Swatch – YOS408 (Swatch watch 101)
 Swiss quartz movement, Casual watch, Chronograph, Swatch’s Red Storming, Luminous hands, Silver-tone 12 o’clock and indices, Analog date display, Tachymeter ruler on outer black concave ring, Brushed stainless steel bezel, crown, selector buttons, case, c |
|
Retail: $150.00 Your Price: $135.00 Buy/More Info |
–
Since Paul Cattin and Georges Christian developed the first Oris watch factory in Holstein, Switzerland in 1904, Oris has made countless breakthroughs in achieving numerous milestones in its rich watch-making tradition.
In the minds of watch fans today, the name Oris is synonymous with the mechanical watch. This didn’t just happen by accident. At the end of the 1980s and beginning of the 1990s, when the “normal” watch consumer was becoming more educated in the ways of mechanical watches, the small watch company, Oris, noted the growing demand and reacted immediately. Oris called upon a rich fund of historical models that reaches back to 1904 that all seemed to have something special about them. There was huge demand for the hand-winding alarm watch outfitted with the AS Caliber 1730 and a carefully modernized 1950s design that captivated an entire generation of mechanical watch consumers. Strongly fueled by the catchy slogan, “It’s high mech by Oris,” and with just the right mixture of nostalgically designed watches, slightly modified movements and affordable prices, Oris’s position in the market was continually pushed upward. At first the cases were designed with the 1940s in mind and seemed a bit old-fashioned, but today, they are designed with a more contemporary style, and the watches have also been outfitted with some remarkable technical innovations.
Secure in its good nose for the likes and dislikes of its customers, Oris presented models like the Pointer – with an unusual sweep calendar – the Complication and the Rectangular. The Worldtimer models, sporting a dial train exclusively developed for Oris, proves that the company also has the technical competence to modify ETA-base movements immensely.
In 2001, Oris combined traditional watch making techniques with modern micro technology by producing collectible pieces such as the Big Crown with a large crown and pointer calendar. Watch collectors around the globe are snatching up the Big Crown BC3, the Big Crown Commander Divers and the classic Big Crown Commander Divers Regulator.
Oris signed an agreement in 2003 to become the exclusive watch partner of the BMW WilliamsF1 Team. The Oris Limited Edition WilliamsF1 Team Chronograph watch was the most successful Oris watch in 2003.
See All-Watches for more on Oris Watches.
Warriors’ foul shooting still is / Moncrief hasn’t solved problem (San Francisco Chronicle)
Shooting coach Sidney Moncrief is not a calm man as he watches the Warriors from afar. Anxiety is his constant companion, and a game rarely passes without frantic hand waving and yelling directed at the opposition. “Don’t foul him; foul Azubuike!” Moncrief re-…
Source: www.sfgate.com
Prices soar at Swiss watches auction (TVNZ)
A rare Patek Philippe wristwatch worn by an Indian Maharaja and a gold and diamond-set Breguet crafted for French Empress Josephine Bonaparte fetched well above pre-sale estimates at a Geneva auction.
Source: tvnz.co.nz
Wooden watches Love, No. 2 Bruins romp (Sports Illustrated)
Bring on the big guns. UCLA is tired of beating up on lesser teams.
Source: sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Mother watches suspects in slaying make first court appearance (The Joplin Globe)
CASSVILLE, Mo. — With her mother looking on, innocent pleas were entered Tuesday for the two men accused of raping and murdering 9-year-old Rowan Ford.
Source: www.joplinglobe.com
Tags: coca cola swatch watch, swatch watches on sale, swatch watch tambour, swatch funcky watch red tie, swatch new automatic jewelry watches, swatch watch ladies, future swatch watches
Tags
Posted in Swatch Watch Repair