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Oris Diver 65 Chronograph Holstein Edition, 2020

DocumentedDocumented from a dealer's listing; attribution and date as stated by the dealer.

Maker / attribution: Oris (maker)
Date: 2020
Historical period: Contemporary Horology (2010 – Present)
Country of origin: Unrecorded in source
Object type: Wristwatch
Dimensions: Case 43 mm
Dealer: Analog/Shift (dealer), New York
Stock no.: 40992286
Credit line: Dealer listing, Analog/Shift (40992286)
Catalogue title (original): Oris Diver 65 Chronograph Holstein Edition (English)

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Record summary

Catalogued by Analog/Shift (dealer), New York (stock number 40992286), this is a wristwatch by Oris, dated 2020. The Atlas places it in the Contemporary Horology period (2010 – Present) of its Wristwatches collection. Recorded dimensions: Case 43 mm. The record is illustrated with 6 photographs.

Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.

Catalogue description

Dealer description — Analog/Shift

A solid-gold chronograph may not be in everyone’s wheelhouse. But why not capture some of that sheen with a different left-of-center material? The Divers 65 Chronograph Holstein Edition from 2020 is one solid piece — of bronze, that is. (It’s even got a matching bronze bracelet to boot.) Produced in a limited series of just 250 pieces, it follows hot on the heels of 2016’s Carl Brashear Limited Edition, the firm’s first bronze watch. Unapologetically heavy and brash, it’s a 43mm tool for the bold of wrist, and the perfect companion for someone who likes something a little different in a timepiece. Powered by Oris' Calibre 771 automatic-winding chronograph movement, this example dates to 2020 and features a handsome gold-toned dial with lovely deep-blue subsidiary registers and applied Luminova indices, a matching handset, a matching bronze dive timing bezel, and a matching bronze Oyster-style bracelet. Of course, being a fully bronze watch, it’s heavily patinated — but that’s sort of the point! With cool and characterful bronze construction, beautiful design, and function in spades — this is a limited edition that ticks all the boxes. We're into it.

Historical context

Contemporary Horology (2010 – Present)

Silicon components, connected watches, optical-lattice research clocks and a thriving independent scene.

Smartwatches became the world's best-selling watches, while mechanical watchmaking focuses on craft, innovation (silicon components, new escapements) and independent makers.

Read the period in the timeline More wristwatches from this period Earlier: Mechanical Renaissance

Atlas type guide

Chronographs and split-seconds watches

A chronograph is a watch with an additional seconds hand that can be started, stopped and returned to zero independently of the timekeeping. Louis Moinet built an early example in 1816 and Nicolas Rieussec a recording 'chronographe' in 1821; Adolphe Nicole's heart-shaped reset cam (patented 1862) made the modern return-to-zero possible. Split-seconds (rattrapante) chronographs add a second hand that can be stopped for intermediate times; flyback chronographs restart instantly.

Chronographs were essential tools for doctors (pulsometer scales), artillery (telemeter), engineers and sport. In wristwatches, Valjoux, Venus, Lemania and later the automatic chronographs of 1969 (Zenith El Primero, the Chronomatic Calibre 11 group and Seiko 6139) are milestones.

What to look for

Push-pieces on the case band or a single button in the crown (monopusher).
Subsidiary registers for minutes and hours; tachymeter, telemeter or pulsometer scales.
Column wheel versus cam control visible in the movement.
Calibre markings of specialist makers (Valjoux, Lemania, Venus, Landeron).

Dating clues

Pocket chronographs with heart cam reset: after 1862.
Wrist chronographs: from c. 1910; two-button designs from the 1930s.
Automatic chronographs: from 1969.

General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.

Mechanisms mentioned

Chronograph — Complication
Self-winding (automatic) mechanism — Component

Record completeness

Maker or attributionRecorded
DateRecorded
Place or countryNot in source
MaterialsNot in source
DimensionsRecorded
Narrative descriptionRecorded
Inscriptions / marksNot in source
ProvenanceNot in source
Several photographsRecorded

Editorial status: Documented — facts as published by the source; not independently verified by Atlas editors.

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Sources & image rights

Record source: Analog/Shift (dealer), New York (opens another website in a new tab).

Image rights: © Analog/Shift — dealer photographs; permission required (opens another website in a new tab).

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Cite this record

"Oris Diver 65 Chronograph Holstein Edition, 2020." Analog/Shift (dealer), New York, 40992286. Catalogue record in The Horology Atlas, WatchMuseum.org, https://atlas.watchmuseum.org/museum/oris-diver-65-chronograph-holstein-edition-736180.