{"id":55893,"date":"2020-11-02T10:16:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T10:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/?p=55893"},"modified":"2020-11-02T10:16:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T10:16:35","slug":"oris-opts-for-steel-blue-aquis-date-as-first-watch-to-use-its-new-calibre-400-in-house-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/oris-opts-for-steel-blue-aquis-date-as-first-watch-to-use-its-new-calibre-400-in-house-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Oris opts for steel blue Aquis Date as first watch to use its new Calibre 400 in house movement"},"content":{"rendered":"
I imagine there would have been a meeting at Oris HQ when product teams would have thrashed out whether its exciting new in house developed movement, the Calibre 400<\/a><\/span>, would be used first in an Oris Divers Sixty-Five or the more eye-catching Aquis.<\/strong><\/p>\n Team Aquis carried the day and the anti-magnetic movement \u2014 with its 5-day power reserve, accuracy that would pass COSC certification standards and 10-year warranty \u2014 is adopted by two Aquis Date models that go on sale this week.<\/p>\n Oris says its current collection is full of high-performance, fit-for-purpose mechanical watches, but there was only one candidate when it came to which collection would use the\u00a0 Calibre 400.<\/p>\n Whatever.<\/p>\n The Aquis would have been my choice as well, not least because it is Oris’s most commercially successful collection right now.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It also has more window appeal thanks to the almost luminescent sunray dials framed by elegant ceramic bezels; in the case of the Aquis Date Calibre 400, Oris has opted for the graduated blue dial that looks like a sunlit ocean under a clear blue sky.<\/p>\n There are subtle changes to the Calibre 400 over previous Aquis Dates including “5 Days” written on the dial to denote the watch’s power reserve.<\/p>\n The date window is also slightly larger and the date is picked out in white on a black background.<\/p>\n