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Bell & Ross’ Carlos Rosillo and Bruno Belamich teamed up with watch design legend Alain Silberstein to create a trio of watches that combine Silberstein’s colorful shapes with a black ceramic version of the Bell & Ross BR design 03 squares inspired by Belamich’s aviation industry.
United is the fourth offering from the Singapore headquarters Holy Grail Clocktwo watchmakers came up with Bell & Ross black ceramic trio × Alain Silbersteinincludes the date-only model BR 03, dive watch BR 03, and chronograph BR 03.
All three watches use the smaller BR 03 case version, which is more common today. While the original BR 01 was 46mm × 46mm, the most recent BR 03 collection measures 42mm × 42mm, the size of each model in the new Grail Watches collection.
Notably, none of the watches feature the brand logo.
“We decided to just use the ampersand, which is already prominent in our brand name because can you imagine a better symbol for collaboration between equals?” Belamich said.
“With the chronograph, Carlos explained that the seconds hand is by far the largest hand ever fitted to one of their watches and we had to make sure the reset function worked flawlessly at all times. so that it aligns exactly at zero,” adds Silberstein.
“With dive watches, we had to make sure that these oversized hands were as light as possible, so that they didn’t affect the overall accuracy of the movement. And then, to create a two-color ceramic bezel is a big challenge.”
The Bell & Ross x Alain Silberstein BR 03-92 Marine 22, showing large hands.
Time & Date
The first watch in the trilogy, the Bell & Ross x Alain Silberstein BR 03-92 Klub 22, is a chronograph-only model on a matte black ceramic case and jet black dial.
The Bell & Ross x Alain Silberstein BR 03-92 Club 22.
Silberstein’s large hand design creates a fun dial while the large blue arrow indicates the minutes and the yellow S-shaped indicates the seconds.
The dial is interrupted only by the subtle date indicator. The watch features a BR.CAL-302 caliber automatic movement with a date function. Priced at $4,400, it will be produced in a run of 200 pieces.
Dive watches
The Bell & Ross x Alain Silberstein BR 03-92 Marine 22, the second model in a trio, is a redesigned dive model.
The Bell & Ross x Alain Silberstein BR 03-92 Marine 22.
Here Silberstein applies his “Maxi” hands, which consist of a blue circular hour hand and a large red arrow. While both hands are coated with luminescent material, the minute hand is particularly visible due to its important elapsed dive function.
To that end, the designer created a dedicated two-tone ceramic bezel with the last 20 minutes of the spacer in red and a full set of 20-minute markers with luminous indexes.
The Bell & Ross x Alain Silberstein BR 03-92 Marine 22 diver model has a rated depth of 300 meters, is screwed, and is driven by the BR.CAL-302 caliber, with an automatic movement. with the date function used in the time-only model. It will be done in a series of 100 examples. Price: $5,600.
Stopwatch
The third model in the series is the Bell & Ross x Alain Silberstein BR 03 Krono 22, a five-hand chronograph inspired by Silberstein’s famous Bauhaus.
Bell & Ross x Alain Silberstein BR 03 Krono 22.
Hours are indicated by a red circle with a blue arrow showing the number of minutes. Here, a yellow S-shaped hand serves as the chronograph seconds indicator while the blue triangle serves as an indicator for the chronograph 30-minute counter and an arrow yellow shows continuous seconds.
Unlike the previous two launches, this model features Silberstein’s signature red triangular crown.
Bell & Ross x Alain Silberstein BR 03 Krono 22 is powered by a BR.CAL-301 automatic chronograph movement with date function. Produced in a run of 100 pieces, this watch is priced at $6,700.
Holy Grail Clock is offering watches numbered 1 through 50 as a box set of all three watches, which will come in a Silberstein-designed collector’s box. Set price: 16,700 USD.
