![]() ![]() This is the first watch to get this brand new movement, the very first watch. Now, I am not trying to downplay it, and I will talk more about it here in a minute, but I won’t lie, I was hoping there was going to be a little more done to the Aquis for this release. What do you get besides a great look at the movement in this new watch? Well, you get a new bracelet, or more specifically, a new way to remove the bracelet. ![]() At the very least, other brands may have to rethink their very high pricing strategies for watches that use off the shelf movements with little to no modifications. Bottom line, this is going to force other companies to step up or fall to the wayside. Take a look at most of the Breitling watches at this price, you’ll see what I mean. It is not inexpensive by any means and the pandemic has made everyone take a look at their finances and priorities, but looking out there in the rest of the marketplace, the number of brands at this price point legit making their movements let alone movements of this caliber, are pretty slim. So, where am I going with all of this? Well, this new Aquis is $3500, with a new in-house movement and a new bracelet. Tudor is another company that has its own movements, but we are talking sister brand to Rolex here. Oris is a relatively big company though, so they knew what they were doing and decided they could take the risk. Oris didn’t make this new movement overnight, years of research and engineering have gone into this, and as such, a lot of capital. ![]() Oris Calibre 400 known playfully as “ORIS BEAR”, illustrated here by Scottish Watches. Don’t be fooled by many brands that list their movements as their own either -there’s a lot of them that list a movement with a caliber number but it is nothing more than a stock movement with a custom rotor, and they somehow get away with renaming it to make it sound like something proprietary. We have seen in-house movements from other brands, countless brands make their movements, but they are usually in much more expensive watches. Oris was one of the early adopters of the SW movements, switching from ETA. Even brands like Oris have been heavily reliant on the Sellita series of movements, most notably the SW200. It is in part a marketing tag line, but think about it, how will this affect the industry and other watch brands moving forward? I review a lot of microbrand watches here, who mostly use the same movements over and over. It’s even at the top of their website right now. Oris has a new tag line- “The New Standard’. At this time, and at least for this Oris Aquis Calibre 400, it is not, but Oris may release future models with that certification but expect the price to go up if they do.īefore I get into the review of the Oris Aquis Calibre 400, let’s discuss what this means for the rest of the watch industry. One question I received a few times is if this movement was COSC certified. For those that do not want to navigate away, here is what you need to know-It has a power reserve for 5 days, it has a 10-year warranty and 10 years recommended service intervals, a new slide bearing system for rotor attachment, and is extremely anti-magnetic. I could go ahead and copy a lot of information from Oris’s website, or I can just link to it HERE, where you can find all the information you need and want on this new movement. The movement is all-new, designed by Oris and of course, the big takeaway is the 5-day power reserve. I posted a photo on our Instagram page as well. Most of you reading this have probably seen the press release or the posts on social media from Oris and others about the Calibre 400. But at $3,500 for one of Oris’s most popular watches with a movement that has a true 5-day power reserve, well, that is something. Now, the big news here is the movement, and the watch itself has not changed from previous iterations, except for the bracelet, which I will discuss in this article of course. A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to have this watch and a sample movement encased in plastic sent for a first look and review, and while I only had it in hand long enough for photography and to record the video, I can say I am not only impressed with the new in-house movement and the price, but also the Aquis itself. The first watch to get the newly announced Oris in-house Calibre 400 is the Oris Aquis Calibre 400, which is quite aptly named. ![]()
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