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Oris Artelier Date 38mm Mens Watch White
Ref. 01 733 7810 4051-07 8
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Stepping up in Oris's range
The redesign behind this watch has an unusual origin: Oris handed the brief to Lena Huwiler, a 24-year-old product design engineer, with the stated aim of pulling the Artelier line toward a younger audience. The case shrank from 40mm to 38mm, and the dial received a new radial texture with applied wedge indices in place of the older, more conservative layout — a small frameless date aperture above six o'clock being the only interruption to an otherwise spare white surface. The result reads less as a legacy dress watch and more as something you might actually wear daily. At 10.9mm deep and 44mm lug to lug, it sits closer to the wrist than many automatics in this category, and the proportions hold up in either a shirt cuff or a jacket sleeve. The H-link bracelet suits the cleaner dial rather than working against it. Through the display caseback, the Calibre 733 — a Sellita SW200-1 derivative — runs reliably at 28,800vph and delivers a 41-hour reserve; the red rotor is a consistent Oris house detail, and it is visible here against the movement. Nothing about the mechanics surprises, but solid Swiss automatic finishing is the right answer for a watch designed to be worn rather than exhibited.
- Reference
- 01 733 7810 4051-07 8
- Brand
- Oris
- Collection
- Artelier
- Case size
- 38mm
- Case thickness
- 10.9mm
- Lug width
- 20mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- White
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 733
- Functions
- Date
- Water resistance
- 30m
- Bracelet / strap
- Stainless steel bracelet
- Strap colour
- Silver
- Clasp
- Folding clasp
- Lume
- Luminous
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
Additional specifications
- Lug-to-lug
- 44mm
- Origin
- Swiss made
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 Artelier range (10), Back in Stock (4,007), Stainless Steel Watches (2,833) and Automatic Watches (1,417).
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 38mm suits most wrists
- 44mm lug-to-lug keeps the 38mm case wearable
- 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
- 30m means keeping it away from water
Oris Artelier Date 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 7810 4051-07 8 | L47954782 | 34238AA61.BVA130 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £1,900 | £1,700 | £1,975 |
| Case size | 38mm | 38.5mm | 39mm |
| Water resistance | 30m | 30m | 50m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Leather strap | Leather strap |
| Power reserve | — | 50 hours | 38 hours |
| This watch | Closely matched |
|
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
No. At 30m it will survive rain and handwashing, but not submersion of any kind.
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.
Will it fit my wrist?
Lug-to-lug is 44mm, which suits wrists from roughly 15cm (6 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, though at 38mm it sits in the range that suits anyone.
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.
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