Fingers-On: Oris Aquis Date Aid Cherry Purple 43.5mm Watch

Through the years, the common-or-garden Oris Aquis has turn into more and more interesting as a diver’s-style sports activities watch when in comparison with the competitors. With truthful costs, distinctive designs, and acquainted options, the Aquis additionally advantages from being produced in a big assortment of types. Oris does an excellent job of creating profitable merchandise into huge collections. That doesn’t solely embody previous Aquis fashions, but additionally ones which can be produced right this moment. As we speak, I am going hands-on with a specific taste of the Oris Aquis, which right here is the reference 01 733 7730 4158-07 8 24 05PEB Oris Aquis Date Aid. It is available in a 43.5mm-wide case with a steel-on-steel bezel and a beautiful “cherry” pink metallic dial.

Again in 2020, I wrote about materially the identical watch when reviewing the Oris Aquis on aBlogtoWatch right here. The first variations between the Aquis Date Aid mannequin are the colour of the dial and the bezel. For type (extra so than performance or price), the “Aid” model of the Aquis has a metal bezel insert with numerals accomplished in reduction (raised sort). That is versus the obtainable polished ceramic bezel inserts which can be obtainable on different Aquis fashions. Why does Oris supply each bezel kinds? Most likely as a result of each are fairly good. Despite the fact that you don’t have the scratch resistance of ceramic with a metal bezel, the continual look of metal affords a really good-looking presence I believe may be very handsome.

Oris affords this similar Aquis Date Aid watch with the cherry pink dial in a smaller case measurement, as nicely. That’s the 41.5mm (so, 2mm narrower) reference 01 733 7766 4158-07 8 22 05PEB, and, except for the 2mm narrower case, is kind of the identical wristwatch as this pictured 43.5mm mannequin when it comes to coloring, motion, and value. Which model to put on is basically only a matter of your anatomy and watch case measurement preferences.

With 300 meters of water resistance, the Oris Aquis is an actual diver’s watch, and that’s the core attraction of this sports activities watch household. Oris produces loads of different diver’s watches, however for me, the core Aquis assortment stays probably the most fascinating. The watch is comfy with its elegant strains, polished surfaces, and tapering bracelet, but additionally somewhat well-priced for what you’re getting. Whereas Oris’ unique caliber 400 household of actions is sweet, watches geared up with these actions are rather more costly. Within the Aquis Date fashions Oris makes use of Swiss Made Sellita SW200-1 computerized actions (they name it their caliber Oris 733) which function at 4Hz with 38 hours of energy reserve. This class of motion might be the most well-liked in fashionable historical past to be used with tool-style diver’s watch like this. Even with the excessive stage of water resistance, the case has a sapphire show caseback that lets you view the motion together with the red-colored computerized winding rotor.

The excessive stage of polish and enticing symmetry/proportions make this diver’s watch classier than loads of the competitors. That’s actually why I just like the Aquis as a result of, whereas it has a humility to it that I get pleasure from, the composition itself is enticing sufficient to be worn in semi-formal and social settings as a lot as you possibly can depend on it for sports activities and adventuring. Oris does an excellent job mixing class and performance right into a single product, which is why I believe the Aquis household has been such a permanent winner at Oris for a variety of years now.

This isn’t the one watch with a pink dial that Oris has created, nor will or not it’s the final. Will pink be the following stylish dial coloration for watches after blue and inexperienced? Perhaps. I believe pink has all the time been fashionable on watches as an accent coloration, and maybe that’s the reason not as many watches have emphasised it extra on the dial. That mentioned, I believe there may be maybe a robust chance that pink as a tone could have its second of accelerated reputation in right this moment’s watch market — in all probability sooner somewhat than later. Worth for this reference 01 733 7730 4158-07 8 24 05PEB Oris Aquis Date Aid watch is $2,300 USD. Study extra on the Oris web site right here.