Oris Watches - What Makes Them Different

Oris Watches - What Makes Them Different

Replica Oris watches have been manufactured since 1904. They are a good quality Swiss watch that has many admirers. Why many people like Oris watches is because of the rather unique way in which the date is often displayed.

Replica Oris watches are a well known Swiss watch and are very popular. The company has a reputation of making timepieces that stand the test of time. Their collections are based on their history in sport, aviation and fashion. The current collections of the Williams F1, Flight Timer and Frank Sinatra reflect these backgrounds.

But what really makes Oris watches stand apart from other Swiss watches is their use of the date pointer. Most date watches display the date as a number in a rectangular window on the watch face. As the date changes, the date flips and the new date is shown in the window. However some of the collections of Replica Oris watches use the legendary date pointer.

The date pointer is a third (or fourth arm if there is also a second hand) that rotates around the face of the watch. In effect there are two sets of numerals on the watch face. The inner circle has the usual hour numbers or marks, whereas the outer circle contains the 31 days of a month. When the hour arm passes midnight the date arm moves to the next day.

The date arm (or date sweep) usually matches the same colour as the hour and minute arms, but the tip is usually red in colour - to make the indication of date more visible. Also the end of the date arm is either a T-shape of horse shoe shape. Of the two, the horse shore shape is probably the more aesthetically pleasing.

Rolex is famous for their bubble over the date window and Patek Phillipe are famous for their complicated date movements showing, day, date and moon phase, the Oris is unique, and famous, for using a date arm. Luckily for the consumer the unique way in which an Oris watch displays the date, comes at a price tag most can afford, unlike a Rolex of Patek watch.

There are many other qualities that make an Oris watch stand out, but surely the best known facet of an Oris wristwatch is the use of the date arm. That is what makes them different from the crowd.

Robin O'Brien is founder of a website dedicated to beautiful watches that he and his wife own. You can get wristwatch reviews on such leading classics as Replica Oris watches, Panerai watches, Longines and Tissot among others.

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Replica Oris Watches - The Williams F1 Team Watch

Oris Watches - The Williams F1 Team Watch

Unlike many Swiss watch manufacturers, Replica Oris watches with quartz time movements. Its watches are strictly self-winding or automatic - the red coloring of the rotor in its automatic watches is a trademark of the company. What follows is a short review of the current models on offer from Oris in the Williams F1 Team collection.

Oris watches are fine timepieces but were seen by many as being rather traditional. Recently it has freed itself of this image with the introduction of new and trendy lines; especially in the sports and divers watches. Fact: the company only began making sports watches only as recently as the nineteen seventies.

The following reviews are brief but, hopefully, will give you some idea as to what you get when you buy an Oris Williams F1 Team watch.

The company, like many quality watch manufacturers, find a 'partner' that is well known in some sporting arena. The idea, I guess, is to give sporting credence to their watch. The company has gone into partnership with the Williams Formula One racing team and the result is its collection of Williams F1 Team watches.

There are four basic models; the Day Date; the Skeleton Engine; the Pointer Date and the Chronograph.

The simplest in design is the Day Date. The dial is black carbon fiber with Arabic numerals with the day and date function being displayed at the 6 o'clock position. The casing is titanium and is complemented with either titanium or rubber strap. My personal favorite is the model number: 01 635 7588 7064-07 4 28. This Oris watch features a 41 mm titanium casing, carbon fiber black dial with painted hexagonal squares, rubber strap and a red second hand.

The internal workings of Replica Oris watches can be seen through a glass window on the back case. With the Skeleton Engine in the Williams F1 Team collection there's no need, as you can see the internal movement when you look at the dial. Some may like this feature, however, I don't. This is a shame because this watch does have one feature I love; there's an inner dial that display numerals 1 to 31, which turns so that the date is displayed by mean of a red triangle at the 6 o'clock position. Why didn't the company make this watch without a window displaying the movement? It would have looked a lot classier if they had. Anyhow, the casing of the watch is in stainless steel with either stainless steel or black rubber strap.

I confess that my favorite watch in this collection is the Pointer Date version. Replica Oris watches are well-known for displaying the date using an arm that sweeps around the dial - the numerals 1 to 31 usually being displayed as an outer dial from the time indices. Usually, the end of the date pointer arm is a horseshoe shape, so that the number is contained, but with this watch the date arm has a triangle at the end that is painted red. The dial has a printed black fiber structure with arabic numerals at the 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock position. The case is in stainless steel with stainless steel or rubber strap - the stainless steel strap looks better. The hands and indices are Superluminova C3. The watch is water resistant to25 meters. The Oris Williams F1 Team Pointer Date is a beautiful watch in my opinion.

