Oris Small Second

Condition: 10/10, NOS*

Box and Papers: zrhbrg Packaging with digital Asset

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𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠

Diameter: 34

Glass: Acrylic Glass

Case Material: Stainless Steel

Bezel Material: Stainless Steel

Case Back Material: Stainless Steel

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𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

Movement Type: Manual Winding Movement

Caliber: Oris 451

Power Reserve: 42h

Frequency: 18.000A/h

Number Of Stones: 15

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𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥

Features: Small Second

Dial Color: Gray

Dial Handstyle: Lancette Hands

Indexes: Print and Applied

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𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩

Strap Material: Leather

Clasp Material: Stainless Steel

Clasp Type: Tang Buckle

 

* See zrhbrg.ch/pages/faq for exact descriptions of the conditions

 

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𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝

Paul Cattin and Georges Christian founded Oris in 1904 in Hölstein, Switzerland. They bought the newly closed Lohner & Co watch factory and named their new watch company Oris, after a nearby brook.

 

With over 300 workers, Oris was the largest employer in Hölstein by 1911. To attract more watchmakers, it built houses and apartments for its staff. Oris’s success continued, and it expanded so that by 1929 it had six factories. In 1925 Oris began fitting bracelets to their pocket watches, transforming them into wristwatches.

 

In 1927 Oris’s co-founder Georges Christian dies, and Jacques-David LeCoultre becomes President of the Board of Directors. In 1928, Oscar Herzog, Christian’s brother-in-law, takes over as General Manager, a position he held for 43 years.

 

By the late 1960s, Oris was one of the ten largest watch companies globally. It employed 800 people in Hölstein and beyond and produced 1.2 million watches and clocks a year