To celebrate its partnership with the Rally Clasico Isla Mallorca, Swiss watch brand Oris has launched two exclusive wristwatches: Calobra Chronograph Limited Edition II and Calobra Day Date Limited Edition II.
Oris returns to the Spanish island of Mallorca this year as the title sponsor of the Oris Rally Clásico. The independent Swiss watch company has been involved with the classic car rally since 2012.
To celebrate this year’s event, Oris has created two limited-edition Oris Calobra watches, inspired by the dashboards of sports cars from the 1960s and1970s that take part in the rally.
The Oris Calobra Chronograph Limited Edition II and Oris Calobra Day Date Limited Edition II both carry an engraving of the Nus de sa Corbata on the case back and feature a green and white colour scheme lifted from the instrument panels of 1960s and 1970s sports car dashboards.
The chronograph hour and minutes sub-dials have been rotated through 270 degrees to mirror the design of speedometers and rev counters, and the movement engineered so the corresponding hands reset to zero between the 8 and 9 o’clock position, where needless it when a car is idle.
The new watches also have the Artix GT’s Oris-developed ‘good grip’ vulcanised rubber edge on the bi-directional turning ceramic bezel and the perforated leather racing strap and folding clasp.
Each watch will be presented in a limited-edition box and delivered in April 2015. The Oris Calobra Chronograph is limited to 250 pieces, and the Oris Calobra Day Date is limited to 1,000 pieces.
Technical details
Oris Calobra Chronograph Limited Edition II, Reference 01 676 7661 4494 Set LS
Movement
Movement
Calibre Oris 676, base ETA 7753
Automatic winding chronograph movement with red rotor
Dimensions: Ø 30.00 mm, 13 1/4’’’
Centre hands for hours, minutes and chronograph 1/4 sec., 3 subsidiary dials for continuous seconds, 30 minutes and 12 hours counter, date window between 4 h and 5 h, date correction by push-button at 10 h, fine timing device and stop-second
Power reserve: 48 hours
Vibrations: 28’800 A/h, 4 Hz
Jewels: 27
Case
Multi-piece stainless steel case and screw-in stainless steel crown and stainless steel pushers
Diameter: 44.00mm
Lug width: 22mm
Water resistant to 10 bar/100m
Bi-directional turning dark green ceramic bezel with minute scale and rubber coated ‘good grip’ insert on the outside edge
Sapphire crystal domed on both sides and with anti-reflective coating inside
Special engraved stainless steel case back and engraved limited number
Dial
Two piece dial; black dial ring with Tachymeter
Matt black dial with minute and hour counters and printed Super-LumiNova Arabic numerals C7
White nickel hands filled with Super-LumiNova BG W9
Strap
Black perforated leather racing strap with stainless steel folding clasp
Edition
Limited to 250 pieces
Price
Swiss Retail Price CHF 4,000.00
Model: Oris Calobra Day Date Limited Edition II, Reference 735 7706 4494 Set MB / LS
Movement
Calibre Oris 735, base SW 220-1
Automatic winding movement with day and date
Dimensions: Ø 25.60 mm, 11 1/2’’’
Centre hands for hours, minutes and seconds, individual date and day windows, instantaneous date and day, date and day corrector, fine timing device and stop-second
Power-reserve: 38 hrs
Vibrations: 28’800 A/h, 4 Hz
Jewels: 26
Case
Multi-piece stainless steel case and screw-in stainless steel crown
Case diameter: 44.00mm
Lug width: 22mm
Water resistant to 10 bar/100m
Bi-directional turning dark green ceramic bezel with minute scale and rubber coated ‘good grip’ insert on the outside edge
Sapphire crystal domed on both sides and with anti-reflective coating inside
Special engraved stainless steel case back and engraved limited number
Dial
Two piece dial
Black dial ring with Tachymeter scale
Matt black dial with printed Super-LumiNova Arabic numerals (C7)
White nickel hands filled with Super-LumiNova BG W9
Day at 6 o’clock and date at 3 o’clock
Strap
Black perforated leather racing strap with stainless steel folding clasp or stainless steel bracelet
Edition
Limited to 1,000 pieces
Price
Swiss Retail Price: CHF 1,900.00 leather strap, CHF2,100.00 bracelet
