Bell & Ross hasn’t redrawn the BR-05 GMT for its latest steel travel watch, and that’s the point.
The BR-05 GMT Green Steel works through colour, surface and light, using a vivid green dial to soften the familiar strength of the case architecture without making the watch feel less purposeful.
It’s a restrained update, but a useful one for anyone who wants a GMT watch with a little more personality than the usual monochrome travel tool.
At a glance
- Bell & Ross has introduced the BR-05 GMT Green Steel, a steel travel watch with a green sunray dial.
- The watch features a central GMT hand, a green and rhodium-gray 24-hour flange, and an automatic BR-CAL.325-1 movement with a 54-hour power reserve.
- It is offered with either a satin-polished steel bracelet or a green ribbed rubber strap, with pricing not stated.
A green dial built around changing light
The defining feature here is the dial, which Bell & Ross treats less as a flat colour and more as a surface in motion.
Its green tone shifts depending on the light, moving between deeper and brighter registers rather than settling into a single fixed shade.
That effect comes from a sunray finish topped with tinted lacquer and a transparent protective coating.
It gives the BR-05 GMT Green Steel a more polished mood than the purely functional brief of many travel watches, while keeping the layout clear and familiar.
The green-framed date aperture at 3 o’clock is a small but important detail, helping the calendar display sit within the dial rather than interrupt it.
The GMT display stays practical
The travel function is handled by a centrally mounted arrow-tipped hand filled with Super-LumiNova.
It works against a 24-hour flange that alternates between green and rhodium-gray, creating a natural day-and-night reference for the second time zone.
Alongside that GMT indication, the watch displays hours, minutes, running seconds and the date.
Bell & Ross has kept the information hierarchy straightforward, which matters on a watch intended to be read quickly while moving between time zones.
Steel architecture with a softer edge
The BR-05 GMT Green Steel is housed in a 41mm case measuring 11mm thick.
The watch leans on broad satin-finished steel surfaces, with reflections doing much of the visual work as the case and dial catch light from different angles.
That combination gives the piece a calmer presence than a high-contrast GMT execution, but it doesn’t dilute the underlying structure of the BR-05 design.
Buyers can choose between a satin-polished steel bracelet or a green ribbed rubber strap.
The bracelet keeps the watch closer to an integrated steel daily wearer, while the rubber strap pushes the green theme further and gives the design a sportier read.
Details & Specifications
| Brand | Bell & Ross |
|---|---|
| Model | BR-05 GMT Green Steel |
| Case size | 41mm |
| Case thickness | 11mm |
| Case material | Steel |
| Dial | Green sunray dial with tinted lacquer and transparent protective coating |
| Movement | Automatic BR-CAL.325-1 |
| Complication | GMT with central arrow-tipped second time zone hand |
| Power reserve | 54 hours |
| Additional display | Date at 3 o’clock |
| Strap or bracelet | Satin-polished steel bracelet or green ribbed rubber strap |
The BR-05 GMT Green Steel is likely to appeal to collectors who already like Bell & Ross’s square-shouldered steel language but want a travel watch with more colour and nuance.
It doesn’t try to reinvent the GMT formula, and it’s better for that restraint.
