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What do you guys think about these. 39mm, in house 120hr movement, titanium. I also really like the case design. But damn, a $4300 Oris is hard to wrap my mind around.

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Eye catching color, fresh design with great size, and a hell of a new in-house movement with 5 days of power reserve. They even give a 10 years warranty because they are so confident with their movement!

What a great deal! Watch to watch for!

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@RussP562 I really like these

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I share those sentiments about the price, it immediately turned me off these. I love the colors, titanium, and that bracelet/clasp is very cool. I wish the date wheel was color matched or the indices bigger to offset the date aperture. Maybe for $3300. 

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I have a ProPilot 45mm.  Picked it up under $1K.  For that price point, it punches way above the belt.  So I admit I love the brand and the quality is great for the price point.  But I cannot fathom spending over $2K for an Oris.  But that is just me. 

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I really like the blue version. Perfect blue IMO. But for that price I probably go for BB58 blue, even if it is a bit Apple and pears.

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I'm really looking forward to that one sent a message to ORIS customer service about the halflinks/micro adjustment for this one. Very nice timepiece.  😍

I have that lift clasp on a 41mm ProPilot. The lack of microadjust was a problem for my 6.6" wrist until ORIS made halflinks and send me a set for free.  

Also never had a problem with triggering the clasp release on accident like I thought I would. 

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10 years warranty, in-house movement, Titanium case and bracelet

I personally think the price is little high but can be justified especially if you compare to other brands. 

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I think whoever is setting the prices at Oris are getting ideas above their station. Have a word.

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Looks awesome, didn't think i'd be a fan of a 'peachy' dial, but must admit it looks fantastic.

Love the angular shape of the case. 

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they are looking awesome. This nice sharp edges are looking so futuristic, very lovely.

But I am just rebuilding my collection to get rid of date windows...

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Awesome watches. i think they are trying to ride with the current high watch prices. BUT, it is an Oris and I i think they are deluded to price this model at the 3-5K range. with that budget I would get a Tudor instead. I don’t want to upset Oris fans here but I would classify Oris as a mid-tier brand, within the same ranks of Longines or Tissot? like I won’t pay more than 1K for this….

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A bit highly priced, but nice watches.

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@RussP562 I really like these

Hhhmmmm not sure myself, think the price would stop me 😢

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Love the watch, but not the price point.

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This is the biggest downside with in-house movements - that price is crazy. There are so many options in the $4k price point that I imagine it will be hard for Oris to find there niche there. Love the angular styling of these, though. 

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Great looking watch, but RZE does it at a fraction of the price. Oris is one of the most overpriced brands on the market and this one is ridiculously overpriced. OUCH!

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I hear it scratches easily. Titanium scratching easier than steel is nothing new, but if there is no anti-scratch coating on a $4300 titanium watch, it's a firm, hard pass when there are watches with it under $1000. I like the design but the price is bonkers. 

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Blue is nice.  I'd punch myself in the face if I saw myself in the mirror wearing the pink one.

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Another bandwagonesque move by another brand to copy the success of the recent Rolex OP releases. Who says the watch industry leaders are not a bunch of lemmings with a nose to where the money is at - creativity be damned. How many more powder blue, red-orange, bright yellow, green, etc. dials are we going to see with OP-style case designs. And just in case you were wondering, I am not a Rolex fan.

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I don't mind the $4300 since it's the in-house, which is pretty nifty. If you told me it was the usual modified Sellita at that price I'd say the entire watch world had gone totally bonkers with pricing, that's for sure.

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I love the dial but the case and bracelet are just too aggressive for my taste. I wonder how well they will age.

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From the comments of the Oris Instagram post promoting the watch. I think what Oris is missing is that they care about their new movement about 2x more than their customers do. They built a loyal following at the $1-2k range. It’s hard to swallow doubling prices largely for a new movement when the Sellita works fine and can be serviced anywhere. 

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Another bandwagonesque move by another brand to copy the success of the recent Rolex OP releases. Who says the watch industry leaders are not a bunch of lemmings with a nose to where the money is at - creativity be damned. How many more powder blue, red-orange, bright yellow, green, etc. dials are we going to see with OP-style case designs. And just in case you were wondering, I am not a Rolex fan.

Rolex copied Doxa, but I am sure people made colorful watches before then, too.

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120 hour movement is cool, but I'm perfectly happy with the SW200 in my D65 Heritage. (Especially since I paid less than 19% of the new one.)

Not sure what the big draw is on power reserve. If you wear it every day, it doesn't matter. If you rotate it between several watches it's going to run down anyway, and it doesn't matter. (I rotate between 8 to 11 watches at any one time.)

For that matter, I don't understand the movements that get modified from 4Hz to 3 Hz to get an 80 hr. power reserve. I'd rather have the 4Hz movement.

Winding is cheap and easy. Hell, I've been told they make watches that need winding every day...

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Really funky!! I think the salmon one is my favorite. I like what they did with the case!

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I like the salmon dial very much, and the idea of a titanium Oris appeals. It doesn't appeal $4300 worth, but it appeals. 

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The grey dial reference would be my choice, I get real Octo Finissimo vibes from that colourway. Not sure about the price though- since its release I was hoping Oris would smooth out production costs for their Calibre 400 movement and undercut competitors like Tudor, not move themselves up to join the ranks in that market segment.

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I’m interested to know what people think of titanium cases/bracelets. I’ve heard that although there is a benefit to the lightness, it makes some watches, like the GS Snowflake, feel cheap. 

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It's a hard sell at that price even with those spec's. If they had applied indices, colour matched date wheels, so better lume. And sorry to those who like this watch but I don't like the end links and how they have different angles to the lugs on the watch, they just appear and this is only based on online photos, they just don't seem to match to the case symmetrically, so I'm not completely sold, also no micro adjustment on the clasps WTF at that price you would want to get a great fit. Even AliEpress watches and their bracelets offer some form of micro adjustments, my Christopher Ward C63 Sealander bracelet has on the fly adjustment and cost a quarter of the price of the Oris.

Overall great design elements but flawed execution, in my opinion anyway, I'm certain others will disagree but that's what's great about WatchCrunch everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

Cheers Max

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I think Oris had some strong releases this year.  I think they have really been making some noise over the last couple of years.  I like the grey dial and the salmon dial ProPilot X!