Bronze ORIS

[willy]

To be honest nearly every so called dive watch built today,is living on past laurels.100 or 5000 M is just irrelevant in todays watch world.People who want a robust watch,and like the design buy them today.Some wrongly think that a watch rated to 1000 M must be stronger than one rated to 200 M.Many factors go into making a watch robust,and able to take a lot of punishment.
                               The caliber must be reliable and be able to take shocks and temperature changes.Many of the standard calibers they put in these watches,are not specifically made for the job.Rolex are one of the few,who make calibers that can take almost any punishment you can give them.Also the way the caliber is mounted in the watch is important,one of our site watchmakers can explain this better than i can.Putting a 100 dollar caliber in a bloody great chunk of iron might impress some people,but not me.Then you have to ask youself about quality controll.How many of these watches are really tested to these fantastic depths they are supposed to reach before they leave the factory?
                              Building a really robust watch might sound simple,and it might even be so if you use a Quartz caliber like in the Casio G shock models.But even Casio used millions to develop these watches.And they are tougher than any mechanical dive watch ever made.I personally would rate a ordinary Rolex datejust as a tougher watch than 99.9% of all these desk divers.
                                It really is amazing the way people eat all the marketing bullshit written about these desk divers.And even discuss how good they are.Who really cares about what these watches can take of punishment? It is the design that appeals to people.This Oris has got absolutly nothing to do with the diver their marketing department pulled out of the hat.But if people like the design they will buy it.Its all down to personall taste.In terms of watchmaking value i think it is a joke,when i compare it to a Seiko Prospex 300 Marinemaster.