As Oris’s 120th anniversary year celebrations near their conclusion, Chinese New Year and fresh beginnings come into view. Oris introduces the ProPilot X Year of the Snake Limited Edition, an 88-piece edition based on the innovative ProPilot X Calibre 115 and inspired by the spirit and colourways of the Chinese zodiac animal.
In the Chinese zodiac, the snake symbolises wisdom, wealth, agility and intelligence. The zodiac also has five elements – wood, fire, earth, metal and water. This year is wood, which is associated with growth and new beginnings, and represented by the Chinese colour cyan. In keeping, the sinewy, snake-like structure of this special watch’s skeletonised dial is finished in cyan, giving it an elegant energy that complements the muted tones of the watch’s brushed titanium case and bracelet.
Inside it is Calibre 115, Oris’s in-house-developed hand-wound movement that offers a 10-day power reserve and a patented non-linear power reserve indicator, here elevated by a golden hand that takes the form of a snake’s tongue. The case back is finished with special engravings signifying the Year of the Snake.
ProPilot X Year of the Snake Limited Edition (Ref. No. 01 115 7759 7117-Set)
ProPilot X Year of the Snake Limited Edition, $12,800
Case
- Material: Multi-piece titanium case
- Size: 44.00 mm, 1.732 inches
- Top glass: Sapphire, domed on both sides, doublesided anti-reflective coating
- Case back: Titanium, screwed with special engravings
- Operating devices: Titanium screw-in security crown
- Water resistance: 10 bar (100 metres)
- Interhorn width: 22 mm
Movement
- Number: Oris 115
- Dimensions: Ø 34.00 mm, 15’’’
- Functions: Centre hands for hours and minutes, small seconds between 7 and 8 o’clock, non-linear power reserve indicator at 3 o’clock, fine timing device and stop-second
- Winding: Hand-wound
- Power reserve: 240 hours
- Vibrations: 3 Hz (21’600 A/h)
- Jewels: 38
Dial and bracelet
- Design: Skeletonised dial, golden snake tongue power reserve indicator hand
- Luminous material: Super-LumiNova® hands and indices
- Bracelet: Multi-piece titanium bracelet with folding ‘Lift’ clasp
