Oris Takes to the Skies With New Caliber 473
In the tenth year of the Oris in-house movement initiative, the Swiss brand just announced a new hand-wound movement: Calibre 473, built on the same base as the Oris Calibre 403 with automatic winding. The movement includes hour, minute, small seconds and pointer date hands, and a 120-hour power reserve, now with an indicator on the reverse. Like every movement in the 400 series, Oris Calibre 473 is highly resistant against magnetic fields, it comes with up to 10 years of warranty, and it has a 10-year recommended service interval. On top of that, the watch brand guarantees an accuracy of +5/-3 seconds per day. According to Oris, the movement took four years to develop and happens to also be its tenth in-house calibre since 2014.
The new movement powers the 38-mm Big Crown Calibre 473 with blue dial (ref. 473 7786 4065-07 5 19 22FC). The case is water resistant to 50 meters and equipped with sapphire crystals on both sides. The distance from lug-to-lug is 45.5mm and the height close to 13mm (which means it is slightly thicker than the automatic version, due to the additional power reserve indication on the movement). As the name suggests, the watch also comes with the traditional, conveniently large crown at 3 o’clock.
Ulrich W. Herzog, Chairman of Oris, says: “Caliber 473 is based on our Caliber 400 and offers the same base performance. But it?s manually wound and has a power reserve indication on its reverse, an indispensable feature for a hand-w...
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