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With its BR 01 Laughing Skull watch, Bell & Ross
is integrating automatons in its collection. These autonomous
mechanisms, which feature an animated display, appeared in Europe in the 14th
century at the same time as mechanical clocks. They often take the form of a
Jaquemart, an animated mechanized figure of a person, fitted to a church clock
tower to strike the hours on a bell. The original Laughing Skull concept is
therefore a kind of direct descendant of these elegant animation systems.
This watch conceals a powerful character. The skull’s
mandible is animated during winding to then perform a characteristic
"laughing" movement. To create it, the brand developed the
BR-CAL.206: a caliber entirely produced by the manufacture that is also
skull-shaped, so that the mechanism fits the case perfectly. In the extension
of the 4 bones, the 4 bridges secure the main plate to the case and come
together to form a single assembly floating in the center of the watch.
This bold timepiece is made from microblasted steel.
The 46- mm case is decorated with a “Clous de Paris” finish. This type of
guilloché pattern requires special machining. The marriage of the Skull dial
and its guilloché case adds to the character of the whole piece. Naturally, the
skull on the dial is the key feature of this watch. It has been made from metal
appliqué, which has been embossed to create a relief pattern. This process is
usually used to mint coins or make medals. As an added bonus, the skeleton work
gives the impression that the skull is floating weightless in the center of the
case. The sword-shaped hands are similar to those on the earlier Skull
collections, but on this model they are skeletonized and coated in Superluminova®.
BR-CAL.206. Hand-wound
Hours and minutes. Moving skull when wound by hand.
46 mm in width. Micro-blasted steel with "Clou de Paris" design.
Applique metal skull. Metal skeletonized Super-LumiNova®-filled hour and minute hands.
Sapphire with anti-reflective coating.
100 meters.
Brown alligator skin.
Pin. Micro-blasted steel.