COPERNICAN PRINCIPLE

Inspired by the ISS Cupola, the Bell & Ross BR-03 Astro turns time into a cosmic dance, with Mars, the Moon, and a satellite tracking its passage

- KEN KE

If nothing else, Bell & Ross should be commended for its commitment to audacity, which it demonstrates again with the BR-03 Astro. While the Franco-Swiss watchmaker is best known for its circle-within-a-square aesthetic, it also likes to surprise with telling challenges to conventional timekeeping. Late last year, Bell & Ross unveiled the BR-03 Horizon, a watch that proposed a slightly different way to read time; the new 41mm BR-03 Astro in black ceramic builds on this. Simply put, you are looking at three cosmic bodies that you no doubt can easily identify but we shall spell it out here since they do play the time display role that hands normally would.