Oris Big Crown Pointer Date - Affordable Swiss Made Luxury

Swiss Made. A watch is considered Swiss Made, according to the laws of Switzerland if its movement is Swiss, the movement is cased up in Switzerland and the manufacturer carries out the final inspection in Switzerland. A watch movement is considered Swiss if the movement has been assembled in Switzerland, the movement has been inspected by the manufacturer in Switzerland and the components of Swiss manufacture account for at least 50 percent of the total value, without taking into account the cost of assembly. These are the criteria for a watch to bear the prestigious Swiss Made inscription on the dial.

If a watch movement is not be cased-up in Switzerland, but it otherwise meets the criteria to be considered a Swiss movement, the watch may say "Swiss Movement" but it may not say Swiss Made on the watch case or dial.

Swiss Made watches are often expensive, there are a fair number of watches which bear the much desired Swiss Made label on the dial which are rather reasonable in price.

Oris. Oris is a Swiss watch manufacturer at doorway of the world of luxury watches. Oris has the distinction of manufacturing only watches with mechanical movement since the inception of the company in 1904. All the watches manufactured by Oris are Swiss Made. Despite this, Oris watches are rather reasonable priced. 

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Oris Big Crown Pointer Date. The Oris Big Crown Pointer Date is your typical time and date watch, available in two sizes, 40 mm and 30 mm. The prices range of this watches is from US$1,200 to US$1,500, but they can be found at 25% less at authorized distributors.

The Oris Big Crown Pointer Date is part of Oris Collection of pilots watches. The Big Crown series represents Oris classic pilots watches. The distinctive feature of the Oris Big Crown Pointer Date is that instead of displaying the date in a windows on the dial, the date is displayed using a fourth hand on the dial, in conjunction with date markets on the our rim of the dial.

Inside the watch is a Swiss Made movement manufactured by ETA. The movement beats at the 28,800 vibrations per hour that gives the illusion that the watch does not tick. Actually, the second hand ticks eight times in a second. The movement is visible from the back of the case through a mineral glass window.

The dial of the watch is protected by a sapphire crystal, and the case is rated water resistant to 100 meters. The Oris Big Crown Pointer Date is available in a variety of straps and bracelets, with matching dials.  

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