11/11/2022 0 Comments Oris aquis date calibre 400 on wrist![]() ![]() I also found it pretty difficult to remove the links in the bracelet, which, admittedly, is a temporary problem, but one worth noting. I?m obviously not suggesting that anyone will confuse, say, a $300 Seiko or a trendy microbrand with a luxury Swiss timepiece, but as someone who?s relatively new to watches the dullness of the lume surprised me. I mostly live in the $1,000-ish realm when it comes to watches I personally own, and I have several watches in that neighborhood that handily outperform this Aquis Date. Nits is a good word to use, actually, because I?m not especially impressed with the lume here. ![]() A lume shot, taken with a Pixel 4A’s Night modeĪnd while my overall feeling toward the Aquis Date Calibre 400 is positive, there are a few nits I?d like to pick. In certain lighting conditions (such as when my Philips Hue Go lights are set to the ?bright? color temperature) the dial gains an almost aquamarine quality to it. ![]() When viewed head-on the dial transitions, from the center outward, from a light to a dark blue there?s a subtle starburst effect when the watch is shifted about. Oris calls the dial color ?gradient blue,? which feels about right. I could pop out and screw in the satisfyingly chunky crown all day long, so smooth and pleasant is the threading. The same can be said of the crown guards, which jut out from the case without a care in the world while not quite dominating the watch like, say, the Willard?s do. To me, a big part of that masculinity comes from the angularity of the case and lugs: they are sharp and purposeful and make no attempt to hide. At 43.5mm, this is a well-proportioned yet masculine watch that wears smaller than it reads, which is more than welcome if, like me, you?re cursed with tiny wrists. In fact, outside of the descriptive lettering at the 6 o?clock boasting of its mighty 5-day (aka 120-hour) power reserve and, naturally, the (very pretty) movement as seen through the exhibition caseback, you?d have a hard time telling the two apart. The Aquis Date Calibre 400, which Oris loaned us a few days ago, very closely resembles the non-Calibre 400 Aquis Date. Going in-house rather than off-the-shelf necessarily adds expense, but there?s a certain cozy feeling you get knowing your entire watch, and not just its exterior design, comes from one and the same shop. This has been a rather strange year for any number of reasons, but Swiss watchmaker Oris intends to end it on a high note with the Aquis Date Calibre 400, a handsome blue diver that is the first watch to be powered by its new in-house Calibre 400 movement. ![]()
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