The Oris Solar Wukong Artist Version Enamel Aquis Dive Watch

Wait… What? An Oris Aquis dive watch with a cloisonné enamel white gold dial, priced at EUR 23,500… Sure, that factor, as shocking as it might sound, is actual. And sure, it’s fairly a departure from the same old worth vary and utilitarian fashion of the model. In brief, it’s fairly an surprising launch by Oris, to say the least, and fairly a daring transfer from the model, admittedly. So let’s take a look on the new Oris Solar Wukong Artist Version to grasp a bit extra what’s all of it about. 

The bottom for this new, very unique Solar Wukong Artist Version is the traditional, all-rounder dive watch of the model, the Aquis Date, and to be extra exact the 41.50mm version with in-house Calibre 400 that has been launched in mid-2021. So what’s completely different between the EUR 3,000 metal version with a traditional blue dial and the completely surprising EUR 23,500 version we’re on this article?

Properly, the bottom is similar. The case is similar, the bracelet with Fast Strap Change system is similar, the bottom materials is similar – you could possibly have anticipated valuable metals at that worth, however no, it’s metal – and the motion inside, the recently-introduced 5-day manufacture calibre, is similar too. One thing is completely different concerning the habillage; the bezel has a matte metallic insert with a tone-on-tone scheme and minimalistic 60-minute scale. It’s nonetheless in any other case the identical succesful dive watch we’re used to, with sapphire crystal, screw-in crown, screwed caseback and a 300 metres water-resistance.

So the principle change on this Oris Solar Wukong Artist Version is the dial. It’s the second version made by the model in partnership with the Shanghai Animation Movie Studio Co. and celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the Chinese language animated function movie, The Monkey King (Solar Wukong in Mandarin Chinese language). However opposite to the primary model that was accessible, this Artist Version is barely extra high-end and includes a dial manufactured from white gold and hand-executed because of a cloisonné enamel course of – silver wires are formed on a white gold base to kind compartments after which full of colored glass powder that’s fired to make enamel. The outcome, in shades of blue, depicts “the doorway to the imposing Dragon King’s Palace.” Clearly not your normal Oris, isn’t it?

Inside no modifications both, as we discover the very succesful manufacture calibre 400, with its anti-magnetic properties, snug energy reserve of 5 days and prolonged service intervals. Extra particulars in regards to the motion are on this article.

Availability & worth

Oris Solar Wukong Artist Version Aquis is a restricted version of 72 items. It’s now out there and retails for EUR 23,500 or CHF 24,000. And if I need to admit that the look is shocking however quite interesting (sure, it’s quirky nevertheless it type of works), I’d save 20k and take the traditional Aquis Date as a substitute… To every his personal!

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