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Oris Aquis Payoon Limited Edition 43.5mm Mens Watch
Ref. 01 400 7763 4117-SET
Sits in Oris’s upper tier here — more premium than three quarters of the Oris watches we list, which start at £1,400.
Price range £1,400 to £5,350 across 52 Oris watches in stock.Shin Sirachai Arunrugstichai is a Thai marine conservationist and photojournalist whose work centres on dugongs — the slow, gentle sea mammals that local communities call payoon, or the lady of the sea. Oris and their Thai partner Trocadero built this watch to support that work, with production capped at 250 pieces and a design that maps directly onto the animal and its habitat: the graduated green dial takes its colour from the waters around Koh Libong, the grey relief bezel echoes dugong skin, and the solid caseback carries an engraving of a mother and calf. The movement underneath is the Calibre 400, which Oris developed entirely in-house and which represents a genuine step up from what the Aquis carried before it. The silicon escapement resists magnetism without needing a Faraday cage, accuracy sits at -3/+5 seconds per day — territory that would clear a chronometer standard — and the recommended service interval is ten years rather than the usual five. A 120-hour power reserve means a long weekend away without winding it on return. At 43.5mm with a case that reads chunky rather than slim, this wears as a full-sized diver and suits a larger wrist accordingly. The Quick Strap Change system makes moving to a rubber strap straightforward for time in the water, and the push-button clasp includes a wetsuit extension for exactly that use.
- Reference
- 01 400 7763 4117-SET
- Brand
- Oris
- Collection
- Aquis
- Case size
- 43.5mm
- Case thickness
- 13.5mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Green
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Bezel
- Unidirectional rotating
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 400
- Functions
- Date
- Water resistance
- 300m
- Bracelet / strap
- Fabric strap
- Strap colour
- Silver
- Clasp
- Folding clasp
- Lume
- Super-LumiNova
- Retailer
- Goldsmiths
Learn more about Oris
Paul Cattin and Georges Christian took over an empty factory in Hölstein in 1904 and named the company after a nearby gorge. It stayed independent, and stayed in that valley, for its entire history.
Oris built its reputation on volume mechanical watches made properly. By the 1960s it was among the largest Swiss employers in the sector, producing hundreds of thousands of movements a year. Its most curious historical footnote is regulatory: Swiss law restricted the number of jewels a watch could contain under certain classifications, and Oris fought a decade-long legal battle to be permitted to fit lever escapements — winning in 1968.
The quartz crisis nearly ended it. The company was bought out of the ASUAG conglomerate in 1982 by two managers, Rolf Portmann and Ulrich Herzog, who took it back to mechanical watches exclusively at precisely the moment the rest of the industry was abandoning them.
That independence remains the point. Oris is one of the few Swiss houses of any scale with no group ownership, and it competes on value rather than prestige — dive watches, pilot's watches, and the Big Crown line descended from its 1938 pointer calendar. The house developed its own Calibre 400 family from 2020, offering five-day power reserves and ten-year service intervals at prices well below the norm for in-house movements.
- 1904
- Paul Cattin and Georges Christian found Oris in Hölstein.
- 1938
- The Big Crown pointer calendar is introduced.
- 1968
- Wins the legal fight to use lever escapements.
- 1982
- A management buyout returns the company to independence.
- 2020
- The in-house Calibre 400 launches.
Also in 7 collections
This watch appears in the Oris Aquis range (21), Stainless Steel Watches (2,531), Automatic Watches (1,573), Sports Watches (696), Dive Watches (499), Green Dial Watches (339) and Limited Edition Watches (171).
Manufacturer’s guarantee
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch built to be worn hard and got wet.
Strengths
- 300m water resistance, rated for actual diving
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- One of Oris's more premium watches
Worth knowing
- 43.5mm sits at the larger end
Oris Aquis Payoon Limited Edition alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | 01 400 7763 4117-SET | SLA077J1 | 821.10.351.10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £2,480 | £2,580 | £2,590 |
| Case size | 43.5mm | 42.6mm | 42.5mm |
| Water resistance | 300m | 300m | 300m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Fabric strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Stainless steel bracelet |
| Power reserve | — | 50 hours | 38 hours |
| This watch | Closely matched | Closely matched |
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
Yes. At 300m it is rated for swimming, snorkelling and recreational diving.
Water resistance explainedWill the glass scratch?
Unlikely. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness and shrugs off everyday marking.
Sapphire, mineral and acrylic comparedDoes it need a battery?
No. It is automatic — the motion of your wrist winds it, and there is no cell to replace.
Quartz, automatic and solar comparedIs it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as men's.
Cheapest place to buy
Goldsmiths is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference, so there is nothing to compare it against today.
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