Watch Out: The BR 03-94 Multimeter by Bell & Ross
Transforming the chronograph complication into a graphic and utilitarian timekeeping instrument for an active lifestyle.
The Bell & Ross BR 03-94 Multimeter has certainly shaken up the status quo of the versatile chronograph widely used in aviation, the navy, motorsport and medicine with its out-of-the-box design and approach.
To start off, the watch features Bell & Ross’s iconic “circle within a square” shape—created in 2005 and inspired by the emblematic cockpit clock—replete with a 42 mm-sized case in matte black ceramic. Most eye-catching is its multicoloured dial designed to unpack the chronograph’s potential in the sports and fitness realms.
Equipped with a large independent central hand that can be started, stopped and reset, the BR 03-94 Multimeter is used to measure short times, as well as speed via a tachymetre scale. Its two additional dial counters—9 o’clock indicates the timer minutes while 3 o’clock displays the permanent seconds—come with half scales and double-weighted hands for optimal readability.
The two smaller central hands display hour and minutes, while date is legibly displayaed in an aperture located between midday and 1 o’clock so as not to obscure the other indications. Typically, the 60-minute chrono scale is located on the flange of the dial.
Bringing together the multiple measurements of the chronograph onto the same dial, the BR 03-94 Multimeter, powered by the self-winding BR-CAL.301 calibre, serves as an ultimate multifunctional instrument for diverse everyday activities—measure speed, number of breaths and even heartbeats. The bright and graphic dial with colour-coded concentric circles overflows with information.
Dressed in orange, the pulsometer scale measuring heartbeats only runs on the right side of the dial. The asthmometric scale that monitors breaths is coated in bottle green and also only runs on the right-hand side of the dial.
Running over the whole dial, the three tachymeter scales measuring speed are specified in pale green, light grey and white—each is based on different units of measurement: 100 m, 250 m or 1 km for running, cycling and driving respectively.
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