Oris Carl Brashear Calibre 401 Limited Edition | Where to Buy
Oris Oris, the Swiss brand known for its “affordable luxury” dive watches, has announced a new model celebrating the legacy of US Navy diver Carl Brashear. Brashear was the son of Kentucky sharecroppers who overcame impossible odds to become the US Navy’s first black diver, rising to US Navy master diver, the profession's highest assignation, in 1970 – despite having his left leg amputated four years earlier, at his own request. The 2000 movie Men of Honour, starring Cuba Gooding Jr, was based on his life. Despite rural poverty, illiteracy and the blanket racism that existed in the ...
Source: esquire.com