Oris Launches the Next Watch in their Change for the Better Campaign, the Whale Shark Limited Edition
When it comes to producing watches that focus on a good cause, few brands rival Oris. Their ?Change for the Better? campaign has been going strong for ten years (we put a spotlight on the campaign?s history during our Virtual Windup Watch Fair) and collectors have been treated to some impressive and beautiful timepieces as a result. More importantly, they?ve raised awareness for environmental causes that are important to them, namely the preservation of the world?s oceans, and life that inhabits them. Their new watch fits squarely into that mold. Let?s take a look at the all new Oris Whale Shark Limited Edition.Â
As the name of the watch suggests, this new limited edition from Oris has a specific sea creature on its mind. The whale shark is known as the ?gentle giant? of the ocean, because they?re known to be quite docile and, well, they?re enormous. Think of the profile of a yellow school bus, and you?ll get an idea of the size a whale shark can grow to. That?s about 40 feet in length, and 20 tons in weight. While the name indicates otherwise, the whale shark is a fish, not a mammal, and critically important to the ecosystem it inhabits. They?re top predators, consuming plankton and smaller fish, eliminating weaker creatures along the way. It?s thought that without the whale shark, which has seen its global population reduced by half over the last 75 years, entire ecosystems would collapse. Among other things, fishing (both legal and illegal) as well as collisio...
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