ORIS – Chronoris Williams 40th Anniversary Edition

ORIS – Chronoris Williams 40th Anniversary Limited Edition

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Oris marks the 40th anniversary of Williams’ Formula

One team with a limited edition Chronoris

There are few more remarkable figures in motorsport, and indeed in sport, than Sir Frank Williams. The legendary founder of Williams is a force of nature, a visionary who turned his British outfit into a championship winning team, and one of the most successful Formula One teams in history. Williams Racing has won 16 FIA Formula 1® World Championships, nine constructors’ and seven for drivers’. Oris and Williams Racing first came together in 2003, and Oris is now the team’s longest-serving partner.

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This year, Williams Racing celebrates the 40th anniversary of its first Grand Prix, at the 1977 Spanish Grand Prix. To mark this historic moment and Sir Frank’s extraordinary achievements, Oris has created a limited edition version of its iconic Chronoris, also a product of the 1970s, the Williams 40th Anniversary Oris Limited Edition.

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The 40mm stainless steel watch is characterised by its streamlined case shape, an homage to the original Chronoris, and houses an automatic chronograph movement that provides a central seconds chronograph hand and 30-minute and 12-hour counters at 12 and 6 o’clock.

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Oris’s designers have given it a number of touches to denote the link to Williams. The central chronograph seconds hand and minute scale are both in Williams blue, while the case back is embossed with the Williams Racing logo. It comes on a brown leather strap or on a black rubber strap, or an articulated metal bracelet.

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The new watch is a fitting tribute both to Williams Racing and its eponymous founder, and also to the Chronoris. When it was launched in 1970 the Chronoris became Oris’s first chronograph, created to appeal to a generation of racing enthusiasts hooked on the daredevil exploits of the era’s F1® drivers. Its unconventional, uncompromising case shape epitomised the bold design tastes of the time, and it passed into Oris folklore.

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This year, the design has been reimagined and upgraded to suit the demands of a contemporary audience. The Williams 40th Anniversary Oris Limited Edition, the hero piece in the new collection, has a sapphire crystal glass, a 48-hour power reserve and 100 metres of water resistance. It will be limited to 1,000 pieces, a real collectors’ piece.

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‘We’re extremely proud to have been working with Williams Racing since 2003 and to be the team’s longest-serving partner,’ said Oris Chairman, Ulrich W. Herzog. ‘We created hist watch to show the profound admiration we have for Williams Racing and for Sir Frank, who has been an inspiration to us and to many others for years.’

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‘The Williams 40th Anniversary Oris Limited Edition is a wonderful watch and a vivid interpretation of the Williams Racing spirit,’ said Claire Williams, Williams Racing’s Deputy Team Principal. ‘It’s bold, daring and made in the pursuit of excellence. We’re proud to have been in partnership with Oris for so long and would like to thank them for their continued support and for sharing our values.’

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Technical details

Model:  Williams 40th Anniversary Limited Edition

Ref. No. 01 673 7739 4084 LS, Ø 40.00mm

Limited to 1,000 pieces

Movement
Automatic movement chronograph
Caliber Oris Cal. 673, based on ETA 7750Dimensions Ø 30.00 mm, 13 1/4’’’
Power-Reserve 48 hrs
Vibrations 28’800 A/h, 4 Hz
Jewels 25
Functions 
Centre hands for hours, minutes and chronograph 1/4 seconds,
2 subsidiary dials for 30 minutes and 12 hours counter,
date window, date corrector, fine timing device and stop-second
Winding Automatic winding, with red rotor
Case
Multi-piece stainless steel case, crown, pushers.
Size 40.00 mmCase back with embossed Williams Racing logo.
Water-resistant to 10 bar/100 m
Sapphire crystal domed on both sides with anti-reflective coating inside
Dial
Black dial with applied polished nickel indices, hour and minute hands filled with Super-LumiNova®. 
Nickel polished hands for chronograph hour/minute counters and blue central chronograph seconds hand with white tip (can be used as running central seconds hand)
Orange central seconds hand
Strap
Perforated brown leather strap or perforated black rubber strap with stainless steel pin buckle.
Alternatively available with 15-link articulated metal bracelet with folding clasp

 • Presented in a special leather pouch with additional grey NATO textile strap,
 strap changing tool and antistatic watch-cleaning cloth

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Price  Swiss retail price

• CHF 3,500 on leather or rubber strap, 
• CHF 3,800 on metal bracelet

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