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Oris Innovation For the Big Crown ProPilot X Calibre 115, Oris’s watchmakers took the spirit of Calibre 110 and imagined a fully skeletonised Oris movement. Traditionally, skeletonisation provided a window for a watchmaker’s talents, but this movement had higher ambitions. It had to reconnect people to how things work.The Big Crown ProPilot X Calibre 115 lays bare its inner workings. Nothing is hidden. Even the barrel at 12 o’clock is skeletonised so you can see the extended mainspring. Winding the crown, you watch on as the mainspring coils tighter... and tighter... until it’s fully wound and ready to deliver 10...

Show Me The Money After introducing the Oris Diver's 65 watch, it became a huge hit. Oris then decided to expand the vintage-inspired dive line. One of our treats from that expansion is the Green Faced Diver's Sixty-Five watch. This is a bold color choice that might not be as fun as a look-at-me yellow or orange. No, the green is a choice that says you are serious about watches. The green face is affectionately nicknamed the Green Money Diver's 65. The green is a perfect green, not too much yellow and not too much blue. It is a rich,...

1938 It was the year 1938. Aviation was booming around the world--Spain alone commanded a fleet of 500 aircraft--and pocket watches were not practical for pilots. Prior to the Aviation Age in the twentieth century, wristwatches were seen as feminine and only used by women. Men vastly preferred pocket watches.  It is not until more pilots needed watches in their cabins that the practicality of wristwatches became evident. Wristwatches were styled in a masculine way to move away from the feminine stereotype of wristwatches.  The Big Crown Wristwatches became the norm for pilots, but the watch company Oris went a...

The Watch Oris is releasing a Staghorn Restoration Limited Edition dive watch in September of 2017. DePaulas.com is proud to be carrying this 43.50 mm, 1.713 in. stainless steel timepiece. The Oris Staghorn Restoration Limited Edition boasts the Oris automatic winding day date featuring the legendary automatic winding, bi-directionally rotating red rotor.  Not only does the Oris Staghorn Restoration Limited Edition watch feature a fine Swiss movement and quality craftsmanship, but it also is representative of the fragile staghorn coral, with a beautiful piece of engraved staghorn coral on its caseback. The Oris Staghorn Restoration Limited Edition dive watch is...