Wei Koh is at it again. The Grail Watch founder has brought Alain Silberstein back for a second outing, and they’ve invited Bell & Ross to the party this time. The result is the Black Ceramic Trilogy: a trio of BR 03 variants sporting Silberstein’s iconic tricolor designs within B&R’s (comparatively) no-nonsense square cases.
And that’s what has people most excited about this collection. B&R has collaborated to beautiful effect before but pairing with Silberstein is one of the most significant departures from their typical design features to date.
The Klub 22 is a basic (insofar as anything touched by Silberstein’s influence can be described as basic) time-only piece whose hands transform into functional geometric shapes. The Krono 22 features the largest seconds hand B&R has ever put onto a chronometer. Rounding out the collection is the Marine 22, which features the debut of Silberstein’s ‘maxi’ hands, designed for maximum legibility.
Each model has a 42mm matte black ceramic case and features B&R’s self-winding, in-house BR.CAL-302 movement (-301 for the Krono). The straps are all black rubber debossed with the B&R X Silberstein logo, and each of the dials has white minute markers with yellow embellishments at the 3, 6, 9, and 12 positions.
Horophiles and Koh-rophiles can preorder the Klub ($4,400; 200 examples), Marine ($5,600; 100 examples), and Krono ($6,700; 100 examples) individually or as a set ($16,700; 50 examples).
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