Divers
Oris Aquis
No Nonsense Nautical
Oris’s designers looked at how they could make a diver’s watch as legible and therefore as safe
as possible when at depth. They turned to research by John Adolfson and Thomas Berghage,
who reported in their medical volume Perception and Performance Under Water that the most
visible colors underwater are yellow and orange. Pictured here with orange lume, the new Aquis
has the minute scale printed directly on the inside of the sapphire crystal and a scratchproof
ceramic insert in the bezel. At a wearable 43mm and built with a stainless steel case around a
Swiss made Sellita SW 200 base (Oris Cal. 733), the Aquis is within reach of most collectors and
makes for a sensible choice in a 300-meter rated Swiss watch with a suggested retail of $1,750.
Oris Aquis El Hierro
Watch with a cause
Named after El Hierro at the south-western corner of the Canary
Islands, the Aquis El Hierro Limited Edition watch is supporting a
research scholarship plan run by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) at the Faculty of Marine Sciences at the University
of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. All build qualities are the same
as the standard series, with the exception of the color and finish
which are exclusive to this 2,000-piece limited series priced
around $1,950. www.oris.ch
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Wristwatch | 2016