Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Oris Big Crown Pointer Date
Swiss watch brand Oris is no novice to the “Vintage Eye” series. With previous releases like the ever-popular Diver Sixty-Five; the Big Crown 1917 with its distinctive pocketwatch style; and last year?s ChronOris Date, the century-plus-old Holstein-based watchmaker has long been taking part in the ongoing retro-look watch trend, with models resurrected from its rich archives. This week we turn our attention to another one of its recent popular releases, the Big Crown Pointer Date.
The model has been a longtime fixture in Oris?s boutiques, first developed in 1938 as one of the earliest timepieces specifically catering to pilots of the era with its enlarged crown (or Big Crown, if you will) designed to match aviators? oversized in-flight gloves (1954 vintage version pictured above). In addition to this critical feature, the brand added an analog date pointer to further differentiate the piece, which has since become a hallmark of its design. Continuing the long history of the series, today?s modern iteration borrows its design cues not only from those original pilots? watches, but also largely from Oris’s 1980s transitional period during which the Big Crown Pointer Date was the only mechanical piece the company produced during the heat of the Quartz Crisis. This brought about the coin-edged bezel, tapered lugs, and cleaner, more modern dial that distinguished it from those in the decades prior.
Last year, the Big Crown Pointer Date received renewed attenti...
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