| Oris watches represent excellent Swiss
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| | designed a third design for their dial on
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| manufacture and classic styling at prices
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| | the Big Crown; one that used
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| that most can afford. I'm a fan of Oris
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| | Superluminova Arabic numerals and
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| watches and I like its current collection
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| | stainless steel hands on a silver
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| of Big Crown Pointer Date watches
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| | guilloche dial. Having said that, I can
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| although there are one or two things
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| | easily live with the rose gold finishing
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| about the collection I have mild
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| | on the silver version of the dial.
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| criticisms of.
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| | Depending on the size and particular
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| The pointer date was first used in Oris
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| | model, the Oris Big Crown Pointer Date
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| watches in 1938 and though one or two
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| | Watch comes with either 25 or 17 jewels.
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| other manufacturers employ a pointer date
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| | There are four different straps to
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| in some of their watches, the pointer
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| | complement the Big Pointer watch by Oris;
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| date is almost a trademark of Oris. The
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| | black leather, mid-brown leather,
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| use of this feature in their Big Crown
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| | stainless steel and stainless steel with
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| collection is a beautiful amalgamation of
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| | plated rose gold. As I said earlier, I
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| pointer date and crown.
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| | don't gold/silver combinations and I also
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| All the Big Crown Oris watches come with
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| | don't think that the brown leather strap
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| an automatic movement with a screwed back
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| | suits the look of either the silver or
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| and see-through mineral glass -
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| | black dials.
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| personally, I like a being able to see
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| | Finally, lets talk about the pointer date
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| the inner workings of the watches
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| | hand. Whether it's gold or silver
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| movement.
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| | coloured, the pointer date hand comes
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| The casing of the Oris Big Crown Pointer
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| | with a red curved end that points to the
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| Date watch comes in four sizes: 40mm,
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| | date on the outer rim of the dial.
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| 36mm, 32mm and 28.5mm. It's constructed
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| | However, on the 40mm case the pointer
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| in stainless steel and comes with a
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| | date end piece is slightly curved,
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| fluted bezel - the bezel can optionally
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| | forming a quarter circle, whereas on the
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| come in rose gold.
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| | smaller cases the end piece forms the
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| There are two different dials available:
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| | shape of a horseshoe. I much prefer the
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| silver guilloche or black. The design
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| | horseshoe shape as it, in my opinion,
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| features are different for each dial.
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| | highlights the date more clearly. Why
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| With the silver guilloche dial, there are
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| | Oris chose to use a different shape on
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| rose gold Arabic numerals at the 12, 2,
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| | the largest casing I don't know but I
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| 4, 6, 8 and 10 positions with rose gold
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| | wish it hadn't.
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| markers at the odd hours. The hour,
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| | I really like the Oris Big Crown Pointer
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| minute, second and date hands are also in
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| | Date watch. My preferred piece from this
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| rose gold, with the hour and minute hands
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| | collection would be the 40mm silver
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| in Superluminova material. The black dial
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| | guilloche case and black leather strap -
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| of the Oris Big Pointer watch comes
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| | despite my reservations about the use of
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| Superluminova Arabic numerals for each
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| | rose gold hour markers. The big case just
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| hour and all hands are stainless steel in
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| | carries the big crown better.
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| colour.
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| | Robin O'Brien is founder of a website
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| I really like the black dial, more so
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| | dedicated to beautiful watches that he
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| than the silver guilloche. My taste in
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| | and his wife own. You can get wristwatch
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| watches is very simple; I like my
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| | reviews on such leading classics like
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| stainless steel watches to be just that.
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| | Oris watches, Longines, Rado and Panerai
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| I don't like the mixing of gold and
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| | watches among others.
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| silver and I really do wish Oris had
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