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Calibre watches5/27/2023 Marking the first line of automatic movements developed in more than 40 years, the calibre 400 series was touted as the new standard in Swiss-made automatics. The in-house developed Oris Calibre 400, with a 5-day power reserve and automatic windingīy 2014, Oris had resumed movement creation with the production of manual-winding calibre 110 and its formidable 10-day power reserve from a single barrel, followed six years later by the groundbreaking calibre 400, a powerful, anti-magnetic automatic movement with a five-day power reserve and a ten-year warranty. Herzog, the man who has run the company for almost 35 years, played a decisive role in revitalising mechanical watches in the early 1980s. Founded in 1904 in the Swiss hamlet of Hölstein, Oris created more than 270 calibres during its heyday before cheap precision quartz movements decimated the industry. The highly powerful single-barrel movement of Oris, which base was launched in 2014Īs with so many watch brands, there is a ‘before and after quartz crisis’ story to be told. More power to the people! Since the management buyout of the company in 1982, Oris has accumulated an attractive portfolio of accessibly priced, robust sports, dive and pilot’s watches. Ulrich Herzog, the chairman of Oris, does not mince words when he describes the brand’s mission to “ offer serious mechanical watches at fair prices in an industry that sometimes forgets that there are numerous people who would like to own a mechanical watch, but who still have to work hard for their money.” Here, here. Flaunting an almost perfect 38mm case size and a heavenly blue dial colour, this manual-winding Big Crown Pointer Date is destined for greatness. What makes it even better news for fans of the Hölstein-based brand is that the movement makes its debut inside a Big Crown Pointer Date, an iconic model on Oris’s flightpath since 1938. The new calibre 473, based on the automatic calibre 400 introduced in 2020, boasts the same performance and resilience but is hand-wound and comes with an extra function. 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.
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