ORIS RETURNS TO THE DEEP WITH THE DIVE CONTROL LIMITED EDITION, A HIGH-PERFORMANCE PRODIVER WATCH, MADE FOR PROFESSIONAL DIVERS

The watch has a 51mm case cast in lightweight titanium and coated in highly scratch-resistant black DLC. It features the Oris-patented Rotation Safety System, or RSS, a signature Oris device that securely locks the uni-directional rotating bezel in place during a dive. The new watch also features a 60-minute Chronograph counter at 12 o’clock, with key detailing in highly legible yellow. Only 500 will be made.

Roman Fischknecht

The Oris Dive Control Limited Edition was developed in partnership with Roman Frischknecht, a Swiss commercial diver who spends his working life deep underwater, servicing the subsea industry.

Oris Dive Control Features

The watch has a number of features that elevate it above standard diver’s watches. First, it has an oversized 51 mm case that’s cast in lightweight, black DLC-coated titanium and that’s water-resistant to 100 bar (1,000 metres). In testing, Oris’s engineers actually pressure tested the Dive Control Limited Edition to an astonishing 125 bar to ensure it would perform in the most demanding conditions. To maximize legibility, the dial is oversized, too. The bezel, complete with the RSS system, has a scratch and fade-resistant ceramic top ring.

The hands, hour markers and zero marker on the bezel are all filled with Super- LumiNova®. Oris’s designers have used high- contrast yellow details to indicate critical information because yellow is one of the most visible colors underwater. It also has an automatic helium escape valve, a device useful to Roman and his colleagues who live in heliox atmosphere during a saturation dive. Helium atoms are smaller than atoms of oxygen and can enter a watch. Without the escape valve to release these particles, they could damage the watch once the diver reaches regular air pressure again.

In addition, the watch’s Swiss Made automatic chronograph movement gives it central seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour chronograph hands. The 30-minute chronograph hand has a yellow counterbalance that reads off against a yellow scale, extending it to a full 60-minute display. This way reading as well as calculation errors can be avoided and safety thus increases. For a professional diver, this is exactly what comes first.

EVERY MINUTE COUNTS

This lightweight, black-DLC-coated titanium version of Oris's professional diver's watch is one of the most precise, most legible watches Oris has ever produced. Where most chronographs carry 30-minute counters, this has a full 60-minute counter, indicated by yellow detailing on the subdial at 12 o'clock. Only 500 will be made.