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