Bell & Ross BR-03 Green Radar Ceramic: the radar on your wrist

With the BR-03 Green Radar Ceramic, Bell & Ross continues to explore a watch concept that is as singular as it is spectacular. Heir to a collection launched in 2010, this new creation revisits the radar display that made the line famous, with a major development: for the first time, three aircraft and their luminous signatures share the same dial. It all sits in a 41 mm BR-03 case in micro-blasted black ceramic, brought to life by a dominant green that recalls today’s air surveillance screens.

This edition, limited to 999 pieces, once again illustrates Bell & Ross’s determination to push the boundaries of traditional display, turning the act of reading the time into a true visual experience.

Bell & Ross Radar: fifteen years of a singular vision of time

Since its beginnings, the Radar collection has held a special place in the world of Bell & Ross. Its ambition is clear: to bring to the wrist the aesthetics and visual workings of aircraft cockpit instruments. Here, traditional hands disappear in favour of rotating discs that reproduce the movement of aircraft moving across a control screen.

The story begins in 2010 with the BR-01 Radar. Its dial broke with conventional watchmaking codes by offering a time reading based on concentric discs and light beams. In 2011, the Red Radar took this approach further with a red-tinted crystal, a strong visual signature that helped make this model a landmark piece for the brand.

The collection then evolved in 2014, before reaching a new stage in 2021 with the BR 03-92 Red Radar Ceramic. That model introduced ceramic to the collection for the first time and featured two stylised aircraft on the dial.

With the BR-03 Green Radar Ceramic, Bell & Ross adds a new chapter to this story. Where earlier versions favoured either light beams or aircraft silhouettes, this new interpretation combines both elements at once. The aircraft and their luminous trails appear together, giving the dial the look of a real air surveillance screen.

Green thus takes over from red and refreshes the visual identity of this watch family. The development follows on from the Flight Instruments collection, built up since the creation of the BR-01 in 2005 to bring the graphic codes of aircraft navigation instruments to the wrist.

Three aircraft bring the dial to life

The BR-03 Green Radar Ceramic does more than borrow the visual codes of a radar. It features three iconic French aircraft, each linked to a time function.

The Falcon, a high-end civil business jet, indicates the hours. The Rafale, a multirole fighter, shows the minutes. Finally, the Neuron, a stealth combat drone demonstrator, indicates the seconds.

These three aircraft move on independent rotating discs, replacing conventional hands with miniature silhouettes in motion. The Falcon completes a turn of the dial in twelve hours, the Rafale in sixty minutes and the Neuron in sixty seconds.

Each aircraft is accompanied by a luminous trail that evokes the radar signature it might leave on a control screen. This pairing of silhouette and light beam reinforces the illusion of a miniature aviation instrument. The dial becomes an animated scene in which three aircraft follow their own trajectories, each at the pace of its unit of time.

The choice of these three aircraft also reflects the range of Dassault Aviation’s expertise, from business aviation to advanced combat systems. The names Falcon, Rafale and Neuron are trademarks of Dassault Aviation.

Reading the time in three dimensions

The strength of the BR-03 Green Radar Ceramic lies in its display, which turns a familiar action into a singular reading experience. The hours, minutes and seconds are no longer shown by hands, but by three stacked, independent discs in constant motion.

The aircraft silhouettes act as the reading markers. Fixed graduations, printed in green beneath the sapphire crystal, which is tinted in the mass and anti-reflective treated, make it possible to locate their position and read the time.

The display thus rests on two distinct levels. Deep down, the three black discs with green gradients move with their miniature aircraft. Above them, the fixed indexes and graduations provide the markers needed to read the time. The tinted sapphire crystal plays its part in this staging and heightens the sense of depth.

This construction calls for particular technical mastery. The three discs must be light enough to limit their impact on the power reserve, while remaining rigid enough to avoid any deformation or friction between the different levels. Their assembly must respect extremely precise tolerances to guarantee constant parallelism.

Behind the visual effect, the mechanical complexity is therefore very real. The display must remain smooth and reliable, while preserving the precision and operation of the automatic movement.

Black ceramic, the technical setting for the Green Radar

To house this visual architecture, Bell & Ross chose the square BR-03 case, here in a 41 mm size. Made of micro-blasted black ceramic, it has a matte finish that underlines the technical character of the watch.

Valued for its scratch resistance and distinctive feel, ceramic fits naturally into the instrument world of Bell & Ross. It also creates a marked contrast with the green tones of the dial, whose discs and luminous indications are the main focal point.

The case is 10.60 mm thick. The green-tinted sapphire crystal, with anti-reflective treatment, protects the display while contributing to its radar-screen-inspired look.

The whole keeps the characteristic proportions of the BR-03 while offering a strong visual presence. The matte black of the case and strap lets the green take centre stage, as on a control screen in the dark.

The BR-CAL.327 calibre at the heart of the system

The BR-03 Green Radar Ceramic is powered by the BR-CAL.327 calibre, a self-winding mechanical movement with a 54-hour power reserve. It drives the hours, minutes and seconds, transmitted to the three rotating discs that make up the display.

Water resistance is rated at 100 metres. The watch comes on a matte black rubber strap, fastened with a steel pin buckle with a black PVD finish that matches the look of the case.

This movement has to drive an unusual display whose success depends as much on the coordination of the discs as on the quality of their integration. The BR-03 Green Radar Ceramic thus continues the approach begun by the first Radar models: offering a different way of reading the time without giving up the fundamental demands of a mechanical watch.

Bell & Ross BR-03 Green Radar Ceramic

Reference	BR03A-GRDR-CE/SRB
Edition	limited to 999 pieces
Movement	BR-CAL.327 calibre, self-winding mechanical
Power reserve	54 hours
Functions	hours, minutes and seconds via three independent rotating discs
Case	micro-blasted black ceramic
Dimensions	41 mm wide, 10.60 mm thick
Dial	three black discs with green gradients, showing a Falcon for the hours, a Rafale for the minutes and a Neuron for the seconds
Crystal	sapphire tinted green in the mass, anti-reflective treatment
Water resistance	100 metres
Strap	matte black rubber
Buckle	steel pin buckle with black PVD finish
Price	not disclosed in the information provided

A new signature for the Radar collection

With the BR-03 Green Radar Ceramic, Bell & Ross develops one of its most recognisable concepts without abandoning its original spirit. The unprecedented combination of three aircraft and their luminous signatures enriches the display, while black ceramic and green strengthen its instrument identity.

More than a colour variation, this new Radar offers a more immersive interpretation of reading the time. The moving discs, aircraft silhouettes and fixed graduations form a whole in which mechanical watchmaking meets the world of air surveillance.

Limited to 999 pieces, the BR-03 Green Radar Ceramic is aimed at collectors drawn to the singular creations of Bell & Ross, as well as aviation and contemporary design enthusiasts. It is a watch that shows time can be read differently when horological imagination takes its cue directly from the instruments of the sky.

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