Bell & Ross BR02-92 Carbon Fibre ... Details?

[Ikemi]

I've just seen some pictures of the new BR02-92 Carbon Fibre on the 'ABlogToRead' site and I'm considering it as my next large purchase. The article was written in July and stated that it'll be available soon ... Just wondered if anyone knew a potential month of release and how much it will cost in GBP? Do you think discount would be out of the question?



On a side note, what do you think?

[Tiggsy]

The CF looks nasty. Serves no design purpose as a material and is visually unattractive. If it weren't CF but just patterened plastic it would look daft.

Might sell well in halfords next to the dice!

Soz!

[RemainAllHoof]

Not a fan of CF, either. It would look great if it were just black. I like the bold design overall, though.

[Ikemi]

Oh dear ... Fair enough I've never been keen on the application CF either, but combined with the tonneau case design and the bold 'BR03 Type Aviation' style numerals, it works rather well!

Here is the BR02-92 Steel in direct comparison with the new CF variant:




In fairness, it looks as if the CF model will be roughly £2.6K on release, which is second hand BR02-94 Steel money. I need to get past Xmas and save some cash, but I think a B&R is next on the cards.

[Stu R]

I like it, but then I like industrial looking stuff, and pointless use of irrelevant materials

I've had 2 B&Rs, been nothing short of over the moon with them, but they seem to polarise opinion somewhat. Only reason I shifted mine on was to upgrade to other stuff.

[Adam B]

The all white of the CF model combined with plain black dial would be the ideal imho

[RemainAllHoof]

Adam B said:

The all white of the CF model combined with plain black dial would be the ideal imho

Yes, I particularly like the hands on the new model as well as the applied markers. But I also like the painted markers. I am not a fan of orange hands. If I were buying new, I'd ask B&R if they could put the new hands and internal bezel in the old model or change the hour hand for a plain white version.

[Don1]

Have a chat with our own Dominic H....