Oris presents Aquis Source of Life limited edition, a special series of diving watch collection made to celebrate the role water plays in creating and sustaining life. This specific timepiece is inspired by the River Rhine and highlights the plight of the world’s water sources.
The Oris Source of Life Limited Edition focuses on the course of the River Rhine, chosen because it runs close to the village of Hölstein where Oris has been based since 1904, and because the Orisbach, a nearby brook from which the company takes its name.
The watch’s case back is embossed with a map of the River Rhine, which runs 1,233km (766 miles) through six countries from its source at the Lai da Tuma, or Tomasee, a lake 2,343 metres up in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden, through to the North Sea. The river has been a source of life to those who live along it for centuries.
Because it’s based on the Oris Aquis, the Source of Life Limited Edition has the same roster of high-performance functions the Aquis is renowned for.
Its 43.5mm stainless steel case is water-resistant to 30 bar (300 metres), and it has a uni-directional rotating bezel with a grey tungsten insert with a 60-minute timer scale for safely measuring dive times.
The watch’s automatic movement provides it with its standout complication, an inventive circular date indicator shown by a scale running from 1 to 31 around the centre of the watch’s dial. Inside it is a channel with a white indicator that aligns with the scale and makes a full tour of the dial once a month to show the date.
The watch also has a sweeping seconds hand with a ‘lollipop’ filled with luminescent Super-LumiNova®.
The Oris Source of Life Limited Edition comes on either a stainless steel metal bracelet or a grey rubber strap, both of which have stainless steel folding clasps that can be extended to be worn over a wetsuit. To reflect the height above sea level of the Lai da Tuma, 2,343 pieces will be made.
Technical details
Model: Oris Aquis Source of Life Limited Edition, Reference 01 733 7730 4125
Movement
Calibre Oris 733, base SW 200-1
Automatic winding movement with date
Dimensions: Ø 25.60 mm, 11 1/2’’’
Centre hands for hours, minutes and seconds, date window, instantaneous date, date 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 with screw-in security crown and crown protection
Diameter: 43.50 mm
Lug width: 24mm
Water-resistant to 30 bar/300 m
Diver’s uni-directional rotating bezel with Tungsten inlay with 60-minute timer scale and zero marker filled with Super-LumiNova®
Sapphire crystal domed on both sides with anti-reflective coating inside
Screwed stainless steel case back with embossed map of the River Rhine and engraved limited edition number
Dial
Blue grey dial with applied indices filled with Super-LumiNova®
Nickel hour and minute hands filled with Super-LumiNova®
Nickel seconds hand with ‘lollipop’ insert filled with Super-LumiNova®
Date indicated by a white indicator visible through a circular aperture running around the dial
Strap
Grey rubber strap with Oris-developed safety anchor and quick-adjust, sliding-sledge folding clasp with extension. Alternatively available with stainless steel bracelet with extension
Packaging
Special presentation box with an insignia on the inside featuring map of the River Rhine
Edition
Limited to 2,343 pieces
Swiss Retail Price
CHF 2,100 on a rubber strap, CHF 2,300 on a stainless steel bracelet
