• ETA is the movement manufacturer, yeah. It’s a calibre 2892, hence the “92” designation. B&R decorate it a bit themselves so I don’t think it really matters which grade it is, I expect it’s “elaboré” or whatever and not the chronometer spec.

    Bell & Ross are a relatively young brand, and for a lot of people they don’t have the cachet that Tudor have - Tudor are a Rolex offshoot, originally using Rolex cases and bracelets with cheaper movements. Personally I think Bell & Ross’s vintage style stuff is much better designed than Tudor’s range (eg the V2-93 GMT vs the BB GMT) but Tudor’s brand/heritage and marketing counts for a lot.

    Actually, re: their name, they’d love you to think they make helicopter parts. I think in reality they’re rich little French/Swiss boys, their names are Bruno Belamich and Carlos Rosillo. Bell & Ross is a bastardisation/anglicisation.

  • Cheers, much appreciated

    I take the point about B&R being a young brand, for me I’d Rather have a Cheltenham made Smiths or something W10ish that’s actually old, but then I suppose someone could say the same thing about the Tudor, so it’s horses for courses and of course mostly marketing, as you say.

    GMT is the model or grade of movement?

  • GMT being the model, meaning a watch with an extra hand (and 24 hr bezel, usually) for a second time zone. The B&R V2-93 GMT has a GMT hand that apes the Rolex Explorer II. The Tudor Black Bay GMT imitates the Rolex GMT-Master with its “Pepsi” (blue and red) bezel. They’re almost exactly the same price.

  • Tudor is a relatively old brand, a hundred years or so. You could get something pretty nice and vintage for bb58 money but getting a new watch is also nice.

    Basically you're going to end up buying loads of watches.

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