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The 5 best square watches
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The 5 best square watches

Over the past 100 years, wristwatch trends have changed significantly, yet none stand out more so than the classic square case design. The enduring appeal…
The 10 best French watch brands from Baltic to Z.R.C.
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The 10 best French watch brands from Baltic to Z.R.C.

While Switzerland is regarded as the high-end watchmaking epicentre, it wasn’t always so. Along with many English watchmakers, it was France that led the way…
The Formula 1 Championship of watch brands goes to…
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The Formula 1 Championship of watch brands goes to…

This past Sunday was the conclusion of one of the most fiercely contested years of Formula 1 racing. On the recently revised Yas Marina track…
EDITOR’S PICK: 5 Halloween-worthy skull watches
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EDITOR’S PICK: 5 Halloween-worthy skull watches

EDITOR’S NOTE: Today the portal between this world and the one that comes after will be at its thinnest, so it’s probably a good time…
The tastiest red dials of 2021 from cherry delight to a bracing Negroni…
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The tastiest red dials of 2021 from cherry delight to a bracing Negroni…

It’s summer in the Western hemisphere, so it’s time to get out those bright wrist colours and escape the tedium of monochrome. And if you’re…
Raise your glasses to the Bell & Ross #NEGRONITIME for The Rake and #SPRITZOCLOCK for Revolution
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Raise your glasses to the Bell & Ross #NEGRONITIME for The Rake and #SPRITZOCLOCK for Revolution

Wow. I am a confirmed dial fetishist and I love bold colours. So why have Bell & Ross and our good friend Wei Koh, founder…
WATCH SPOTTING: Hublot, IWC and Richard Mille in Drive To Survive season three
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WATCH SPOTTING: Hublot, IWC and Richard Mille in Drive To Survive season three

Season three of Drive to Survive dropped at 6pm Melbourne time on Friday March 19th and, if you were anything like me, then you were…
Our 4 picks from the new IWC, Breitling, Bell & Ross and Montblanc 2020 releases
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Our 4 picks from the new IWC, Breitling, Bell & Ross and Montblanc 2020 releases

When it rains it drips. And in April 2020, at a time when we need it most – our kingdom for some new watches to…
The 11 most exciting chronographs of 2018
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The 11 most exciting chronographs of 2018

For some, money is no object. For most, this is far from the case, but still an enjoyable intellectual exercise of “what if”. So, what…
HANDS-ON: Put a smile on your dial – the Bell & Ross BR 01 Laughing Skull
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HANDS-ON: Put a smile on your dial – the Bell & Ross BR 01 Laughing Skull

If there’s one thing Bell & Ross love more than aviation, it’s skulls. They have been regularly releasing models adorned with the macabre motif since…
EDITOR’S PICK: The truth about bezel screws
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EDITOR’S PICK: The truth about bezel screws

Editor’s note: After the seemingly despised date window, one of the hottest of hot-button topics in the world of watches is bezel screws. If you…
HANDS-ON: The bird is the word – Bell & Ross’ BRV2-94 Racing Bird that is
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HANDS-ON: The bird is the word – Bell & Ross’ BRV2-94 Racing Bird that is

Every year, the Bell & Ross design team goes nuts with an incredible and (sadly) hypothetical vehicular creation. This year it was the Racing Bird,…
VIDEO: A lot of squares and a few surprises – 5 of the best Bell & Ross watches of 2018
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VIDEO: A lot of squares and a few surprises – 5 of the best Bell & Ross watches of 2018

It’s always fun seeing Bell & Ross at Baselworld. Aside from the quality, and strong, distinctive DNA of their core offerings, the design-oriented brand is…
HANDS-ON: Getting up to speed with Carlos Rosillo and the Bell & Ross R.S. 18 Collection
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HANDS-ON: Getting up to speed with Carlos Rosillo and the Bell & Ross R.S. 18 Collection

This year saw Bell & Ross expand their popular Renault Sport collection, and add a smaller, regular dialled version. I had the pleasure of chatting…
INTRODUCING: The Bell & Ross BRV Racing Birds
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INTRODUCING: The Bell & Ross BRV Racing Birds

What if you were a brand born in a cockpit and were an ace at aviation-inspired watch designs? What would be your next step? Why,…
VIDEO: The Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver splashes down 
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VIDEO: The Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver splashes down 

Some people say that a leopard can’t change its spots, and you know what? Some people are wrong, as the Bell & Ross BR 03-92…
HANDS-ON: The Bell & Ross BR V2-94 Garde Cotes
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HANDS-ON: The Bell & Ross BR V2-94 Garde Cotes

For most brands a round 41mm steel chronograph would be unremarkable, but this Bell & Ross stands out precisely because of these features – it’s…
HANDS-ON: A square peg in a round hole – the Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver
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HANDS-ON: A square peg in a round hole – the Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver

