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I don’t see Royal Oak at all.... just me?

@farukozee9162

3 жыл бұрын

nah facts, It looks like Bell & Ross's signature shape to me ... Great piece

@craigroberts5965

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. And I dont really get the hate. Make an integrated bracelet blue dial sports watch and everyone cries copy, regardless of how much it actually looks like anything else. Four screws are a B&R thing, as is being angular. The blue dial isn't textured like a RO. It's got Arabic numerals, the indices are different, the bracelet is completely different. It's more B&R than anything else.

@craigroberts5965

3 жыл бұрын

Similarly, if you make a triple register chronograph with a black bezel... But make a dive watch that looks like every other dive watch and not a peep.

@rumatadestora

3 жыл бұрын

You are not alone! I don't see Royal Oak here either

@gelmibson883

3 жыл бұрын

Nope. Same over Guess he is loosing his mind.

It's obviously inspired by the Royal Oak, but in my opinion, it's completely it's own thing. Love the blue lume.

@beluwuga

3 жыл бұрын

No it doesn’t, it was inspired by Jet Instruments and Gerald’s design along with the perfection of it design from previous BR-0X. Why only compare it to RO or Nautilus, why not Polo, Hawk, Laureato, Datejust, Constellation, or Octo. Because people who made this controversy are new to horlogerie world. That’s got something to do with how long have you got into Wristwatch?

@khoocheepeng

2 жыл бұрын

Not really.....

@aghey1011

2 жыл бұрын

@@beluwuga kind of make sense. Why Royal Oak only right..? 😂

@JimIBobIJones

2 жыл бұрын

@@beluwuga Because its not just "inspired" but outright copying core elements of the design. The bracelet is a direct rip-off of the Nautilus and the bezel that of the royal oak. Its not a case of similarities or inspirations as with other more respectable brands: you compare the AP royal oak, the Patek Nautilus and the IWC Ingenieur there are clearly the same DNA in them, but they aren't direct clones of each other. Bell & Ross are basically Invicta with a higher price tag. B&R lacks any originality or true identity in their designs - all of their aviation designs are derivatives of their former manufacturing partner, Sinn, and now that they have moved into more nautical watches they have stuck to form and again stolen designs rather than coming up with something new.

@jirikrajnak9047

Жыл бұрын

@@JimIBobIJones chill, it's not copying anything. it's a genta inspired bell & ross.

Am I alone in thinking this looks nothing like an AP :/

@subsilkdj

3 жыл бұрын

It looks like a classic box style bell and Ross design with a blue dial for me...glad I'm not the only one!

@DMBVR4

3 жыл бұрын

It's just another passenger on the blue dial integrated bracelet steel sports watch bandwagon.

@geoffwatches

3 жыл бұрын

Nope!

@TruckeeDoggo

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. This video is clickbait, and not even an original theme. People have been saying this is a Royal Oak homage since it was first released. But it looks a lot less like a Royal Oak than many other integrated watches out there.

@brianjackson2733

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. I think it has its own look and I rather like it.

Looks like a Bell & Ross....

@Judah.Rosenthal

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Can’t say that about Piaget Polo.

@beluwuga

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@beluwuga

3 жыл бұрын

@@Judah.Rosenthal or Laureato, or Octo, or Hawk, or Constellations.. the ones making this controversy are newbie to watch world they only understand Royal Oak and Nautilus, they got drifted by “GMT, Resale, Pepsi and Batman” current.

It vaguely resembles the RO, but not to the extent you’d have us believe. The real issue is Bell & Ross trying to charge nearly £4K for a Sellita driven piece.

@timothy9596

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Now, I have seen one in person and it's an amazingly built watch. The bracelet, at least the one I saw, was every bit as good as the AP in finishing for the most part. The dial was beautiful to look at. It's big, but that's what B&R does. Even saying that I'd only pay $2500ish for it. You just can't get around the fact that they used a Sellita.

@treedillinger5801

3 жыл бұрын

Vaguely resembles? 🤔 ...come on

@shaverray4462

3 жыл бұрын

@@timothy9596 Yes, £2.5k feels more like it, roughly what mint second hand pieces are going for on the secondary market.

@shaverray4462

3 жыл бұрын

@@treedillinger5801 It’s in the eye of the beholder I suppose. There’s a passing similarity but there’s no octagonal bezel, no tapissarie dial and the markers are completely different. That said, I’d certainly agree that B&R have bought into the blue dial/integrated bracelet cliche with this piece.

