I can only imagine the expressions on the faces of the Bell and Ross design team as they were given the multiple criteria for the BR02.

Most watch brands that have aspirations of indulging a male demographic have at least one pilot’s watch in their catalogue. These are often contemporary replicas of the first ever timepieces worn by pilots in the 1920s, which were basically pocket watches with lugs attached or the pilot’s timepieces of WW2, which were designed specifically for the job.

Bell and Ross created the perfect aesthetic and utilitarian horological dish in 2005 when they took the watch world by surprise with the BR01.

As a youngster I was captured by the dream of space travel.  My career path led to more conventional flying and I became a pilot. 

My choice of watch is, therefore, predictable, a Bell & Ross because of their ties to aviation and space travel.  From the range I chose a BR 03-92 Carbon.  The BR 03 echoes the BR01 which is a larger cased watch, but mine is ample in its proportions.