For solid and comfortable workhorses, ORIS is no surprise to many. With
heated competition in the watch industry, it is smart to quietly play
in the segment of the “affordable luxury”.
This post will provide a glimpse of some of the interesting ORIS Basel 2015 pieces ...
ORIS
is known for a long time to be competent in the field of Sea, Land and
Air. Last year, at its 110th anniversary, ORIS unveiled Caliber 110, an
in-house developed manual-winding caliber with a single barrel
delivering 10-day power reserve to play in the dress-watch segment.
This year, the Caliber 110 progresses to
Caliber 111 with the addition of a date function.
The
new 43mm diameter ORIS Caliber 111 is available in either stainless
steel or 18K Rose Gold case. 4 dial-variations - for the steel the
dial colours are silver-gray or sunray black-gold; whereas for 18K RG,
it will come with either opaline silver-gold or maroon.
The above
piece is a stainless stell with silver-gray dial, with small second at
9H with the newly added date function and the power reserve indicator at
3H.
The slim-bezel design gives an impression of a watch larger
than 43mm. Sapphire crystal is anti-reflective coated on the underside
to eliminate glare.
Large signed crown enable easy winding and adjustment of the time.
Hands and hour-indexes are with Super-Luminova for low-light reading of time. The water-resistance is rated to 30m.
Open-caseback
displaying the single large barrel of the neatly industrial finished
Caliber 111. The handwound Caliber 111 beats at 21,600VPH.
The 111
is complement with either a black or brown croco leather strap with
folding clasp. For the steel model, it also has the option of steel
bracelet.
Next another wonderful piece - the
ORIS Divers Sixty Five ...
This nice looking vintage diver is a revival from ORIS collection fifty years ago, year 1965.
The
new ORIS Divers 65 retains the retro look with modern improvements.
The water-resistance is rated to 100m for this diameter 40mm
anti-corrosive stainless steel case.
The bezel is updated to uni-directional rotational for safety reason from the yesteryear's bi-drectional.
Hour indexes and hands are filled with SuperLuminova for low-light time reading.
Another
feature retained is the bubble-curved crystal. Previously was
plexi-glass, the new is of a sapphire (a bubble-curved sapphire crystal,
seems to be more costly to produce than typical flat crystal) and
anti-reflective coated on the second surface for better legibility.
Top side of the case is brush-finished while the rest is gloss-polished. Crown is screw-down type.
Solid
caseback to better withstand the depth. Within is ORIS Caliber 733, a
Selita SW200 base beating at 28,800VPH with a power reserve of about 38
hours.
The Sixty Five comes with black rubber strap or black NATO strap.
This piece is NICE!!
Next is the
Big Crown ProPilot GMT ....
The
45mm Big Crown ProPilot GMT with the newly developed GMT movement, Cal
748 (based on SW220-1), is targeted at traveller and pilots. Large and
good legibility. Sapphire crystal is anti-reflective coated on the
inner surface to reduce glare.
Hour markers and hands are coated with
SuperLuminova . Open-caseback and paired with green textile strap with
stainless steel folding clasp.
Moving to the ground or land, the motorsports models -
The ORIS Williams Collection ...
Two models for this year, in stainless steel case : 44mm chronograph and 42mm Time with Day Date.
The
interesting feature of this new ORIS Williams Chronograph is upon
reset, the zero-point (start-point) of the chronograph-sundials is at
position 8H, just like the speedometer of the racing cars. The sub-dial
at 9H is the small-second, while the sub-dial at 12H is the
minute-totaliser and the 6H sub-dial (with the 'W' logo and date) is
the hour-totaliser.
This 44mm stainless steel case is water-resistance rated to 100m.
The caseband near to the crown is cut-out to display the brand WILLIAMS.
Open caseback displaying the Caliber 774, based on SW500.
This
chronograph model comes with black rubber strap with steel folding
clasp. Stainless steel bracelet option is also available.
Next is the ORIS Williams Day Date, in 42mm stainless steel case with water resistance rated to 100m too.
Flat
sapphire crystal is anti-reflective coating to reduce glare. Blue
second hand with the 'W' logo, the trademark of Williams F1.
Caseband is brush-polished while the bezel is glossy for interesting light-play.
Open caseback too with Caliber ORIS Cal 735, based on SW220.
It comes with rubber strap with steel clasp with option of steel bracelet too.
ORIS Audi Sport Limited Edition II 
For the second year partnership with Audi Sport, ORIS issues the Edition II, a watch dedicated to the
Audi R18 e-tron quattro .
This edition is limited to 2,000 pieces and will be worn by the Audi Sport drivers.
Just
like the hybrid Audi R18 e-tron quattro, this 44mm diameter case is
made of a combination of titanium caseband, steel screw-in crown and
pushers, all coated with DLC. The bi-directional bezel is of ceramic.
The sub-dial at 12H is also a 10-minute countdown timer for the drivers to keep track of the race start time.
At 9H, is an interesting red retrograde small-second.
Titanium
caseback with engraving of the Audi R18 and the limited number. Within
is automatic ORIS Cal 778, based on Sellita SW500 beating at 28,800VPH
with a power reserve of about 48 hours.
Which ones catch your attention?
Thanks for viewing.
Kong
