Oris Divers Titan 'C' Small Second, Date

'C' Stands for Ceramic. With new manufacturing technology being able to make ceramics harder and more scratch resistant than steel have gone from a material for use in pottery to mechanical and industrial uses. The ability to take on a variety of colors ceramic also makes them useful for purely aesthetic purposes.

Ceramic has long been used in making watches. Rado introduced the first all ceramic watch two decades ago. More recently, Rolex introduced ceramic bezels into their GMT Master II series for 2005 to 2007, and ported the same technology into their Submariner series starting in 2008. Now Oris, has adorned its Divers Titan series of watches with a ceramic bezel. That is what the 'C' in the name of this watch stands for.



Oris Divers Titan 'C' Small Second, Date. The Oris Divers Titan 'C' Small Second, Date is a divers watch with a water resistant to a crushing 1000 meters. The design of the watch itself is a classic diver watch design with a rotatable bezel which can be used to measure periods of elapsed time of up to 60 minutes. The minute markers are etched into a ceramic ring inserted into the rotating bezel.
The watch is available in two sizes, either with a 44 mm or 47 mm case diameter.

Like the other watches on the Titan series the date is displayed in a window at the 6 o'clock position rather than the 3 o'clock. It also has the same screw in helium release valve. Continuous seconds are displayed in sub-dial, similar what Oris did with its Oris Carlos Coste Limited Edition divers watches a few years back. Inside is an calibre Oris 643, which is a modified ETA 2836-2 movement. This self winding movement produces 28,800 vibrations per hour and can run for a decent 38 hours.

The watch is available with a rubber strap or a metal bracelet with titanium inserts to cut down on the weight.

About Oris. Oris is a Swiss watch company founded by Paul Cattin and Georges Christian at Hölstein (Basel-Country) in 1904.