HAMMERHEAD
WHILE ORIS HAS LONG BACKED select
charities with funds from the sales of cer-
tain Oris watches, this year the independent
Swiss watchmaker seems to have outdone
itself. At least three new Oris limited edi-
tion watches are being sold in partnership
with a non-profit organization dedicated to
humanitarian causes.
One, the Oris Staghorn Restoration
Limited Edition (2,000 pieces) is a diver’s
watch made in partnership with the Coral
Restoration Foundation, a non-profit con-
servation organization working to preserve
the world’s coral reefs.
This new watch, one of a next-generation
of redesigned Aquis models, has a num-
ber of distinguishing features. First, it’s
quite colorful. The dial is dark blue while
the central seconds hand and the bezel’s
zero marker on the minute scale are bright
orange. Oris says it chose this orange hue to
both to reflect the color of Staghorn coral
and because orange is one of the most vis-
ible colors in the low-light conditions found
under the sea.
The dial offers day and date indications,
both also with orange tints. The day is
shown through a sequence of seven win-
dows cut into a circle running around the
inner part of the dial, each of which fills with
orange on the appropriate day. The date (at
6 o’clock) is also orange.
“Thanks to the foundation’s tireless
efforts, there is a solution to the threat fac-
ing the world’s coral reefs, and we wanted
to offer our support,’ says Oris Chairman
Ulrich W. Herzog. “The Oris Staghorn
Restoration Limited Edition will make a
huge difference to securing the future of
this precious ecosystem. My thanks to all
those who choose to join us in this vitally
important quest.”
HAMMERHEAD
Also focusing on conserving life within
the oceans, the Oris Hammerhead Limited
Edition is being sold to help raise funds for a
shark conservation project run by the non-
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