History of Oris started more than one hundred years ago in 1904. Soon the company got fantastic reputation as a manufacturer of high quality mechanical wristwatches.
In 1960-s the brand was recognized as one of the best Swiss companies.
Though in 1970′, when quartz timepieces began gaining success, the company went on creation of new mechanical timepieces. 1970′s were marked by many novelties, and one of the greatest of them was development of the first mechanical chronograph in collaboration with Dubois Depaz that is popular in the entire world for its high quality movements.
In 1980s Oris went on gaining great popularity in the entire world with its the highest quality mechanical watches with complicated movements.
One of the most outstanding novelties of 1980′s is a limited edition of really nice mechanical watches with alarm clock.
In 1991 the great Complication wristwatch model wasdeveloped. Though the watch is complicated and multifunctional, it is much cheaper than one might imagine. The watch displays day of week, date and moon phase.
In 1997 the fantastic Worldtimer wristwatch with two time zones was developed. The wristwatch had been made up for 3 years. The watch is of the highest quality, nevertheless it is one of the cheapest in its category.
1999 was marked by development of the Feull Steel Pointer Day watch model that features an additional hand for day of week. Together with this, the timepiece featured an additional seconds dial.
2000 was marked by release of the new XXL collection that very soon became popular in the whole world. Now this collection consists of four watch models that are available in three different sizes and with three different movement.
In 2003 Oris developed truly cute diver watch model Oris TT1 that is waterproof up to 1000 meters.
In current year Oris presented the fantastic Great Barrier Reef Diver model. The watch is made of stainless steel, the case measures 47 mm in diameter. This is a truly fantastic wristwatch for divers, as its water resistance is 1000 meters. The watch possesses helium valve as well as anti-reflective sapphire crystal. The wristwatch is equipped with automatic ETA 2895 movement that has power reserve of 42 hours. 50 francs from each piece sold is donated to the Australian Marine Conservation Society.
Today Oris is ranked among the world’s most popular companies. Oris watches are truly great owing to their luxurious design and movements of the highest quality. Though being wristwatches of very the highest quality, Oris wristwatches are not very expensive. The entire world adores Oris timepieces!
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