Oris Dive Control Limited Edition

Swiss watch brand Oris presents the Dive Control Limited Edition, an evolution of the high-performance ProDiver watch, especially made for professional divers. The watch has a 51mm case cast in lightweight Grade 2 titanium and coated in highly scratch-resistant black DLC. It features the Oris-patented Rotation Safety System, or RSS, a signature Oris device that securely locks the uni-directional rotating bezel in place during a dive.

The new watch also features a 60- minute chronograph counter at 12 o’clock, with key detailing in highly legible yellow. Only 500 will be made.

The Oris Dive Control Limited Edition was developed in partnership with Roman Frischknecht, a Swiss commercial diver who spends his working life deep underwater, servicing the subsea industry. Working with Roman, Oris developed the patented Rotation Safety System, or RSS, which features on every ProDiver and is designed to lock a watch’s diving bezel securely in place during a dive. This innovative device has become an Oris signature.

The watch has a number of features that elevate it above standard diver’s watches. First, it has an oversized 51 mm case that’s cast in lightweight, black DLC-coated Grade 2 titanium and that’s water-resistant to 100 bar (1,000 metres). In testing, Oris’s engineers actually pressure tested the Dive Control Limited Edition to an astonishing 125 bar to ensure it would perform in the most demanding conditions.

To maximise legibility, the dial is oversized, too. The bezel, complete with the RSS system, has a scratch and fade-resistant ceramic top ring. The hands, hour markers and zero marker on the bezel are all filled with Super-LumiNova®. Oris’s designers have used high-contrast yellow details to indicate critical information because yellow is one of the most visible colours underwater.

It also has an automatic helium escape valve, a device useful to Roman and his colleagues who live in heliox atmosphere during a saturation dive. Helium atoms are smaller than atoms of oxygen and can enter a watch. Without the escape valve to release these particles, they could damage the watch once the diver reaches regular air pressure again.

Commercial diving is one of the most safety conscious professions in the world. The safety of each member of the diving team is paramount. Their equipment is state-of-the-art, designed to keep them safe in extreme conditions and maintained regularly to ensure performs reliably.

Roman applied the same rigour to the development of the Oris ProDiver’s signature feature, the Rotation Safety System. Oris worked with Roman during two years of development to deliver a uni-directional rotating bezel (a device used to measure dive time) that can be locked securely into place during a dive. So critical is time measurement and management in every aspect of diving, that there is no room for error.

By locking a bezel in place, he can be sure of exactly how much time he has left on his dive. Oris has patented this innovation and the Oris ProDiver is the only watch in the world to carry the function.

In addition, the watch’s Swiss Made automatic chronograph movement gives it central seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour chronograph hands. The 30-minute chronograph hand has a yellow counterbalance that reads off against a yellow scale, extending it to a full 60-minute display. This way reading as well as calculation errors can be avoided and safety thus increases.

Technical details

Model: Oris Dive Control Limited Edition
Ref. No. 01 774 7727 7784-Set

Edition
Limited to 500 pieces

Case
Material: Multi-piece Grade 2 titanium case, black DLC plated, ceramic minutes scale top ring
Dimensions: Size 51.00 mm, 2.008 inches
Top Glass: Sapphire crystal, domed on both sides, antireflective coating inside
Case back: Titanium, black DLC plated, screwed, special printings/markings
Operating Devices: Stainless steel screw-in security crown and screw-in pushers, automatic Helium Valve, black DLC plated
Water Resistance: 100 bar/1000 m
Interhorn Width: 26 mm

Movement
Number Oris Cal. 774, base SW 500
Dimensions: Ø 30.00 mm, 13 1/4’’’
Winding: Automatic winding, with red rotor
Power-Reserve: 48 hours
Vibrations: 4 Hz (28’800 A/h)
Jewels: 25

Functions
Centre hands for hours, minutes and chronograph
1/4 seconds, 3 subsidiary dials for continuous seconds, 30 minutes and 12 hours counter, date window, date corrector, fine timing device and stop-second

Dial
Black dial with wave pattern
Luminous Material: Numerals and hands Super-LumiNova®
Indices: Applied

Strap
Black rubber strap, titanium black DLC plated folding clasp and quick-adjust extension system

Extras
Waterproof presentation box, additional rubber strap, professional strap changing tools

Availability
January 2019

Swiss retail price
CHF 4,850