My first watch nomination to celebrate the successful conclusion of 2021 is the new BR 03-93 GMT from Bell & Ross. This is the newly updated version, unveiled to the public in April this year. Maintaining the same 42mm size and equipped with the same BR-CAL.303 self-winding movement, it replaces the previous version with a fixed, satin-polished stainless steel bezel and an orange GMT hand. The new bezel turns bidirectionally in 24 increments, and is inlaid with a bicolour anodised aluminium insert showing the night section in black and the day section in red. The GMT hand now sports a red tip to match.
I did not see this watch coming at all. In fact, I wrote an article for the March 2021 issue of WOW Thailand, detailing how I lost my appetite for GMT watches because of the travel restrictions. Two weeks after the copies came out, the model was previewed to the press and I was floored. I thought first of all about said article, how I could be mocked by my collector friends and readers for saying one thing then doing the other. Then I decided that I was human after all and made the important call to my local Bell & Ross retailer right after that fateful online presentation.
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