Introducing The Bell &Ross WWI Monopusher Chronograph

We saw a lot of interesting stuff from Bell & Ross this year at BaselWorld, including the WWI Monopusher chronograph you see above. Bell & Ross has always made unquestionably handsome watches, in particular their vintage and heritage lines, but this year we saw Mr. Rosillo’s brand get slightly more “watch-y”. They came out with a few higher end pieces that we’ll cover later that really impressed us, including a jump-hour with a module created by Vincent Calabrese.
But, we’ll get to that in due time. Today we are showing you a new introduction that sits somewhere between the handsome ETA-powered standard collection and the expensive, complicated pieces. The WWI Monopusher uses the pocketwatch-inspired, wired-lug design you’ve seen before in the WWI collection but this time around, Bell & Ross has put a La Joux Perrret mono-pusher chrono movement inside. Now, you maye be thinking “hey, didn’t somebody else just use a La Joux Perret monopusher in a watch featured on the ‘Dink?” and you’d be right. Vulcain used the very same movement in their 50s President Chronograph Heritage.
What’s even more interesting is that Vulcain and Bell & Ross had the same idea for pricing for such a watch, too. The Vulcain will be sold at $7550 while this Bell & Ross will be sold at $7600 in steel when it hits stores later this year. Not a bad price for a pretty cool watch with an interesting movement. Click through for more live pictures.