@treedillinger5801

3 жыл бұрын

@@shaverray4462 zoom out for a second. Are you denying that B&R had a board meeting and said: let’s reverse engineer a watch that looks like the RO/Nautilus to cash in on the recent popularity and unavailability of those watches? I don’t think the designer of this watch would deny something so obvious. (Incidentally it looks more like the Nautilus...which was based on the RO). You’re not suggesting that the resemblance here is coincidental are you? Because that’s where this goes from civilized discussion to trolling.

This looks like a Bell & Ross with an integrated bracelet.

Nothing like a AP at all 🤷🏻‍♂️

It took 6 mins to hear about the bell and Ross in an 8.5 minute video. This is happening more often with these wf videos.

I picked up one for 3600 and it’s a masterpiece everything you expect from a quality watch.. compliments are given every single time I wear it. I know “critics” find this watch as a copy of many other but At the end of the day it’s all about how a watch makes you feel and trust me this watch makes you feel like a million dollars.. one of my best purchases!!!

@inlineskia

Жыл бұрын

I have the skeleton lume version and couldn't agree more!

@DadoDoda

Жыл бұрын

Hey congrats on your purchase (1 year lated) i am offered one now for 3k euro; 8 months old with warranty. I have one br03-95 and im familiar with br watches. Are you satisfied with yours?

@SEduardo0818

Жыл бұрын

@@DadoDodaI still have mine works perfectly and its a great watch to wear almost daily.. have added others to the collection since but my BR-05 still one of my favorites. Keeping mine forever. if you can manage to get it under 3k even better!!

@DadoDoda

Жыл бұрын

@@SEduardo0818 appreciate your reply; happy to hear you are enjoying your watch! 3k is bottom line he is willing to go; i just went to view them in the shop. Stunning watch. Feeling the build quality but yet again, it is so elegant and robust at the same time. Its thick as my ceramic 42mm 03-92.

looks more like a nautilus. it's squared off. royal oak is very clearly octagonal. did WF have a brainfart?

@barrybritcher

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@saboss

3 жыл бұрын

because of the bracelet

@treedillinger5801

3 жыл бұрын

That’s true, it looks more like the Nautilus...which is based on the Royal Oak. Patek asked Genta for a watch just like the Royal Oak but different...that became the Nautilus. The watch in this video is a blatant ripoff of that design.

@xpatcan1

3 жыл бұрын

@@saboss the bracelet here looks much closer to the nautilus then RO

@ianmansfield68

3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly! I think he's using it as an excuse to repeat the history of the RO, they must have a few in the cabinet - it sounds like a sideways advert for the RO.

Errrr... Mr talking hands. It doesn't really look like a RO. Okay, maybe 20% resemblance

Looks just like the A.P.. accept for the caes shape, oh, and the dial. And the numerals,(or lack thereof). But yeah, other than that, they're identical. LOL

How bout a list of watches near 1k$ thst deserve another 0 in the price.

@j0nnyism

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately most watches that are such good value have ugly cases. Although there are exceptions

I own the limited skeleton version. Very happy with it! This watch feels like 10k more on the wrist. Sellita yes, but if there was an in house movement. The price is much higher then this. I enjoy looking at the movement, it's a nice watch. People saying that it is a patek or RO, those people didn't experience it first hand.

i can never see myself mixing up this for a royal oak. maybe a Nautilus if i only get a glimpse at the band. i want a bell and ross but i don't like the price.

Nice of you to show a perfect screw in the bezel, but what happened to the other ones? There seems to be quite a lot of oxidation. How this happened? I like the design!

Excellent video as always sir. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us!

Beautiful macro shots, as always! I actually prefer the look of this watch over the original. Can’t afford either, though, so I’ll just admire from the corner!

Brilliant video. Keep on, you're doing really great work. You mentioned Sinn, PLEASE do a video about them, if you can get your hands on a few of them. They are THE best tool watches on the market in my opinion. Writing this with my Sinn EZM7 Firefighters watch on my wrist. If you can arrange it, it would be unbelievebly awesome for me.

I prefer this over it’s apparent peers by a mile.

@surfside75

3 жыл бұрын

I'd certainly buy this Bell & Ross over a Apparent Peers any day👍🤣🍻

I think its more like nautilus, not an ap. look at the bracelet style.. isn’t it?

