October 13, 2021: Oris has been experimenting with bronze in its diver’s watches for years – now, for the first time, the independent Swiss watch company has given its highly competent Big Crown ProPilot Big Date fresh flair by casing it in bronze, too. The warm tones of the new model come from its bronze case, fluted bezel and signature oversized crown, which are complemented by a deep black dial with printed golden indices. This is a true pilot’s watch, so the hands are filled with white Super-LumiNova® and the applied hour markers made from solid Super-LumiNova®, creating high contrast and first-class readability.
Finishing off the stylish look is a hard-wearing green Ventile® strap with Oris’s playful ‘Lift’ clasp, also in bronze, a device inspired by passenger aircraft seat-belt buckles. As with every Oris, inside the watch is a highly reliable Swiss Made mechanical movement. In
Big Crown ProPilot Big Date Bronze
Ref. No. 01 751 7761 3164-07 3 20 03BRLC
Case
Material Multi-piece bronze case
Size 41.00 mm, 1.614 inches
Height 12.4 mm
Top glass Sapphire, domed on both sides, inside antireflective coating
Case back Stainless steel, screwed, mineral glass
Operating devices Bronze screw-in security crown
Water resistance 10 bar (100 m)
Interhorn width 20 mm
Movement
Number Oris 751
Dimensions Ø 32.20 mm, 14 1/4 inches
Functions Centre hands for hours, minutes and seconds, oversized date window at 3 o’clock, instantaneous date, date corrector, fine timing device and stop-second
Winding Automatic
Power reserve 38 hours
Vibrations 4 Hz (28’800 A/h)
Jewels 26
Dial
Design Black dial with applied white numerals and printed golden indices
Luminous material Super-LumiNova®
Numerals Applied
Strap Green Ventile® strap with bronze ‘Lift’ folding clasp