Introducing the Oris Hölstein Edition 2021
Just in time for their birthday, Oris has released the latest entry in their Hölstein Edition series (you?ll recall that last year saw a full bronze Divers Sixty-Five chronograph to pay tribute to the brand?s Swiss home). For this year?s limited release Hölstein Edition, the brand has decided to update a classic with a brand new movement. The Big Crown is a signature watch for Oris, and has been continuously in production since 1938. The pointer date complication has become inextricably linked to the Big Crown line over time, and reinforces the brand?s heritage in a particularly charming way. A pointer date is such an old-fashioned complication, it always feels right at home in Oris?s simple, aviation inspired Big Crown platform. This limited edition, however, is a more modern take, befitting the technological advances of the 400 series movement, which sees a new variant debut in this very watch.Â
The pointer date, complication, if you?re unfamiliar, is a rather ingenious way to display the date without disrupting the symmetry of the dial. Rather than a date window being violently cut into the dial at what always seems to be the worst possible spot, a pointer date does exactly what it advertises: a hand posted at the dial?s center points to the correct date at the watch?s perimeter, making a full rotation around the dial once per month. This is a remarkably intuitive way to read the date, as you also, at a glance, get a sense for how deep into a particular mont...
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