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Going Green: Oris Sustainability Report 2023 and Dat Watt Limited Edition II

04 October 2023

Swiss watch manufacture Oris has several pieces of good news to share with the watch world right now. Having recently completed its second sustainability report, it’s evident that the company is meeting its sustainability goals. These are being achieved alongside the development of a number of environmental projects developed as part of the Better for Change' programme, first launched 20 years ago. For example, Oris is now very close to its goal of reducing its own CO2 emissions by 10 percent within three years. Despite the pandemic and the company’s continued growth, Oris achieved a CO2 reduction of 7.8 percent, as well as a 38.1 percent cut of business travel emissions.Cooperation with CWSSFurthermore, Oris has committed to the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, supporting sustainable and social projects around the world as part of its Better for Change' agenda from a solar project in India to a non-profit restoring oyster reefs in New York. This has also led to collaborations with several other organisations and companies committed to a creating a sustainable world. For example, Oris’ collaboration with the company Bracenet resulted in a diver’s watch with a dial made from abandoned fishing nets floating around in the sea.Since 2021, Oris has been partnering with the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS), a German-Danish-Dutch organisation that works to preserve the Dat Wat' the local dialect’s name for the Wadden Sea and the 10,000 species that live across the 11,500 km2 area. The cooperation has already supported several beach cleaning campaigns, a children’s holiday camp with a focus on the Wadden Sea, and the firstDat Watt Limited Edition watch. Now, the collaboration has been extended by two more years to 2025. Therefore, a new limited-edition watch based on the popular Aquis is being introduced to mark the occasion: theDat Watt Limited Edition II.The caseThe 43.5 mm stainless steel case of theDat Watt Limited Edition IIis water-resistant to 300 m. To shield it from water, the watch features a screw-down stainless-steel safety crown with protection. A domed anti-reflective sapphire crystal protects the sensitive dial. Furthermore, the unidirectional rotating bezel with a 60-minute scale on a grey tungsten inlay ensures a safe dive. A downward-pointing triangle with a circle in its centre stands for the sixtieth minute.Connected to the sea: The engravingDepicting its 500-kilometre-long coastline, the engraving on the caseback provides a symbolic connection to the Wadden Sea. Surrounded by a ring-shaped engraving of the model's name and limitation number, an illustration of birds in flight and the coastal area from Den Helder in Holland to Skallingen in Denmark is embedded in the middle of the caseback.The dialJust like the caseback, the dial represents the extent to which the Wadden Sea served as a design inspiration for this timepiece. With its shimmering green hue, the dial is meant to evoke the colours of the salt marshes, home to thousands of animal and plant species and storage of CO2. Thus, theDat Watt Limited Edition IIis a reminder of how important it is to preserve the Wadden Sea, thereby slowing down climate change to some extent.Aside from the hours and minutes, theDat Watt Limited Edition IIalso displays the small seconds at 9 o’clock, which is indicated in quarters. To ensure that you can still keep an eye on the time in poor lighting conditions, the hands, indices, and one half of the small seconds hand are covered with Super-LumiNova. In addition, the dial features a circular date window with white indications that runs alongside a slim circular aperture.The movementThe limited edition diver’s watch is powered by Oris’ in-house 743 automatic movement with a power reserve of 38 hours, beating at a frequency of 4 Hz. The watch offers hours, minutes, small seconds earning its nickname ‘Small seconds diver’ and date. In addition, the calibre integrates 38 jewels, while using a Sellita movement as its base.Strap, price, and availabilityThere are two different strap options for theDat Watt Limited Edition II: the blue rubber strap creates a sporty aesthetic, while the three-row stainless steel bracelet offers a more masculine option. Both bracelets have a safety folding clasp with an extension, and come with a tool that allows easy interchange between the two straps.There are 2,009 copies of theDat Watt Limited Edition IIavailable. This special number represents the year 2009, when the Wadden Sea was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The timepiece is available for 2,900 euros and presented in a special box, and likewise, 2,009 pieces are available...................