ON THE WRIST
SPECIFICATIONS:
• Reference number: 01 771 7744 4354
• Movement: Oris 771, base SW 510
• Case & Bezel: Multi-piece stainless steel and
bronze uni-directional rotating diver’s bezel
with an aluminum insert
• Case Back: Stainless steel, screwed
• Crown: Stainless steel screw-in security
crown and pushers
• Crystal: Sapphire, domed on both sides,
anti-reflective coating inside
• Water resistance: 100 meters
• Dial: Retro bi-compax dial layout with a
black, curved dial and applied rose gold
PVD plated indexes and hour, minute and
seconds hands
• Hands: Applied Indexes and hands are
filled with SuperLuminova Light
Old Radium
• Bracelet: Brown leather strap with
stainless steel buckle or stainless-steel
bracelet with folding clasp
• Dimensions: 43mm by 21mm (lug width)
Oris uses a subtle edge of bronze around the bezel to contrast with the white
60-minutes ring on the black aluminum insert
INNOVATION
Innovation usually focuses on a brand’s ability to refine and improve a
movement, new case materials, longer reserve time or design. I think
expanding a legacy model to the 21st Century is another way Oris innovates.
It’s a clever diversification from the successful Sixty-Five diver. Oris launched
the line in 2015 and it keeps showing up with a new dial, case metal, case size
options and limited editions.
LEGIBILITY
The legibility of the watch is its dominant aspect. In low light, bright light and
even at various angles, it reveals the time easily. The dial and the hands shine
clearly through. The hour and minutes hands use SuperlumiNova Light Old
Radium for luminescence in the dark. The chronograph hand is gold and has
the right color and reflective contrast between the base during other times.
The 43mm case diameter shows off the rose-gold PVD-plated hour, minute
and second hands and the hands filled with SuperlumiNova indices make
them pop.
The vintage chronograph pushers and retro layout direct the wearer to a deep
glossy black dial with two flat-black registers. The minutes counter is at nine
and the 30-minute counter at three. Each is read by a stark white hand and a
gilt base that offers an exceptional view into the function.
Hold the watch to the light and you’ll appreciate the antireflective coating
on the domed sapphire crystal. The curved sapphire dome offers a clear view
heads on, but in any curved crystal, you can sacrifice legibility for design
aesthetics, even though this crystal shape is worth it.
Oris helped this curve with the antireflective coating on both sides of the
crystal. What you might lose on the curved crystal (I will always love this
despite it) you make it up with the dial size and gilted markers. The dual-side
coating offers clarity at almost any angle.
RARITY AND VALUE
Heritage lines are becoming very common in brands that can reach back in
their archives. Oris did this very well on the first model of the Sixty-Five and
continues with that success.
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