This article was originally published in the May/June 2022 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. Photos by Oris and Olaf Köster.

Oris has been investing in environmental and sustainability projects for more than a decade. In order to draw more attention to its ?Change for the Better? initiatives, the company is also launching timepieces like the recently introduced limited-edition Dat Watt dive watch, our test watch. Proceeds from sales of this watch support various charities and the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, a coordinating body founded in 1987 by the governments of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, the three countries that border the Wadden Sea.

Oris and the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat also organize joint events to raise awareness about the special features of this unique natural area. The author was on hand for the first event, which took place in Lauwersoog in the Netherlands. And she wore the Oris Dat Watt dive watch.
Manufactured in a limited edition of 2,009 timepieces, this special model was created in collaboration with the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat and is based on Oris?s Aquis dive watch. The Dat Watt watch takes its name from a local German name for the Wadden Sea, and the number of watches in the series (2,009) refers to the year that the Wadden Sea was granted UNESCO World Heritage status. Just as the mission of the Joint Wadden Sea Secretariat is to preserve this natural area as the world?s largest tidal system, the Dat Watt dive ...