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Oris Aquis Date Upcycle 41.5mm Mens Watch
Ref. 01 733 7787 4150-07 8 22 04PEB
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Stepping up in Oris's range
The Upcycle line began as an answer to a straightforward question: what happens to the ocean plastic that dive watches are meant to protect against. Oris's answer was to process recovered PET into dial material, and because the recycling produces random patterning, no two dials are identical. The 2024 generation of the Aquis brought a structural rethink alongside it — shorter lugs with a sharper downturn, tapering crown guards, and a case trimmed to 12.9mm, which for a watch rated to 300 metres is genuinely lean. At 41.5mm it wears closer to 38mm in feel, partly because the lugs hug the wrist rather than projecting from it, and partly because the midcase widens as it drops toward the wrist, keeping the profile low. The ceramic bezel insert is grey, the dial shifts with the light in a way pressed or painted dials do not, and the bracelet — redesigned for 2024 with broader brushed central links and a tapering profile — sits well even before you use the tool-free clasp extension, which adds roughly 14mm for days when a wetsuit is involved. The caseback carries a display window over the Calibre 733, a Sellita SW200-1 that is workmanlike rather than ornate, though the red Oris rotor is visible through it. It is not the movement the 43.5mm sibling can be specified with, but it is a sound, well-supported automatic that needs no particular coddling.
- Reference
- 01 733 7787 4150-07 8 22 04PEB
- Brand
- Oris
- Collection
- Aquis
- Case size
- 41.5mm
- Case thickness
- 12.9mm
- Case material
- Ceramic
- Case shape
- Round
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Bezel
- Unidirectional rotating
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- ETA 2824
- Functions
- Date
- Water resistance
- 300m
- Bracelet / strap
- Stainless steel bracelet
- Strap colour
- Silver
- Lume
- Super-LumiNova
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
Additional specifications
- Lug-to-lug
- 49mm
- Power reserve
- 38 hours
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), Back in Stock (3,460), Automatic Watches (1,573), Sports Watches (696), Dive Watches (499), Watch Price Drops (252) and Ceramic Watches (98).
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
- Sits in the lower half of Oris's range as we list it
Worth knowing
- 38-hour reserve means winding it after a day off
Price history
This watch is currently at its lowest recorded price. It reached £2,250 on 13 August. Prices are checked every day, and we record any changes.
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| Specification | 01 733 7787 4150-07 8 22 04PEB | L37693967 | 785.60.031.20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £1,575 | £1,550 | £1,610 |
| Case size | 41.5mm | 42mm | 42.5mm |
| Water resistance | 300m | 300m | 300m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Stainless steel bracelet | Rubber strap |
| Power reserve | 38 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 comparedHow long does it run for when it's not worn?
About 38 hours fully wound — so it will usually stop if you leave it off overnight.
Will it fit my wrist?
Lug-to-lug is 49mm, which suits wrists from roughly 16.5cm (6½ inches) upward.
Lug-to-lug decides fit more than case diameter does.
How to size a watch to your wristIs it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as men's.
Cheapest place to buy
Mappin & Webb is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference, so there is nothing to compare it against today.
Has the price changed recently?
It's currently at its lowest recorded price since we began tracking it. It's ranged between £1,575 and £2,250, today it's £1,575.
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