@DMBVR4

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, other than bolts in the bezel, it's WAY more similar to a Nautilus.

@Xiao_PP

3 жыл бұрын

Spot on!

@kaypee1972

3 жыл бұрын

Well, if you compare, you compare to the original

@bianconero6617

3 жыл бұрын

@@kaypee1972 agree, but then it means that you cant compare anything and never to nautilus design, coz theres original aka royal oak?)

@kaypee1972

3 жыл бұрын

@@bianconero6617 yep :-) Of course you can, I am not the authority to to allow comparisons.

Nice nod to BBS alloy wheels, for those of us who lust after watches and cars.

Because all AP makes is royal oaks 😂 any watch that is steel and has an integrated bracelet is now considered a copy 🙄 could say the same with any chronograph ever with zenith or and dive watch with Rolex or blancpain, it’s silly. Looks nothing like an AP

@jimlittle5769

3 жыл бұрын

AP should just be replaced by ALS in the Holy Trintiy of watches and be done with it.

@thatmexicanguy2989

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimlittle5769 not a fan of Lange myself because I don’t like most of the designs... but nobody can disagree that the finishing on those watches is amazing, and that triple split is gorgeous 😩

The underhand of the seconds hand is finished surprisingly well!

Brown paper bag on a wet afternoon, there you go again making me chuckle in the middle of your stellar presentation. Sometimes I drool on my phone while viewing a gorgeous watch face & movement but this time no. Even the Royal Oak is not my cup of tea. Great presentation though. Thanks 🙏 for that & STAY SAFE.

Bell & Ross is my first luxury watch. I loved that iconic shape.

It looks Bvlgari. Judging by how the screws are aligned I assume they are not real, The real ones are at the bottom tho :D Not a fan of squares anyway.

Nice! I've been wanting some Bell & Ross content. Thank you! Can you please review the Breguet 5140 or 7147, please?

@riojimatsuoka

3 жыл бұрын

They only review watches they have in stock. Although channel is informative, they still have to make money of course.

WF, as precise as you are, and as compelling as these clips are, I just don't see it.

If it’s an integrated bracelet steel watch that you can actually get, does it even exist?

@andersekman8378

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Maurice Lacroix Aikon or Seals Model A

I like it but for me the dial looks too small in relation to the size of the surrounding steel case.

To me this seems more similar to a PP Nautilus than an AP Royal Oak though..

I really appreciate this watch A great piece

Audio issues still my friend. Thanks for bringing great watch collector videos. Your certainly one of the Best on KZread.

I dk...I’m not really seeing the connection

@arshdhadwal3408

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's a great looking watch but the value per dollar isn't really there. I think BR are making too big of an ask for this piece. But I do like the design.

Where to buy 🤔

I don't see any Royal Oak in this - I think the Talking Hands tend to push an analogy or story-line a little too far these days. To draw my own analogy, a Jaguar XF has four wheels and four doors - is it a copy of a Mercedes? Or a Ford T? Regardless I rather like this B&R, much as I like the unobtainable 5711 and as I dislike the Royal Oak with its surfeit of angles and sharp edges.

@thatmexicanguy2989

3 жыл бұрын

Completely agree, it’s just silly with these comparisons. So many people fanboy over the holy trinity that if anybody does anything with even one small similarity they are straight up copying 🙄

@treedillinger5801

3 жыл бұрын

No offense but I find that statement absurd. This is a BLATANT ripoff of the Genta designed Royal Oak and Nautilus (looks more the the Nautilus...which itself is based on the Royal Oak). The bezel, the screws, the bracelet...it’s beyond obvious that B&R took that design and said: let’s make something like that...but a little different.

@thatmexicanguy2989

3 жыл бұрын

But what you’re saying is any watch with a square like face and an integrated bracelet is a copy 😂 the Royal Oak offshore is a complete ripoff of every Rolex ever then 😂 because they claim it’s a dive watch with 10 bars only

@treedillinger5801

3 жыл бұрын

@@thatmexicanguy2989 ...no what I’m saying is that OBVIOUSLY B&R sat down and purposely reverse engineered a watch from the RO/Nautilus to cash in on the recent craze and unavailability of those watches. The funny thing is that YOU deny it, but I’d be willing to bet that the designer of this watch would acknowledge it. There is absolutely no room for debate here.

