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