Thursday, August 10, 2017

Reviewing Bell & Ross Vintage V2-94 Garde-Cotes

Bell & Ross Vintage V2-94 Garde-Cotes is based on the chronograph introduced at Baselworld 2017. Again, the recipe is the same: smaller (41mm vs 43mm previously), as well as slimmer and more rounded. To keep the overall design clean and a bit old-fashioned, the Parisian brand has decided to equip the Bell & Ross Vintage V2-94 Garde-Cotes with a twin-subdial movement, meaning that the dial remains quite sleek. Considering the new colors added to the watch, this is a good option to prevent a loud and busy dial. Sub-dials are oversized and legibility is on par with the vocation of the watch https://www.aomwatches.is/.

This Bell & Ross Vintage V2-94 Garde-Cotes the same design clues: white hands and indexes for the readability, orange minute track and chronograph hands (also on the 30-minute counter) and that special grey for the dial. In order to guarantee a sufficient water resistance (meaning 100m), pushers are screwed just like the crown. 

Another distinctive feature compared to the black version is the bezel insert, which now shows a pulsation scale (helpful to measure heart beats per minute), which makes sense with the rescue / coastguard theme of this watch. Inside the case is an automatic chronograph, calibre BR-CAL.301 (based on an ETA 2894-2). It is available on rubber or steel bracelet.

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