@thatmexicanguy2989

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think they sat down and copied it, of course some watches are clear homages of others but this isn’t one of them. A closer look would be patek ripping off the Cartier Santos haha. It’s just because it has a square face and integrated bracelet design 🤷🏻‍♂️ not because they wanted people to think their watches were the same

This is the first B&R that I think is a true design masterpiece. And I do not think it looks anything like AP, this is way more attractive than the dated, beaten to death Royal Oak design (s).

@30isurfer

3 жыл бұрын

Agree to death

@Venndiagonal

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Got a new monitor and came straight here to marvel at your videos in 4K as intended

Lovely finishing on this piece.

I've always wanted a b&r since I was a teenager watching community. But can't bring myself to pay for one.

Amazing video as always!

You should do a video on all of the Gerald Genta designed watches, an anthology

Last time I was this early we can still buy Royal Oaks from authorized dealers

This looks less like an RO than a Nautilus, Piaget, GP Laureato, ML Aikon, and so many others do, but you only call B&R out for it.....

the dial is very much different from AP RO... but it's a good looking one

Like the watch a lot. Agree that its not a direct copy at all to the AP. Own 2 off B&R watches and love their unique designs, workmanship and quality. This watch is beautiful. Would like to see a more high end movement and if not a substantial price drop.

That date window is much better than AP

Let me guess, with it's price what can I buy? 1. Omega 2.Breitling 3.Grand Seiko 4.x2 Muarice Lacroix IKON 5.Longines And many more! Specially Omega with it's antimagnetic properties, no brand can beat them at their prices. It's enough to leave this watch beside your smartphone accidenly over the night, and the next morning you have to run for a watchmaker. Being antimagnetic nowadays is as important as being water resistant.

@scottlalonde2878

3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍

Lol throw a large Pam crown guard on it , then we're talking! Ah ! just joking but what a site it would be!!! I actually love the look of this B&R , it sort of grew on me through the video by the end of it , Im like hell yeah ! The same happened w/ that weird lookingTudor SKX piece couple years ago! Lol

@Watchfinder & Co. can you compare the New Seiko 5 against the Rolex Hulk, it would be a pretty interesting face off in terms of value

Nice Pentax i have the same one

I don’t see this as an AP copy at all. B&R has been making square cased flight-instrument styled watches for 30 years, all of which feature 4 large screws at the corners of the case front. It’s a very distinctive design, and it’s always looked like it was pulled straight from from a cockpit instrument panel, not from any other watch brand. Just adding an integrated bracelet to this core B&R design does not make it a Genta rip-off, at all.

Very hot take, I don't see it like so many others in the comments, but it made me click and comment, so...well played. If you go that far, you could even compare the numerals to that of Panerai... but it would be a little bit silly as well. Love what B&R does and your macro shots nonetheless!

Cool brand, cool watch design. My favourite model from B&R.

I would say this looks more like a mainstream version of a B&R than an RO.

For some reason this reminds me more of a full metal Casio G-Shock (GMW-B5000D-1ER). I have nothing against G-Shocks in general, but that's probably no the association B&R was going for...

I like these videos but how many times is this guy going to do his Royal Oak spiel

@SpencerCookertin

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I was going to say the same. Give us more on the watch itself. I feel cheated

@CJ-rb3do

3 жыл бұрын

Fully agree. We’ve heard the story before.

I don't see the resemblance with the royal Oak... The only thing which reminds me of another watch is the bracelet: Patek Nautilus

@vijanankush

3 жыл бұрын

Aquanaut

Bracelet? Sure... Angular case with screws on top? Sure... But that's about where I draw the line of similarities with an AP to be honest. I just don't see it as a fake/copy in the extent you do... They ended up with a look that I don't find very appealing but it's one of those that's pretty polarizing, so some will love it I'm sure. To each their own.

I just got a BR 03-92 Ceramic with salmon numerals. To me, there are all the other pilots watches that look much the same and then there is a watch which any layman can see is drenched in aviation. Cheers Bell & Ross!

One of my dream watch ⌚😍 soon I'll make it mine

I dont like it, but i cant deny, its finishing quality is shockingly good for that price point.

I think he meant Nautilus and not Royal Oak... It's really more kind of a frankenstein watch: Nautilus hands, Panerai design numerals, Nautilus indexes, royal oak type screws, Nautilus bracelet... And I still remember the H Moser frankenwatch...

