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Oris Propilot Desert Limited Edition 41mm Mens Watch
Ref. 01 733 7802 8766-07 4
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 50 Oris watches in stock.The Desert Edition began with a phone call to Coulson Aviation, the family-owned aerial firefighting company whose pilots and engineers run suppression missions across multiple continents. Oris presented the watch at Dubai Watch Week in 2025, making it among the first public showings of the updated ProPilot Date — and using the collaboration to push the case construction somewhere the standard model does not go. The middle case and lugs are carbon fibre, shaped through an additive-manufacturing process Oris developed themselves; the bezel, crown and caseback are steel with a grey PVD finish. The result is a watch expected to sit noticeably light on the wrist for 41mm. The dial deserves attention in variable light. The sand-beige grained texture is a direct reference to desert terrain, and the red accents lift it from utilitarian without tipping into sportswear. The double-domed sapphire works internally anti-reflective, which matters more than it sounds on a dial this pale — glare would kill readability fast. The clasp mechanism mirrors the seatbelt latch geometry found in aircraft cockpits and carries Oris's stepless LIFT adjustment, so fit changes quickly without tools. The caseback is mineral rather than sapphire, but the engraving there acknowledges the Coulson partnership for anyone who looks.
- Reference
- 01 733 7802 8766-07 4
- Brand
- Oris
- Collection
- ProPilot
- Case size
- 41mm
- Lug width
- 20mm
- Case material
- Carbon
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Brown
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 733
- Functions
- Date
- Water resistance
- 100m
- Bracelet / strap
- Fabric strap
- Strap colour
- Black
- Clasp
- Folding clasp
- Lume
- Super-LumiNova
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
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 4 collections
This watch appears in the Oris ProPilot range (7), Automatic Watches (1,417), Limited Edition Watches (167) and Brown Dial Watches (93).
Temporarily out of stock
Mappin & Webb is not currently taking orders for this reference. Last listed as available on 25 September 2026. Stock is checked nightly and this page updates when it returns.
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 100m water resistance covers swimming and watersports
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- One of Oris's more premium watches
Oris Propilot Desert 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 | 01 733 7802 8766-07 4 | WWTO01 | TN40-DT-SS-GN-L-S |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £2,700 | £2,525 | £2,850 |
| Case size | 41mm | 41mm | 40.5mm |
| Water resistance | 100m | 100m | 100m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Fabric strap | Rubber strap | Leather strap |
| Power reserve | — | 48 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 100m it is rated for swimming and snorkelling, though not for 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 comparedWhat size strap does it take?
20mm. Any strap of that width will fit, and on most modern watches quick-release bars make the swap a two-minute job with no tools.
Is it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as men's.
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