell & Ross presents the Vintage WW1 Heure Sautante timepieces in KL – they’re not your usual B&R watches

Bell & Ross presents the Vintage WW1 Heure Sautante timepieces in KL – they’re not your usual B&R watches

You have to agree that a watch is a very personal thing. Some prefer a chronograph while others want something that can read the phases of the moon. Then there’s a simple clean face like these Bell & Ross timepieces, which were launched in KL not too long ago.

Brought in by FJ Benjamin and Cortina Watch, the new Bell & Ross collection moves away from the usual four-cornered cases and playful dials that we are familiar with. Called the Vintage WW1 Heure Sautante, the collection features large complications with an original display and clear legibility.

Bell & Ross presents the Vintage WW1 Heure Sautante timepieces in KL – they’re not your usual B&R watches

Reading the watch might seem complex at first, seeing that the watch only has one hand. The hour is now read through a large fixed window at the 12 o’clock that displays the hour-digits. This is made possible by replacing the hour hand with a rotating disc on which the digits are printed. The figures jump when the hour changes.

The minute hand is centrally aligned between the hour window and the power reserve indicator at the 6 o’clock. The mechanism triggering the ‘jump’ in the digits requires energy; hence the usefulness of the power reserve indicator.

Bell & Ross presents the Vintage WW1 Heure Sautante timepieces in KL – they’re not your usual B&R watches

Blue-steel screws, circular-grained mainplate, oscillating weight and bridges decorated with ‘Côtes de Genève’, which can be viewed through the sapphire crystal caseback, are the shared components of both watches in this collection. What set the two apart are the case and the dial.

In the platinum version, the Vintage WW1 Heure Sautante opens a second window for the power reserve indicator. The dial is finished in opaline grey and silver with its 18k gold hand-applied guilloche decoration. Completing the watch is a pear-shaped blue-steel hand that indicates the minutes.

Bell & Ross presents the Vintage WW1 Heure Sautante timepieces in KL – they’re not your usual B&R watches

The pink gold version takes a more traditional approach. The opaline pearl dial is decorated with slim markers, which the pear-shaped blue-steel minute hand sweeps over. The power reserve indicator is open.

In both cases, the watch is 42 mm in diametre and comes with an appropriately coloured narrow alligator strap. The slim strap and fasteners, which resemble wire handles soldered to the case, brings out the vintage look and feel of the collection.

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Chris Ng believes that all cars are made equal, and each one has its own unique story to tell. As such, the ex-advertising man is here doing what he truly loves, which is authoring the allegories and anecdotes of automobiles. Having served time in a motoring mag, he believes there's nothing more sublime than keeping the pedal floored and things burbling in top gear.

 

Comments

  • Jimmy on Aug 28, 2012 at 11:10 pm

    On rare occasions is okay. Too frequent then this website will become rojak.

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  • stealth on Aug 29, 2012 at 12:54 am

    Opening timepiece review site soon by Paul Tan? I’ll be a fan :)

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  • Leonardo on Aug 29, 2012 at 8:14 am

    The iconic B&R is still the square face watch. This one is elegant and exclusive looking. I think they are trying to expand the market. But I still need the date on my watch, which the new watches don’t have.

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  • Adoyai on Aug 29, 2012 at 9:12 am

    out of the ordinary from squarish face. suits the name vintage tho.

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  • very nice watch indeed. See B&R advertisement top right? hehe, hence the review. This watch probably cost 1 Myvi or more :(

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  • Bell&Ross on Aug 29, 2012 at 11:11 am

    lol im happy.

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  • Classy watches…. Nice. :)

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  • mentari-o-korea on Aug 30, 2012 at 12:35 pm

    Absolutely gorgeous!

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