Disappointed in this video. That's a beautiful watch and you just talk about it being a knock off.

@surfside75

3 жыл бұрын

It doesn't even look like an AP. WTF is going on?🤣🍻

@MJFallout

3 жыл бұрын

It's because everyone who knew two things about watches got their panties in a twist when this B&R came out, about it being a shameless rip-off. However, it appears WF wants to make two points: A) Even if it is a design rip-off, it's not the first, not the most prominent, not the last, etc. And B) It's really more an homage (in the strict sense of the word), and that just maybe that's actually a good thing. I understand though that it's a bit frustrating that there are virtually no finer details about the B&R mentioned in this video.

@DavidMartinez-hw8vu

3 жыл бұрын

Bark & Jack 2

I own this iteration and love it, really nice watch. Sellita movement but how is that a problem? overpriced, though at RP.

Sorry it doesn't look that close as you my make it seem.

so now as soon as you put a integrated bracelet and it's a copy of a AP Royal Oak? The bracelet looks closer to the one from the nautilus, the numbers look more like a panerai and in this case we could even agrue that the square case is copied from Cartier Santos. But Royal Oak.. reall struggling to see it

Is a bit offensive for bell and ross to be called "fakers"...

Some brand named Davis Elvin has been popping all over UAE, their watches look like Richard Mille chinese knockoffs. Btw, Girard Perregaux is another great brand to check out - the Laureato is a good watch.

@Ken-ss1en

3 жыл бұрын

I saw producer Michael talking about Davis Elvin

@co9221

3 жыл бұрын

The Laureato is a arguably a bigger knock off of the RO and Nautilus than this B&R, but at least it looks great and doesn't have a Sellita lobbed in it

@barfymann362

3 жыл бұрын

@@co9221 I agree, even my Victorinox Inox looks similar to the Laureato. However, the Laureato Ghost Bamford Edition is a beauty; except for the price tag. Cheers.

@co9221

3 жыл бұрын

@@barfymann362 Had to Google that one but my Lord it is beauty! Right about the price though haha

Can you make an episode about the Rolex Cellini 4350. There is not a single video about it despite the fact it’s a Rolex and is a very interesting design.

Looks MUCH better than B&R's other square watches.

You’re better than these click bait titles. Leave that to Bark & Jack. Nice watch, that’s adopted design queues from the hyped integrated bracelet sports watch craze.

I actually like the looks of this watch, but there are so many others I'd rather have for the dosh. Yes, I'm lookin at YOU 38mm Aqua Terra!

In the same category/style of watch I prefer the Zenith defy, that watch is amazing.

Almost forgot the second hand. And the crown guard. But really, they could be twins. But honestly, the B and R, looks better by a long mile than the Royal Oak.

AP bezel, Panerai dial, Patek bracelet

Where is the RO??

I would like to see video on PIERRE LANNIER and it should be one of there skeleton watches I am to be specific the modal should be this "307C066". Please do one if am to buy a skeleton watch it should be around £200. Please also compare other options from popular brands.

While the Royal Oak was indeed a masterpiece of design it didn't spring from nowhere, or anything like it. The late 60's early 70's was a hotbed of new design language in watches. The French brand LIP were far more adventurous than any of the Swiss and Genta certainly didn't innovate integrated steel bracelets. The AP stuck out because it was a luxury watch in steel by a brand like AP that didn't look like your grandfather's watch. It didn't exist in a vacuum. It was also - and contrary to popular web belief - not because of the so called "quartz crisis". That hadn't happened yet and it was far less a quartz crisis than a digital quartz(and currency exchange rates) crisis. Indeed the Swiss were well invested in quartz since the mid 60's and were pushing the tech hard at the time(inc AP). Not that their current marketing would lead you to believe that. The originally large quartz movements of the time informed the design of watches. It was the start of the bigger watches for men(though didn't last long as movements got smaller). As for copying design; that has _always_ gone on in the watch business. "Trench watches" of the early 20th century all look very similar. Then art deco tanks all look very similar. Then pilot's watches all look very similar. Then divers... etc. So soon after the RO was out you had very similar steel hexagonal bezels with screws designs coming out from a few brands(The Omega Mariner an obvious one). Then Patek "copied" it by getting the same designer to do a variation on the theme with the Nautilus. These are fashionable items driven by fashion.