The first Bell & Ross I ever laid my hands on, back in 2008, was the Marine, an uncommon and somewhat unusual beast that took…
BASEL BUILDUP: 10 days to go, so here’s our top 10 from last year, featuring the whole damn team
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BASEL BUILDUP: 10 days to go, so here’s our top 10 from last year, featuring the whole damn team

BASEL BUILDUP: We’re counting down, NASA-style, to Baselworld 2017, the world’s biggest watch fair. It’s 10 days until we launch from Australia on Etihad Airways…
INTRODUCING: Bell & Ross meets brutalism with the BR 03-92 Horolum
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INTRODUCING: Bell & Ross meets brutalism with the BR 03-92 Horolum

Bell & Ross’s latest take on its classic square draws inspiration not just from aviation, but also – far less predictably – from the realms of art and…
VIDEO: 9 of the watches the CEO of Ferrari Australasia wears the most, including AP, Richard Mille and Bell & Ross…
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VIDEO: 9 of the watches the CEO of Ferrari Australasia wears the most, including AP, Richard Mille and Bell & Ross…

Gentlemen, start your envy… Spoiler alert, but it’s comforting that the CEO of Ferrari Australasia, Herbert Appleroth, has a watch collection befitting his station in…
LIST: The 9 best watches of 2016 – $4000 to $5000 (and a bit more)
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LIST: The 9 best watches of 2016 – $4000 to $5000 (and a bit more)

Time for the final leg of our tour of the best ‘affordable’ watches of 2016. We’re now at the upper end, at that fun little…
ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: December 9 – The Bell & Ross BR 03-94 Chronograph Desert Type
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ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: December 9 – The Bell & Ross BR 03-94 Chronograph Desert Type

You don’t often see pics of Santa in the desert. But if you did, and if he’d put an appropriate amount of thought into his…
GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Dress blues – the Bell & Ross BR 126 Aeronavale video review
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GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Dress blues – the Bell & Ross BR 126 Aeronavale video review

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/187579238″] After their square instrument pieces, Bell & Ross has made quite an impression with their vintage collection – a range of more classically…
HANDS-ON: The Bell & Ross BR 01 Instrument de Marine – an eighteenth century take on their classic square pilot
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HANDS-ON: The Bell & Ross BR 01 Instrument de Marine – an eighteenth century take on their classic square pilot

If Bell & Ross’s Skull Bronze implicitly referenced the golden age of exploration with its nautical case material, the BR 01 Instrument de Marine is…
LIST: Are our 9 Basel favourites still our favourites?
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LIST: Are our 9 Basel favourites still our favourites?

Anyone that’s been to Basel will know what we’re talking about when we reference the ‘Basel bubble’. It’s a cross between Steve Jobs’ reality distortion…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 29th July, 2016
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 29th July, 2016

To paraphrase Stipe et al – it’s the end of the week as we know it. We started off the week watching highlights of Juventus’s…
HANDS-ON: Bell & Ross hits the highway with the BR03-92 AeroGT
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HANDS-ON: Bell & Ross hits the highway with the BR03-92 AeroGT

We’ve already met the brooding chunk of finely machined steel that is the BR03-94 AeroGT chronograph. Well, today we’re having a look at its less complicated…
GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Is it a car? Is it a plane? No, it’s the Bell & Ross BR03-94 AeroGT video review
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GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Is it a car? Is it a plane? No, it’s the Bell & Ross BR03-94 AeroGT video review

Bell & Ross, long acknowledged for its mastery of the skies (as well as for big square watches) came back to earth this year with the…
EVENT: Exploring the Bell & Ross 2016 collection in Sydney
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EVENT: Exploring the Bell & Ross 2016 collection in Sydney

Time+Tide attended an exclusive dinner on Thursday night courtesy of Bell & Ross, whose team was in town to give us a hands-on look at…
GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Sand Storm – the Bell & Ross BR 03-94 Chronograph Desert Type video review
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GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Sand Storm – the Bell & Ross BR 03-94 Chronograph Desert Type video review

One of my favourite Bell & Ross designs of recent times is the Desert Type. That combination of black case and cream dial is pure hotness, and…
OUR WATCH STORY: Kevin Magnussen and Jolyon Palmer’s Bell & Ross BR-X1 Carbone Forgés
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OUR WATCH STORY: Kevin Magnussen and Jolyon Palmer’s Bell & Ross BR-X1 Carbone Forgés

We recently had a chat with with Renault Sport F1 Team drivers, the Danish Kevin Magnussen and English rookie Jolyon Palmer, just a few hours…
EXCLUSIVE: Time+Tide gets champagne showered at the Australian F1 GP thanks to Renault and their new sponsors, Bell & Ross
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EXCLUSIVE: Time+Tide gets champagne showered at the Australian F1 GP thanks to Renault and their new sponsors, Bell & Ross

