New Standard

After a development period of five years, Oris launched its new in-house movement with 10-year recommended service intervals and a 10-year warranty. Calibre 400 runs five days and offers increased antimagnetic protection. It debuts in the modern Aquis Date dive watch, a timepiece that represents the essence of the brand.

- Martina Richter

At first glance it looks like a “perfectly normal” Oris Aquis Date. It’s not immediately clear what awaits you inside. Immediately apparent is the well-known gradient dial that gradually changes from bright blue in the center to almost black at the edge. Surrounding it is the unidirectional rotating bezel that identifies the Aquis Date as a functional dive watch. The grooved ring ratchets in half-minute increments and has a dark blue, scratch-resistant ceramic inlay. This, along with the brightly glowing Super-LumiNova-coated hour markers and hands, is designed for safe diving.

On the lower portion of the dial, a second glance reveals the power-reserve indication of “5 DAYS,” just below the “30BAR / 300M” pressure-resistance indication. It’s a rather discreet way to show the innovation in the Aquis Date that Oris calls “revolutionary” — modern Calibre 400. It’s clearly visible through the transparent threaded caseback. With its unique architecture — which does not include any of the “High-Mech” trademarks (like the red segment on the winding rotor) for which the Oris movements are known – it is clearly something new. In addition to the in-house hand-wound caliber series 110 to 115, new in-house automatic Calibre 400 will join the series movements from major suppliers like Sellita. Because it’s important to Oris to offer good watches at affordable prices, Calibre 400 will not replace existing standard movements, but complement them, and it won’t drive up the prices of the models equipped with it.

Calibre 400 Suits the Brand and its Base