ORIS ADDS BLUE WHALE LIMITED EDITION
TO SUPPORT OCEAN CONSERVATION
Oris has been supporting ocean conservation program for years, most
recently through The Oceans Project, which raises awareness and funds
for related environmental causes. You may recall that Oris earlier this
year announced its Great Barrier Reef Limited Edition III and the Clean
Ocean Limited Edition, made in partnership with the Reef Restoration
Foundation and Pacific Garbage Screening respectively.
Now Oris adds the Blue Whale Limited Edition, the third and final piece
in the Oris Ocean Trilogy, three watches based on the Oris Aquis diver.
The new watch, limited to 200 pieces, is being sold as part of a set. It will
be delivered in a case made of recycled PET plastic bottles. This newest
Oris Ocean conservation watch is produced in partnership with Whale
and Dolphin Conservation (WDC), the leading charity devoted to the
protection of whales and dolphins.
”We’ve been very intentional about our mission to bring change for
the better,’ says Oris co-chief executive Rolf Studer. “The environmental
challenges the world faces are real, and we believe that both individuals
and corporate entities have a responsibility to overcome them.” The WDC
has been funding research and conservation projects for three decades,
and it calculates there were once around 350,000 blue whales in our
oceans. Today, there are now only between 10,000 and 25,000 left.
The Oris Blue Whale Limited Edition itself is based on the Oris Aquis
diver’s watch. It is 45.50mm in diameter and water-resistant to 500
meters. The watch offers an aqua blue ceramic bezel and a graduated
aqua blue dial atop an automatic powering the first-ever Aquis with a 3,
6 and 9 chronograph dial layout. The case back carries an embossed blue
whale and the limited edition number. Price: $10,500.
The Oris Ocean Trilogy is made up of three limited
edition watches: The newly launched Blue Whale
Limited Edition, the Oris Great Barrier Reef Limited
Edition III and the Clean Ocean Limited Edition.
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