Oris Carl Brashear Calibre 401 Limited Edition bronze-cased watch

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Bit of a bargain for what it is...

Oris introduces the third watch made in partnership with the Carl Brashear Foundation and the first powered by Oris’s in-house Calibre 401, a highly resistant five-day automatic.

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13th May
Heat. Bought 10 for ebay.
13th May
A really nice watch. It does look very similar to the sixty five bi-colour though, which can be bought for £1500 ish these days and has a metal bracelet rather than a nylon strap.
13th May
Isn't the Sixty Five powered by a Sellita SW 200-1?
13th May
Nice one
Heated
13th May
Love Oris, Heated, lovely looking watch.
13th May
Always liked this. Will resist however
13th May
I'm looking at getting one of these Aquis models which retail at around £2.5k new, picking it up from H&T this week for £1200 (pre-owned but like new). Beautiful watches but they really don't seem to hold their value.
7 h, 1 m ago
Few watches do hold their value. Most lose 30% as soon as you walk out the door. I'm currently daily-wearing an Oris Cal 400-2 Aquis 43.5, I got it as-new (2 months old, barely worn, balance of 10 year warranty transferred) - was also about 1/2 the RRP for that model.

I feel somewhat sorry for Oris - there were some teething troubles with the first lot of Cal 400, and I think the negatives got blown out of proportion online (although the rotor being underweight for winding the watch was a bit of a rookie error!). I also believe if you do send in a Cal 400 for warranty work they appear to just replace with the 400-2 anyway, and having a 10 year warranty is basically unheard of for automatic watches.

I assume your one with the RRP of £2500 is a Sellita movement, in which case the RRP was probably somewhat optimistic, but £1200 seems decent. I love the use of alternative date complications from Oris compared to the more common date window (edited)