Bronze watches are everywhere, and few brands have worked as much to capitalize upon the trend than Hölstein-based Oris. This week, Oris continues its place at the vanguard of the bronze wave while revisiting again one of its classic designs with the introduction of the updated Big Crown Pointer Date Bronze. The new watch ? which includes four different dial colorways in green, brown, Bordeaux (red), and blue ? is especially notable for offering all four with a new seven-link bronze bracelet in addition to their predecessors’ leather straps.

The familiar Big Crown Pointer Date Bronze design is evident in all the new models; you can read more about that venerable design in our last hands-on review of the model here. These hallmark elements include a 40-mm diameter for the bronze case, which takes direct inspiration from a vintage pilots’ watch produced by Oris back in the late 1930s, complete with a signature ?big crown,? sans any guards; a coin-edged bezel; and sharp facets finished primarily with satin brushing.
As mentioned, the most notable update to the watch is its use of a new, all-bronze seven-link bracelet. This represents the second use of an all-bronze bracelet by Oris in one of its production series, following up on the 2021 introduction of the Divers Sixty-Five ?Cotton Candy? Editions and the limited Hölstein Edition 2020 from the year prior, both of which used a three-link bronze bracelet. The use of a seven-link here points once...