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Oris Artelier Date 38mm Mens Watch Black
Ref. 01 733 7810 4054-07 8
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Stepping up in the same colour and case shape
The Artelier Date underwent a thorough redesign for Watches and Wonders 2026, with Oris handing the brief to Lena Huwiler, a 24-year-old product design engineer. The intention was direct: pull the Artelier out of its more formal past and give it the kind of everyday, unisex personality that works as readily with a jacket as without one. The case shrank from 40mm to 38mm in the process, and the overall package became tighter and more contemporary for it. At 38mm with a 44mm lug-to-lug, it sits flush against almost any wrist without asserting itself, and 10.9mm of thickness keeps it under a cuff without the compromise most dress watches ask of you. The chocolate-black dial carries a radial texture and applied wedge indices — the enlarged marker at twelve the only interruption to an otherwise even rhythm — and the frameless date window above six reads cleanly without pulling the eye. The H-link bracelet is a better fit for this case shape than a leather strap would be: it keeps the watch feeling practical rather than ceremonial. The movement is a Sellita SW200-1 running beneath a custom Oris rotor; Oris specifies it at +7 to −12 seconds per day, which is the standard grade, and they are honest about that. The Incabloc shock absorbers fitted in place of the stock Novodiac are a quiet sensible choice for a watch that is genuinely meant to be worn daily, which is exactly what the rest of the design implies it should be.
- Reference
- 01 733 7810 4054-07 8
- Brand
- Oris
- Collection
- Artelier
- Case size
- 38mm
- Case thickness
- 10.9mm
- Lug width
- 20mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Black
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 733-1
- Functions
- Date
- Water resistance
- 30m
- Bracelet / strap
- Stainless steel bracelet
- Strap colour
- Silver
- Clasp
- Butterfly clasp
- Lume
- Super-LumiNova
- Retailer
- Goldsmiths
Additional specifications
- 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 3 collections
This watch appears in the Oris Artelier range (10), Stainless Steel Watches (2,833) and Automatic Watches (1,417).
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What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 38mm suits most wrists
- 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 4054-07 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.
Is 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
Both Goldsmiths and Mappin & Webb list it at £1,900, so choose on delivery and warranty rather than price.
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