Oris has a recent annual tradition where a special, limited edition piece debuts to celebrate its anniversary. Known as the Hölstein Editions, named after the town in the Swiss Jura mountains where the brand was founded in 1904, the watches are generally modified variants of existing pieces. The previous three include a bronze Divers Sixty-Five, […]
Oris has consolidated a solid reputation for its resilient, purpose-built dive, pilot and sports watches that do the job in style without breaking the bank. The Aquis family of sporty, high-performance dive watches is one of the most popular, and its 43.5mm Aquis Date was the first to be powered by the brand’s powerful manufacture […]
Despite the fact we’re weeks on from this year’s Watches & Wonders already, there is still plenty of stuff to talk about. Whether it’s simply picking the best new watches of the entire show, or categorizing some of the finest new chronographs, we are far from done yet! And this week’s Buying Guide picks up […]
Although it is probably far more useful to mountaineers, hikers, climbers, skiers and other adventurous kinds than modern-day airline pilots flying in a pressure-controlled environment, the Oris ProPilot Altimeter remains a rarity, as it is one of the very few mechanical altimeter watches available. In fact, it is the only one with an automatic movement! […]
The edgy ProPilot X line was upgraded last year with the Calibre 400 to power the popular series, distinguished by a straightforward, contemporary and technical design. Calibre 400, the in-house automatic movement with 120 hours of power reserve and chronometric accuracy, was presented in 2020 and demonstrated how seriously Oris was implementing its Movement Creation […]
The Oris ProPilot X Kermit Edition features a date window in which Miss Piggy’s ex makes a monthly appearance The watch itself is based on the 39mm titanium ProPilot X Calibre 400 Oris wanted to ensure the collaboration didn’t overpower the overall watch design Growing up, I learned a British superstition that you’re meant to … Continued
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As we’re coming up to the end of February, our nerdy watchmaking minds always tend to stray in the direction of Perpetual Calendar watches. And even though this year is not a leap year, the fact that a watch can switch from the 28th or the 29th of February to the 1st of March without […]
Oris debut new in-house manually wound calibre 473 in the new Oris Big Crown Calibre 473. Despite being manually wound, it is 0.5mm THICKER than the previous automatic model due to new power reserve indicator on the movement. The release also heralds Oris’ first-ever butterfly clasp with fine adjustment mechanism. Introducing: The Oris Big Crown … Continued
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Swiss brand Oris initiates 2023 with glad tidings and announces the advent of its tenth in-house developed movement, writing a new chapter in the life of its iconic Big Crown Pointer Date. The new calibre 473, based on the automatic calibre 400 introduced in 2020, boasts the same performance and resilience but is hand-wound and […]
When news broke that Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy was launching his own watch company, the watch community immediately reached for their phones to let him know on social media just how displeased they were with his Brick Watch Company watches. And if not going for their phone to troll Portnoy, they certainly went for … Continued
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