The Chronograph comes a very close second to the Pointer Date version as being my favorite. The Chronograph comes with tachometer bezel, two-piece dial with fine minute track and decimal division. The watch I would buy would be the 01 673 7563 4654-07 4 27 01B model. It's very striking with black PVP plated stainless steel casing, black dial printed carbon fiber structure and black rubber strap. The dial contains two subsidiary dials for 30 minutes and 12 hours counters, which have been painted a mid-blue color.

The Oris Williams F1 watch is a fine timepiece in my opinion. You get a watch with a very sporty feel and at a price that isn't too expensive; especially for a watch that comes with automatic movement. Oris watches don't seem to age as badly as some others, as I've said, I own one and still enjoy wearing it.

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A Personal Review of Oris Watches

A Personal Review of Oris Watches

Oris watches have long been recognized as beautiful crafted Swiss watches. Oris watches may not have the same brand recognition as some other Swiss-made watches but they are never the less an exceptional timepiece that anyone would be proud to own.

I've owned an Oris wristwatch for many years; in fact, my Oris was my first ever Swiss watch. I've never tired of my Oris watch, and although I have since bought other fine Swiss watches, I wear it often and still admire its simple but elegant design. So, perhaps the following review of Oris watches is a personal view, though I have tried to remain objective on the current collection of Oris watches.

Oris watches used to follow the more traditional lines of watch design, but recently the company has endeavoured to offer the consumer more up-to-date watch designs, particularly in the sports watches arena. Oris began making sports watches only as recently as the nineteen seventies. Their first sports watch was the Oris Chromoris. Oris still manufacture the Chronoris today, the most recent model being the Chronoris 2005. The Chronoris Chronograph is a simple design made from stainless steel with a black and orange saddle-leather strap; the strap is supposed to emphasize the 'sportiness' of the watch, however I feel they are better sports watches on the market today. A better sports watch offered by Oris is the TT1 collection. These watches come with mechanical automatic movement with simultaneous indication of 2 individual time zones. You also get a date display at the 3 o'clock position as well as a black dial with luminous display, a curved scratchproof sapphire glass, with water resistance up to 100 meters. In my opinion the Oris TT1 Worldtimer is the best watch in this series. Recently Oris teamed up with the Williams F1 Team to produce the Oris Williams F1 Team sports watch. I'm not a tremendous fan of this watch. Call me a snob, but I wouldn't want a watch I owned to be known by any other brand except the watch brand. Also, I think if you are looking for a sports watch they are other brands of watches that offer better styling.

The Oris Big Crown Collection belongs to their aviation series. The big crown being a reminder of the early days of aviation when pilots had to adjust their watches whilst wearing thick gloves. This collection of watches is more like what I'd expect from Oris. The Oris Big Crown comes with mechanical automatic movement with stop function display of hours and minutes from the centre, small permanent second at nine o'clock, decentralised minute and hour counters, second counter from the centre, date at three o'clock. The is black guilloché with white numerals and indices, white lacquered hands; all contained in a stainless steel case 316L with applied fluted bezel, screwed case back. The watches are water-resistant to 50 m with plexiglass and black calfskin leather strap with Louisiana croco pattern and security clasp. The watch is also available with metal bracelet. The Oris Big Crown is a very beautifully designed piece of engineering.

The Culture series of Oris watches is what Oris is all about. Currently Oris offer the Frank Sinatra collection and the Miles Collection. These watches come in various models offering chronograph, complication, mother of pearl facia and diamonds) for those who like such things). My favourite collection is without doubt the Artelier collection. The Oris Artelier Chronograph, Oris Artelier Complication and Oris Artelier Lady Date are fine watches, but the Oris Artelier Pointer Date is the jewel in the collection. Oris are famed for their pointer date or sweep calendar. The company first developed this feature in 1938 and the pointer date is pretty much unique to Oris. Most watches display the date through a window on the dial but the Oris pointer date is a third arm that moves anti-clockwise around the face; the days of the months being displayed as another circle of number outside the hour marks: the end of the pointer arm being either a t-shape or the more traditional semi-circle. I own a pointer date Oris watch and am only too delighted to show this unique feature to those who appreciate a fine watch.

Without question Oris watches are top rated Swiss watches that are a desired by consumers who appreciate good quality mechanisms with simple but elegant designs. Oris watches are also reasonably priced compared to some other brands of watches and owning a beautiful Oris wristwatch is well within the means of most people.

Robin O'Brien is founder of a website dedicated to beautiful watches he and his wife own. You can get wristwatch reviews on such leading classics as Tissot, Panerai, Longines and Oris watches among others.

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