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June 3, 2008

Bell & Ross Limited Edition Tourbillon Phantom with Trust Index — World's first lie detecting watch?

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According to a full page ad in this past Sunday's New York Times and the Bell & Ross website, the BR01 Instrument Tourbillon Phantom Ø 46 MM (above) has the following features:

• Trust index (detail below) at 3 o'clock

Aaaaaaaaaa

• 120 hours power reserve indicator at 9 o'clock

• Regulator at 12 o'clock (dissociating hours counter at 12 o'clock and main central hand for minutes)

• Carbon fiber mainplates and black gold tourbillon carriage with three additional complications

• Titanium case with special DLC (Diamond-Like Carbon) virtually unscratchable finish

• Numerals, hands and indexes with photoluminescent coating for night use

• Water-resistant to 100 meters

• Black carbon fiber dial

I had my crack research team drop everything like it's hot (catchy, what?) and find out what the heck "Trust index" means in horological circles.

The answer, from europastar.com: "A trust index, an indicator of optimal working of the movement, [is located] between 2 and 4 o’clock. The trust index is in three sectors: high, middle and low. The middle sector indicates the ideal working of the movement; the lower sector means the watch is running slow and requires winding and in the high position it means you have to simply wait until the movement comes back to its optimal working rate."

Well, there it is.

Price?

If you have to ask....

June 3, 2008 at 11:01 AM | Permalink


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A grand complication.

Posted by: Milena | Jun 3, 2008 1:57:36 PM

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