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ORIS launches four novelties at Baselworld. Three watches pay a homage to vintage models. One pays homage to something that may soon become vintage: coral reefs.
Left to right: Oris Big Crown 1917 Limited Edition, Oris Regulateur ‘Der Meistertaucher’, Oris Staghorn Restoration Limited Edition, Oris Chronoris Date_Original
The Oris Big Crown 1917 Limited Edition
The discovery of its first pilot’s wristwatch is celebrated by launching a limited edition timepiece as a tribute to the original watch. Research in the company’s archives revealed a pilot watch made in the early 1910s. One catalog shows a pocket watch with a Blériot airplane engraved. Louis Blériot completed the first flight across the English channel on July 25, 1909. The researchers discovered a round, brass-cased watch with a big crown, an aluminium dial and wire loop lugs soldered to the case. This was a popular method to make life easier for pilots who needed both hands to fly.
Oris revives this watch with the Big Crown 1917 Limited Edition. The new edition shares the onion-shaped big crown, the early 20th century arabic numerals, the blued steel hands, time-adjustment-unlock button and domed glass with the original The watch also bears the vintage Oris logo.
Arguably the most interesting feature is the movement, the new calibre 732 – based on a Sellita SW200-1 – to enable unlocking the time-adjustment function with the push-down button at the 2 o’clock position. While remaining faithful to the original design, the watch has also been modernised. The case is made of polished stainless steel, water resistance is set to 5 bar, and the glass is made of sapphire crystal. The Arabic numerals are finished with luminescent Super-Luminova. The watch comes with a brown leather cuff strap with a stainless steel pin buckle. The case-back carries the original OWC trademark and the limited edition number. When you order the watch you will also receive a travel pouch, containing an additional leather strap with twin rivets and a stainless steel pin buckle.
Oris Big Crown 1917 Limited Edition
Specifications Oris Big Crown 1917 Limited Edition:
Ref. No. 01 732 7736 4081 LS, Ø 40.00mm
Limited to 1,917 pieces
Automatic movement Oris Cal. 732, based on Sellita SW 200-1.
Time adjustment via pusher at 2 o’clock
Polished multi-piece stainless steel case and crown. Water-resistant to 5 bar
Bubble-curved sapphire crystal domed on both sides with anti-reflective coating inside
Screwed stainless steel case back with embossed original ‘OWC’ Oris Watch
Company logo and engraved limited edition number
Silver dial with printed numerals filled with Super-LumiNova®, blued steel
hour and minute hands filled with Super-LumiNova®
Brown leather cuff strap with stainless steel pin buckle
Set includes leather travel pouch and additional leather strap with stainless steel pin buckle
Swiss retail price CHF 2,400
Oris Big Crown 1917 Limited Edition
Oris Regulateur “Der Meistertaucher”
This year Oris launches yet another edition of the Regulateur Meistertaucher (Master Diver). The regulator dial – with separated minute and hour hands – was introduced by clockmakers in observatories in the 18th century. Oris introduced this complication for the first time in a diver’s watch in 1999. When you are a […]
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