ORIS – Artelier Chronometer, Dat

ORIS – Culture Artelier Chronometer, Dat NEW

A modern tradition
Classical techniques meet contemporary watch design

For all that Oris has built a reputation for manufacturing innovative, real-world, high-functioning watches, it has always maintained a deep respect and admiration for traditional watchmaking. That’s one of the reasons why today, as an independent company, it only makes mechanical watches.

The redesigned Oris Artelier Chronometer, Date, is an homage to the timeless values of Swiss watchmaking and a contemporary interpretation of one of the company’s most iconic lines.

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The redesigned watch is 40mm in diameter, and slimmer and more tapered than previous versions, in line with the demands of today’s consumers for lighter, more elegant designs. In contrast to the new watch’s silhouette, the dial is finished using a traditional technique known as “guillochage”, an engraving process that creates a patterned, eye-catching decoration.

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The particular finish chosen by Oris’s designers is inspired by the Art Deco movement, as are the watch’s slim-line, rose gold-plated hands and indices. Art Deco is enjoying a revival, and its forms give a playful twist to the dressy aesthetic of the Artelier.

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Inside beats Oris Calibre 737, a chronometer-certified movement based on Sellita’s SW 200-1. To achieve chronometer status, each movement has been individually tested at the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC) for 15 days, in five positions and at three different temperatures. COSC guarantees accuracy to within -4 and +6 seconds a day and supplies a certification number with each unit. This exceptional movement is visible through the case back.

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The new watch is available on either a dark brown leather strap or a metal bracelet that’s been modified by Oris’s engineers to have flatter and slimmer links to complement the new case.

The Oris Artelier Chronometer, Date is both an homage to traditions laid down by generations of watchmakers and a design for today’s discerning watch buyer.

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Product Features

Model: Oris Culture Artelier Chronometer, Dat

Reference No. 01 737 7721 4031-07 5 21 65FC  Ø 40.00mm Dark brown leather strap 
Reference No. 01 737 7721 4031-07 8 21 79  Ø 40.00mm Stainless steel bracelet

Movement
Automatic movement Oris Cal. 737 (based on Sellita SW 200-1)
With date window at 6 o’clock
Dimensions:    Ø 25.60 mm, 11 1/2’’’
Functions 
Centre hands for hours, minutes and seconds, date window,
Instantaneous date, date corrector, fine timing device and stop-second
Winding:    Automatic winding, bi-directionally rotating red rotor
Power-Reserve:    38 hrs
Vibrations:    28’800 A/h, 4 Hz
Jewels:    26
Case
Material:  Multi-piece stainless steel case and stainless steel crown
Size:   Ø 40.00 mm
Top Glass:     Sapphire, domed on both sides, anti-reflective coating inside
Case Back:    Screwed stainless steel case back with see-through mineral crystal
Operating Devices:    Stainless steel screw-in security crown
Water Resistance:    5 bar (50 m)
Interhorn Width:    24 mm
Crystal
Bubble-curved sapphire crystal domed on both sides and with anti-reflective coating inside
Dial
Silver guilloche dial with applied rose gold plated indices
Rose gold plated hour and minute hands filled with Super-LumiNova®
Rose gold plated second hand
Strap/Bracelet
Dark brown leather strap with stainless steel folding clasp
Also available with stainless steel bracelet with butterfly folding clasp
Price
Swiss Retail Price: CHF 1,800.00

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Media Contact: Oris SA, CH-4434 Hölstein,
Switzerland, phone + 41 61 956 11 11, pr@oris.ch
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HYT – SKULL Bad Boy Limited Edition

HYT – SKULL Bad Boy Limited Edition NEW

HYT crosses over to the Dark Side with the Skull Bad Boy

Need we say more? The name really says it all. Its appearance speaks volumes, yet masks a stunning complexity. There's more to the skull than meets the eye!

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Back to black

One would naturally assume that the starting point for the Skull Bad Boy was the skull itself, unveiled by HYT in 2015. Not so. The creative impetus actually came from the new liquid which surrounds it.

