Oris

Oris is a Swiss watchmaker founded in Hölstein in 1904. The company makes mechanical watches, including the ProPilot range for people interested in aviation. Its collection also includes diving watches, special editions and models created with other organisations. Oris is based in Hölstein, Switzerland, and sells its watches through boutiques and authorised dealers around the world.

Oris Pilot Watches

The ProPilot range is the main aviation part of the Oris collection. It includes several models with different designs and features.

The ProPilot Date is an aviation watch that Oris has updated for everyday use. It brings the pilot watch idea into a model that can also be worn outside an aviation setting.

The ProPilot X family offers several other choices. These include the ProPilot X Calibre 115, ProPilot X Calibre 400 and ProPilot X Calibre 400 Laser.

The Laser model has a dial that uses a technique inspired by nature. It produces an iridescent effect, meaning the colours appear to change as light moves across the surface.

Oris has also made special ProPilot X editions. One was created with Disney to celebrate Kermit the Frog. Other models include the Gonzo Edition and Miss Piggy Edition.

These watches give aviation fans several ways to explore the ProPilot collection.

Oris and Aviation

Aviation is one part of the Oris story. The company has announced a collaboration with Wings of Hope, an organisation that works in aeronautical humanitarian activities.

The connection brings Oris into contact with an organisation whose work involves aviation and helping people.

The ProPilot collection is another part of that connection. Rather than making only one aviation model, Oris has developed several watches under the ProPilot name.

The company also has a much wider history. Oris introduced a watch in 1938 that it still describes as a signature model. That watch is part of its general watchmaking history.

Other Oris Watch Collections

Oris makes watches outside the aviation category.

The Big Crown Calibre 113 includes displays for the day, date, month and weeks of the year.

Its diving watches include the Divers Sixty-Five and Aquis collections. The Divers Sixty-Five Calibre 400 uses a five-day automatic movement and has no date display.

Oris has also released limited editions such as the Hölstein Edition 2025, Great Barrier Reef Limited Edition IV and New York Harbor Limited Edition II.

Materials and Partnerships

Oris works with organisations outside watchmaking. Its partnership with Bracenet involves accessories and watch dials made from recovered fishing nets.

The company also uses sustainable deer leather from Cervo Volante, which follows traditional tanning methods.

Oris supports the Reef Restoration Foundation through a Great Barrier Reef watch and has worked with the Billion Oyster Project.

For pilots and aviation fans, the ProPilot watches and Wings of Hope collaboration make Oris worth exploring. Its wider mechanical watch collection gives them other designs to consider.