Thursday, January 5, 2017

ORIS – Big Crown ProPilot Chronograph


ORIS Big Crown ProPilot Chronograph Steel 44 mm

Air style
Oris introduces an elegant variation of its 
Big Crown ProPilot Chronograph

Oris has been creating innovative, high-functioning pilot’s watches for almost a century. The latest watch to land in the company’s pilot’s watch collection is the Big Crown ProPilot Chronograph, a stylish piece designed both for life in the cockpit and at ground level.

Click on the mouse wheel to see the large size ...             BIG FOTO

While the primary goal of the ProPilot is to be practical, functional and suited to the environment found at the controls of a fighter jet, the design has always had real crossover appeal. It’s worn both by experienced pilots, and by stylish men and women who are charmed by the authentic aesthetic.

Click on the mouse wheel to see the large size ...             BIG FOTO

The new Big Crown ProPilot Chronograph extends that philosophy with its round steel case, oversized crown and Arabic numerals (designed specifically for this watch), and balanced, clearly legible dial. Its anthracite, sunray pattern dial and polished top ring give it a slick, stylish feel that makes it every bit as at home under a suit cuff as when paired with flight suit.

Click on the mouse wheel to see the large size ...             BIG FOTO

The new watch also features a telemeter scale, running around the outside of the dial. A telemeter is a device for measuring the distance between you and an event you see first and hear second. Traditionally, telemeters were used in surveying and then in wristwatches by the military to calculate how far away the enemy were. The graduation on the telemeter scale is based on the speed of sound, 343 m/s.

Click on the mouse wheel to see the large size ...             BIG FOTO

The Big Crown ProPilot was launched in 2014 and has quickly become one of the most iconic lines in the Oris collection. Innovative pieces such as the Big Crown ProPilot Altimeter ▼– the world’s first automatic mechanical watch with a mechanical altimeter – have put the ProPilot on the map and won it the respect of the watchmaking and professional pilot communities.

Click on the mouse wheel to see the large size ...            BIG FOTO

The collection’s aviation-inspired features include a coin-edged bezel, designed to mirror the geometry of a jet-engine turbine, and the oversized crown, a feature first introduced into watches during the early years of flight and designed so gloved airmen could still operate their watches.

Click on the mouse wheel to see the large size ...             BIG FOTO

As with all Oris watches, the new Big Crown ProPilot Chronograph is powered by a Swiss Made mechanical movement, in this case the Oris Cal 774 automatic chronograph. This provides it with a running seconds at 9 o’clock, and chronograph central seconds and hours and minutes counters, as well as a date function.

Click on the mouse wheel to see the large size ...             BIG FOTO

Its 44mm stainless steel case comes on either a dark brown, black and grey leather strap or a choice of black, grey or olive textile straps with a folding clasp inspired by the design of passenger airline seatbelt buckles; or on a stainless steel bracelet.

Click on the mouse wheel to see the large size ...             BIG FOTO


The stylish, elegant Oris Big Crown ProPilot Chronograph pilot’s watch will be available from December, priced CHF 3,100 on a strap or CHF 3,300 on a metal bracelet.

------------------------------------------------------
Product Features

Model: Big Crown ProPilot Chronograph

Click on the mouse wheel to see the large size ...             BIG FOTO
Ref. No. 01 774 7699 4063 LS, Ø 44mm, stainless stee

Movement
Oris automatic mechanical movement Cal. 774, (based on Sellita SW 500),
with chronograph function and date between 4 and 5 o’clock
Case
Multi-piece stainless steel case Ø 44.00mm
Sapphire crystal domed on both sides and with anti-reflective coating inside
Screwed stainless steel case back with see-through mineral glassScrew-in stainless steel crowns.
Water-resistant to 10 bar/100m
Dial
Anthracite dial with sunray pattern and Super-LumiNova® printed numerals.
Polished nickel hour and minute hands filled with Super-LumiNova®.
Polished nickel chronograph central seconds hand with white tip.
White hands for chronograph hour/minute counters and running seconds
Strap
Dark brown, grey or black leather strap.
Olive, black or grey textile strap with buckle for stageless length adjustment.
Alternatively available with a stainless steel bracelet with folding clasp.


Swiss retail price:
CHF 3,100 with - Leather or textile strap
CHF 3,300 with  - Stainless steel bracelet


---------------------------------
Press Release - 2016
----------------------------------------------
 www.facebook.com - ORIS
----------------------------------------------------
www.Oris.ch