@scottlalonde2878

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome comment. I just can't get on board with this watch. The PP, GP, VC, IWC, Rolex, Chopard, Piaget, unless I'm wrong, came from the 70s, almost creating "The Genta Movement". This came from nothing.

@MrGrentch

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottlalonde2878 Pretty much Scott. Too often these days there is internet watch lore which gets repeated so often it becomes fact(with many brands backing it up for marketing purposes) and then we have actual historical fact around watch design and development which often differs and sometimes to a surprising degree. The early 60's and 70's had big changes in design and fashion and that extended to watches across all brands. The higher end and usually conservative brands tended to be the last to get into it. If the AP/Genta design had been for a mid tier or entry level brand few would have even noticed it. For a brand like Rolex who were and remain extremely conservative(and were very much mid tier back then) the 70's was one of the few times in their history where they took design chances. By the late 70's they had to as sales of Swiss mechanical watches fell off a cliff. They even internally trialled a Rolex digital. They did develop their Rolex quartz movement which ironically was of a higher fit, finish, quality and innovation than their mechanical movements of the time.

@scottlalonde2878

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrGrentch Another interesting comment, thank you. To my taste, the 70s weren't that great with the watch designs. You mentioned the Rolex Oyster quartz, and that's one I had a crush on. The style and yes that high quality movement. I hear it had quite the loud tick, think I would enjoy that. Thanks again.

@MrGrentch

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottlalonde2878 Yeah a pretty loud tick alright and the movement IMHO was about the highest quality production run Rolex movement of their 20th century history. Though that actually wouldn't have been too hard. Rolex movements could be decidedly mid tier and lower end mid tier at that. Robust yes, but overly thick, sloppily finished, sometimes scarily bad quality control and with little or no innovation. That they were able to get chronometer certs for them is impressive considering that.

Yet again watchfinder, don’t piss on my chips and tell me its vinegar. Nothing like an ap at all and tbh a somewhat shameful sales approach

I like this B&R. I don't necessarily see the RO affinity, looks more like Nautilus. But then again, it's B&R DNA all over, squared case, round dial, exposed screws, it very uch is a B&R watch and not so much a homage. Also did AP come up with it or did Genta did? Did PP copy AP or did Genta copy himself?

Love the channel but please talk more about the timepiece featured. Sound

The only difference is that B&R did an integrated bracelet, otherwise it is the same design they had for years of not decades. I think calling a copy of the royal oak is a bit of a stretch.

Anyone who calls the Bell & Ross watch a Royal Oak copy simply has no idea about watch design.

It doesn't look exactly like Royal Oak, but it does remind you of Royal Oak.

Talks about Royal Oak for the 1st 4:18 seconds of the video. If you want to hear about this watch go to 4:19

@JLchevz

3 жыл бұрын

yea wtf

Takes quite a bit of the imagination to see the RO in it. If it's because of the integrated bracelet then a lot of big name brands have that too.

Woo 1000th like, this to me seems like a weird cross between the RO and the Nautilus, the squarish case and the bracelet especially is straight from the Naut, the lugs and circular face are RO reminiscent

Calling this Ap or Nautilus wannabe is just horrible. This one is more original than most of the steel sports watches. Just a signature Bell&Ross design.

i think it looks more like a nautilus tbh , there is too much snobbery with the in house movements imo after all most of the biggest brands didn't make their own movements until quite recent also many people dont seem to think that the bracelet and watch head have any value , this looks extremely well finished and that costs so to me its not overpriced

Haters will be haters, I'm sure most of the dopes commenting here probably don't know that Royal Oak, Nautilus, Bulgari Bulgari, IWC Ingenieur...all designed by the same great Gerald Genta...this B&R is a tribute to the original Royal Oak and the man himself. Great video, love that you cover watches that aren't mainstream

The Bell & Ross logo on the dial is ruined by the & in a circle!

I want it

Looks a great deal better than the GP

I want this

looks more like the nautilus than the RO apart from the bezel dial set up, either way doesn't float my boat

The design inspiration of this watch is more like from the PP Nautilus

@clementk8139

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly ! Mostly considering the shape of the hands.

I don't think I'd call it a fake AP. Does it share some design language? Sure - but it's not an homage (seems like I've been saying that a lot, lately). From an aesthetic point of view, neither this nor the AP are my cup of tea. I have to say, though, it really holds up under macro.