This exceptional automatic timepiece from Swiss watch maker ORIS was launched in 2005 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. The ORIS Big Crown Flight Timer Limited Edition is an innovative and precious pilot’s watch, combining the famous world-timer movement and its dual time-zone display with a third time-zone module.
This stainless steel timepiece boasts a black engine turned dial featuring applied hour markers and numerals, super Luminova hands, rotating ring around the rim to indicate the 3rd time zone, second time zone at 3 o’clock, date at 6 o’clock and small seconds at 9 o’clock. Produced in limited and numbered edition of 1945 pieces, the Big Crown Flight Timer Limited Edition was offered in a special presentation box.
Technical details
Movement
Automatic
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds, date, second and third time zone
Case
Steel, 42 mm
Screw-down bezel, crown at 2 o’clock for the 3rd time zone
Domed sapphire crystal, mineral glass back
Individual number, commemorative engraving
Water-resistant to 50 m
Dial
Black, engine-turned
Applied hour markers and numerals, SuperLuminova hands
Rotating ring around the rim to indicate the 3rd time zone
Second time zone at 3 o’clock, date at 6 o’clock, small seconds at 9 o’clock
Bracelet/Strap
Interchangeable, brown leather “pilot” strap
With additional steel bracelet