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ORIS ENHANCES THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS GROUNDBREAKING automatic mechanical altimeter and places it into a new carbon-fiber composite case .
Announced during Watches and Wonders 2023 , the new Oris Pro Pilot Altimeter is now thinner and more lightweight than it was in 2014 when Oris launched it as the “ world ’ s first and only automatic mechanical watch with a mechanical altimeter .”
After working on the new model for the past three years , Oris has made the new model capable of indicating altitude up to 19,700 feet or 6,000 meters ( the watch is available with induction in either feet or meters ). On the earlier editions the scales indicated up to 15,000 feet or 4,500 meters .
Teaming with 9T Labs , a spin-off from the ETH Zurich university ( Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ), Oris built the new 47mm carbon fiber case as a single-piece of 3D-printed carbon one mm thinner than the earlier models . Oris attaches a PVD-coated titanium bezel and caseback and power the watch with its own Caliber 793 , a slimline automatic with a newly improved 56-hour power reserve .
The watch is available in two versions , one with an altitude scale in feet and another with an altitude scale in meters . Both versions are priced at $ 6,500 .
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