History of Oris
Oris was founded in 1904 by Paul Cattin and Georges Christian at Hölstein, Switzerland. Oris produced no-nonsense time pieces which were both high quality and affordable. With the advent of quartz, as with many other Swiss watch manufacturers, Oris struggled to find its place in the watch market.
However, Oris continued to focus on the manufacturing of mechanical watches. Oris has been able to hold its own creating watches with unique mechanical features that distinguish from those with electronics and quartz. Since the mid-eighties, Oris has progressively launched more mechanical watches with features such as analogue date pointers, automatic movement, mechanical chronographs, and analogue world time display. Interestingly, despite the turbulent changes the watch industry experienced, Oris has found itself doing what it always has, producing great value quality mechanical watches.
In 2004, Oris celebrated 100 years of existence and is going stronger than ever. Oris boasts many names wearing an Oris such as Sean Penn, Harrison Ford, Gwyneth Paltrow, Nicolas Cage, and Meg Ryan. Oris is also a key sponsor of the BMW Williams Formula 1 team, helping them to grow their brand awareness, and expand internationally.
What makes Oris Watches Unique
An Oris watch is a statement of quality, craftsmanship, and value in mechanical watch making.
In keeping with the great Swiss tradition of watchmaking and craftsmanship, Oris is a watch brand dedicated solely to manufacturing mechanical timepieces with self-winding automatic movements. This feature is highlighted at the back of an Oris watch where you can view the distinctive Oris red rotor which generates the power for the movement.
Oris make a wide variety of models which feature many quality Swiss mechanical movements usually found in much higher priced watches. These include the automatic chronograph, the world timer, moon phase, and day/date complications amongst others. Furthermore these movements can be found in variety of distinctive designs including the classic watch shapes; round, tonneau, and square.
Famous Appearances
Oris is a key sponsor of Williams BMW F1 team since 2003 and features Ralf Schumacher as ambassador.
Other high profile ambassadors for Oris include; David Beckham and Keanu Reeves.
Oris has recently featured in a number of successful Hollywood films including Batman Forever, Eight Millimeter, Jurassic Park, and Kate & Leopold.
Current Oris Models
Oris Artelier Series; Artelier Chronograpgh, Artelier Complication, Artelier Big Date, Artelier Pointer Date, Artelier Date.
Oris TT1 / TT2 Series; TT2 Day Date, TT2 Williams F1 Chrono, TT1 Worldtimer, TT1 Professional Divers, TT1 Divers Titan, TT1 Divers Titan Chronograph, TT1 Divers, TT1 Day Date, TT1 Ladies, TT1 Chronograph, TT1 Day Date Lefty.
Oris Classic Series; Miles Worldtimer, Miles Chronograph, Miles Complication, Miles Tonneau Day Date, Miles Day, Miles DayDate, Miles Ladies, Miles Ladies Diamonds, Modern Classic.
Oris Big Crown Series; BC3 DayDate, BC3 Plus, BC3 Divers, BC3 Divers Regulator, BC3 Chronograph, Big Crown Original.
Oris Classic XXL; XXL Worldtimer, XXL Chronograph, XXL Complication, XXL Classic, XXL Pointer Day, XXL Regulator, XXL Full Day.
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