There’s an unavoidable sense of enthusiasm in the Renault Sport F1 garage at the Albert Park racetrack in Melbourne, Australia. It’s the lead-up to the first…
HANDS-ON: The Bell & Ross BR-X1 Skeleton Chronograph Hyperstellar is kind of blue
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HANDS-ON: The Bell & Ross BR-X1 Skeleton Chronograph Hyperstellar is kind of blue

Bell & Ross made their name with utilitarian aviation inspired timepieces. As the years go by they’ve pushed the boundaries of what’s possible within this…
THE BASEL BIBLE, 2016 EDITION: All the latest watches, live from the world’s biggest watch fair
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THE BASEL BIBLE, 2016 EDITION: All the latest watches, live from the world’s biggest watch fair

Baselworld. The biggest watch fair in the world occupies over 141,000 square metres of floor space, showcases 1500 exhibitors and is reported on by 4,000+…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 11th March, 2016 (Pre-Basel edition)
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 11th March, 2016 (Pre-Basel edition)

Allow me to express myself, not in interpretive dance (not yet anyway, I’ll save that until the Nomos party next Wednesday night) but in a…
NEWS: Bell & Ross partner with Renault Sport Formula One Team
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NEWS: Bell & Ross partner with Renault Sport Formula One Team

Formula One and fine watches have always gone hand-in-hand. Late last year TAG Heuer shocked the F1 community when they announced they would be ceasing…
INTRODUCING: The Bell & Ross BR 126 Carbon Orange
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INTRODUCING: The Bell & Ross BR 126 Carbon Orange

Well before Bell & Ross became synonymous with bold squares, they were all about clean, simple, highly readable watches of a much more conventional shape.…
LIST: Five skull watches to make you grin
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LIST: Five skull watches to make you grin

It’s never too early to start planning your Halloween wristgame, so we’ve assembled five of the best skull watches. Why skulls? They symbolise death and…
HANDS-ON: The Bell & Ross BR 01 Skull Bronze
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HANDS-ON: The Bell & Ross BR 01 Skull Bronze

The story in a second: The BR 01 Skull Bronze is the latest version of Bell & Ross’s bold Skull watches – and this time…
HANDS-ON: The Bell & Ross BR-X1 Skeleton Chronograph Rose Gold & Ceramic
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HANDS-ON: The Bell & Ross BR-X1 Skeleton Chronograph Rose Gold & Ceramic

The story in a second: By adding a rose gold case to their next-generation BR-X1, Bell & Ross have created a watch that walks the…
LIST: The seven best watches of Only Watch 2015
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LIST: The seven best watches of Only Watch 2015

If you pay even passing attention to the world of watches you’ll notice that the last few weeks have seen a spate of one-of-a-kind watches…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 3rd July, 2015
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 3rd July, 2015

Happy new financial year everyone! If anyone out there is an Australian tax expert and can come up with a way to make watches deductible…
HANDS-ON: The Bell & Ross BR03-94 Rafale
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HANDS-ON: The Bell & Ross BR03-94 Rafale

The story in a second: There’s rarely been a better marriage of aviation and horology than the latest Bell & Ross limited edition – the…
EVENT: Melbourne Bell & Ross boutique opening
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EVENT: Melbourne Bell & Ross boutique opening

Last night, as clouds of bats erupted from the Botanical Gardens, a small group of 60 Melburnians, including two of the city’s greatest tattooists, congregated…
HANDS-ON: The Bell & Ross BR03-92 Desert Type
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HANDS-ON: The Bell & Ross BR03-92 Desert Type

The story in a second: If you’re prone to a little dyslexia you might misread this watch as the Dessert Type – and you wouldn’t…
FIRST-LOOK: The Bell & Ross BR-X1 Carbon Forgé
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FIRST-LOOK: The Bell & Ross BR-X1 Carbon Forgé

The story in a second: The Bell & Ross BR-X1 Carbon Forgé is an example of Bell & Ross demonstrating their high-end technical watchmaking capacity.…
The Spooky Watch Guide: Our Top 5 Halloween Watch picks
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The Spooky Watch Guide: Our Top 5 Halloween Watch picks

Halloween. The night when the spirits of the dead and children in need of dental work roam the earth, and eerie spectres lurk in every shadow.…
NEWS: Bell & Ross release BR 126 Sport Heritage GMT Flyback
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NEWS: Bell & Ross release BR 126 Sport Heritage GMT Flyback

In recent times the guys over at Bell & Ross have diversified away from their iconic, chunky aviation inspired instrument pieces. But only a little bit.…