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Always looking to the next technical challenge, many high-end timepieces are perpetually undergoing R&D.

Oris is celebrating its anniversary with a new timepiece rooted in an important model from the brand’s Swiss watchmaking past. The Hölstein Edition 2021 honors the company’s history and anticipates its future in a 250-piece limited-edition interpretation of the Big Crown pilot’s watch.

Swiss watchmakers go digital to show off latest products published : 9 Apr 2021 at 04:00 Hermes International SA's HO8 model is pictured during a media presentation at the Watches & Wonders in Geneva on Tuesday. (Reuters photo) ZURICH: Luxury Swiss watchmakers, usually not big fans of online retailing, launched a new all-digital Watches & Wonders event on Wednesday to display their latest products, hoping to revive sales hit by the coronavirus crisis. Makers of high-end watches still largely rely on physical stores for sales, but the suc...

4 Min Read ZURICH (Reuters) - Luxury Swiss watchmakers, usually not big fans of online retailing, are launching a new all-digital Watches & Wonders event on Wednesday to show off their latest products, hoping to revive sales hit by the coronavirus crisis. Slideshow ( 3 images ) Makers of high-end watches still largely rely on physical stores for sales, but the success of online platforms for pre-owned watches, such as WatchBox or Richemont’s Watchfinder, have shown it is possible to sell luxury timepieces online. Pandemic-related factory and store closures hit Swiss watch sales last year an...

This Oris Watch Has a Remarkable Tale to Tell Johnny Davis © Oris Meet the standard bearer for tribute watches 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, st...