Oris

Oris, the world famous manufacturer of Swiss luxury wristwatches, introduces a limited edition watch that highlights the plight of the world’s water sources. The new Source of Life Limited Edition is announced as a philosophical timepiece inspired by the River Rhine in Switzerland. Based on the Oris Aquis diver’s watch, the new piece features a unique case-back embossed with a map of the River Rhine, which runs 1,233km (766 miles) through six countries, and close to the village of Hölstein where Oris has been based since 1904. The watch is c...

The Swiss watchmaker Oris made its first diver's watch in the 1960s and has had a close relationship with the oceans ever since. For a very long time, Oris has been active in supporting the World Oceans Day and helping protect and conserve the world’s oceans. In 2017, Oris continues its mission with the Oris Clipperton Limited Edition, a watch dedicated to Clipperton Island,  the world’s most isolated landmass. This uninhabited island, a minor overseas territory of France, is a 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi) coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the...

The famous Swiss luxury watch manufacturer, Oris, has just released a very special timepiece made in honor of the crew of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, the French Navy’s flagship. The exclusive new timepiece is based on one of the Oris’ most celebrated models, the Big Crown. The Big Crown, one of Oris’s signature designs, was first introduced in 1938. This year it inspires the exclusive classic pilot’s watch created in partnership with officers of the French Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier.  The model is limited to 1890 individual...

Ahead of the BaselWorld 2017, Oris adds two new references to its Calibre 113 range of watches. The Atelier Calibre 113 is the fourth in the company’s series of watches powered by in-house developed movements. The range, aimed at contemporary businessmen, is powered by the Calibre 113, a movement equipped with a practical business calendar complication, showing the day, date, week and month of the year. Oris was founded in 1904, and by the late 1970’s it established itself as one of the Switzerland’s most productive watch manufacturers, with...

The Oris Carl Brashear Limited Edition is the first bronze watch ever produced by the famous Swiss manufacturer. The brand announced it a couple of days ago, and it will be on display during the BaselWorld trade show, in March 2016. As its name suggests, this very special timepiece honors the life and legend of Carl Brashear, the U.S. Navy’s first African American master diver whose extraordinary life was the inspiration for the 2000 film Men of Honor. Brashear was the first African American to become a U.S. Navy Master Diver. He joined the...