Bell & Ross's New Limited-Edition Racing Watches Were Designed to Look Like Renault's F1 Cars

Fans of French watchmaker Bell & Ross know it chiefly as a maker of watches designed in the style of aircraft instrument panels With the release of its fifth collection of R.S wristwatches honoring the automotive team, Bell & Ross is placing that relationship front and center.

The collection consists of four mechanical chronographs that represent, says Bell & Ross CEO Carlos Rosillo, "The coming together of two French brands united by their shared values and link to the world of extreme high performance, high tech and the use of materials adopting the latest technological advances and state-of-the-art materials." Styled with a futuristic bent, the models draw their sleek looks from Renault's 2020 F1 car as well as the R.S 2027 concept car, which comes with a trippy-looking 3-D-printed transparent cockpit Bell & Ross describes the BR V3-94 RS.

20 model as the "Tool watch" of the collection Housed in a 45 mm case made of PVD-coated titanium, ceramic and rubber-the same materials used in F1-the watch features an openworked dial, a PVD-coated steel ring around the bezel and pushers that evoke the paddle shifters on an F1 car As the crowning piece of the collection, the manual-winding model is equipped with both a column wheel chronograph and a flying tourbillon, as well as 100 hours of power reserve. Source