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This is not a simple aesthetic variation. This opaque black, so simple to look at, took more than 12 months to develop. Like the four other colours developed by HYT, the black version has its own chemical properties. These affect attributes such as viscosity, expansion coefficient and UV resistance.

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Its creation meant going back to scratch. The goal? to create a fluid able to adapt to the constraints of an HYT movement, which does not adhere to the wall of the capillary, can hold a meniscus and does not interact on a molecular level with the elements it comes into contact with. The result was achieved in autumn 2015 before undergoing several weeks of testing to confirm its chemical stability.

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Black...out

Chemistry was one concern, but aesthetics was another. Creating a black fluid is not without its problems: whilst the other colours created by HYT are able to reflect all or some of the light they receive, black absorbs everything. The inevitable result is that it is impossible to read the time on the Skull Bad Boy in the dark.

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"It was a deliberate decision", explains Vincent Perriard, CEO of HYT. "There were other solutions which would have made the piece visible at night. But if we wanted to play with the darkness inherent to the Skull Bad Boy, we had to go all the way. Night is part of the world of shadows and darkness. Perfectly in tune with the spirit of the skull".

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Neuchâtel – Damascus

To go with this new black liquid, HYT wanted to create a skull with the distinctive appearance of Damascus steel, used for knives and Samurai swords. The dial comprises two half-moons decorated with the Clous de Paris stud pattern. Its indexes are created in a Gothic font, complementing the Skull Bad Boy's hard rock look.

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Its matte black 51 mm case, made from fully microblasted DLC titanium, is attached to a brand new buffed alligator strap with hints of slate grey. It has a velcro clasp so that it can be adjusted to fit on a leather biker jacket", says Vincent Perriard with a smile.

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The Skull is coated with a new composite material, created to resemble Damascus steel. A foundry in the Neuchâtel region created the raw material: multiple layers of steel and carbon are folded in on themselves a total of 256 times! This material is cast in batches of five skulls, no two of which will ever be identical.

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The result is an ever-changing interplay of its two component materials. The steel is an eye-catching grey, whilst the black colour of the carbon is revealed by a chemical abrasion process.

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 In its unfinished state, the Skull has countless tiny crevasses, evidence of the intense exertions it has undergone in the foundry. HYT levels the surface then covers it with a translucent layer of varnish.

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All the functionalities of the original Skull have been preserved. The power reserve indicator sits in the right eye socket, which gets darker as the piece reaches the end of its 65-hour power reserve. The left eye socket houses the seconds disc, permanently, imperceptibly, turning.

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The Skull Bad Boy is available as a limited edition of 50 pieces.

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Technical Specifications

 SKULL Bad Boy Black DLC Titanium Limited Edition
Ref: 151-DL-43-NF-AS

Case    
Black DLC Titanium with micro-blasted satin finishes
- Diameter: 51.0 mm
- Thickness: 17.9 mm
- Rubber coated screw-down crown
- Black DLC titanium dome at 6 o'clock
- Cambered sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on the dial side
- Metal dome at 06:00
- Cambered sapphire crystal glass with anti-reflective coating on the inside
- Screwed sapphire back
- Water-resistant to 50 meters
Functions    
Retrograde Black fluid hours,
Seconds.
Movement    
Mechanical hand-wound,  
 - Exclusive HYT calibre 101
- 28,800 vph, 4 Hz, 35 jewels
- Bridges hand-chamfered and adorned with Côtes de Genève, rhodiumed bellows
- 65-hour power reserve.
Dial    
Unstructured, fluid jours
Unstructured, rhodium-plated with Clous de Paris stud pattern.
Black hour dial, grey anthracite indices and numerals.
Dial comprises two half-moons decorated with the Clous de Paris stud pattern, hours indicated by a
black fluid. Indexes in a Gothic font.
Skull shape:
 - Skull made from composite material "Damascus steel"
(multiple layers of steel and carbon are folded in on themselves a total of 256 times!)
 - Black hour dial, grey numerals and offset black indices
 - Seconds dial (left eye)
 - Power reserve indicator (right eye) 
Strap    
Buffed slate grey  leather alligator strap, with hints of slate grey.
Titanium black DLC pin buckle, velcro clasp with keeper.

Limited Edition of 50 pieces
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