The Oris Source of Life Limited Edition

Oris Source of Life Limited Edition ... With this Aquis, Oris wants to bring something to the attention of consumers (like they did here and here) ... Skiptomaincontent Searchfor: ANewOrisAquis–TheOrisSourceofLifeLimitedEdition Robert-JanBroer March09,2018 comments 0 Share TheAquisisabreadandbutterpieceforOris.Apopulardiverswatchwithagreatprice-qualityratioandaestheticsthatareverylikablebyalargeaudience.Ofthe12differentAquismodels(eachwithseveraldifferentexecutions,withatotalof57including6forladies),6modelsaredesignatedas‘limitededition’.Aquicklookintheircataloglearnsmethatofthe57differentAquismodels,10watchesarelimitededitions.,eacharound2000piecesonly.That’sabout20.000limitededitionAquiswatches,fromtheirbreadandbuttercollection.ThereisnoofficialnumberonthetotalannualproductionofOris,but20.000watchesisverysubstantialforthem.Isthatabadthing?Itsells,forstarters.Anditalsogivesabrandtheopportunitytoa)dosomethingnicewithanewcolorschemeorspecificstrapandb)supportagoodcause. However,alimitededitionorunlimited (orlimitedbyproduction),itnotveryimportantinmyopinion.Youeitherlikeawatchoryoudon’t,buttheonlythingthatcanbeannoyingaboutalimitededitionisthefactthatyoumissedit.Thefactthatitisalimitededitiondoesn’teffectmyjudgementaboutthewatchitselftobehonest.However,andthatmustbesaid,ifthereare(almost)morelimitededitionsthannormaleditions,itmakesnosenseanymore.However,withtheestimatedproductionnumberofOris(undisclosed,butIthinkIhaveaprettygoodidea)Iamprettysureitisnotthecase. So,let’shavealookatthisAquisanditscause.ThespecficiationsoftheAquisaresimilartotheregularmodels.Acaliber733automaticmovement,43mmcasediameterandmadeofstainlesssteel.Availableonarubberstrapaswellasonaheavydutystainlesssteelbracelet.Agoodin-depthreviewontheAquiscanbefoundhereandhere. OrisSourceofLifeLimitedEdition WiththisAquis,Oriswantstobringsomethingtotheattentionofconsumers(liketheydid hereand here),butthistimewithoutsupportingaspecificorganizationorfoundation.Itisaboutthesourceoflife,namelywater.ThisAquishasaspecialfocusontheRiverRhine.Thisriver,withalengthof1233KMthatstartsattheTomasee(alakeintheSwissAlps)andendsintheNorthSea.ThecasebackofthisAquisSourceofLifelimitededitionshowsthepathoftheRiverRhine.ThisriveralsorunsclosetothevillageofHölstein,whereOrishasbeenlocatedsince1904.Funfact:AnearbybrookthatfeedsintotheRhineiscalledOrisbach. Limitedto2343pieces.Thathasnothingtodowiththelengthoftheriverindeed,butwiththeheightofthelakewheretheRhineoriginates. ThedialoftheOrisSourceofLifeeditionisperhapsthemostspecialfeature(ordifferencecomparedtotheotherAquiswatches),thecolorisbluegreyandinspiredbythefreshwaterattheRiverRhine’ssource.IamhappythattheychooseforthatcolorandnotforthecolorthatithasattheendofriverbeforeitendsupintheNorthSea.Jokesaside,thisOrisAquisisquitealookerontheimageswereceivedfromthem.Wewillprobablyseetheprototype(orfinal)productinBaselWorldintwoweeksfromnow,andmakesuretogetsome‘reallife’images. Specifications AutomaticmovementOrisCal.733,basedonSellitaSW200-1,dateindicatedbyawhiteindicatorvisiblethroughacircularaperturerunningaroundthedial Multi-piecestainlesssteelcasewithscrew-insecuritycrownandcrownprotection,water-resistantto30bar/300m Diver’suni-directionalrotatingbezelwithTungsteninlaywith60-minutetimerscaleandzeromarkerfilledwithSuper-LumiNova® Sapphirecrystaldomedonbothsideswithanti-reflectivecoatinginside ScrewedstainlesssteelcasebackwithembossedmapoftheRiverRhine andengravedlimitededitionnumber BluegreydialwithappliedindicesfilledwithSuper-LumiNova®.Nickel hourandminutehandsfilledwithSuper-LumiNova®.Nickelsecondshand with‘lollipop’insertfilledwithSuper-LumiNova® GreyrubberstrapwithOris-developedsafetyanchorandquick-adjust, sliding-sledgefoldingclaspwithextension.Alternativelyavailablewith stainlesssteelbraceletwithextension Specialpresentationboxwithaninsigniaontheinsidefeaturingmapof theRiverRhine TheSwissretailpricefortheOrisSourceofLifelimitededitionAquismodel(reference0173377304125MB)isCHF2,100onarubberstrap,CHF2,300onastainlesssteelbracelet.ThiswatchwillbeavailableintheSummerof2018.Wewilltrytogetoneforreview,forsure. 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