Oris Aquis vs Oris Divers

[CountZero23]

Considering treating myself and like the look of the Oris range.

Looking at the options on Goldsmiths and they have the divers and the Aquis which look identical but with the Aquis coming out as a fair bit more cash.

Does anyone know what the difference is between the two and if the extra cash would be well spent on the Aquis?

Oris Divers Automatic Gents Watch - £1,350.00

http://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/Oris-Divers-Automatic-...


Oris Aquis Mens Watch - £1,520.00

http://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/Oris-Aquis-Mens-Watch/...


Cheers!

[CountZero23]

Thanks for the information guys. Given the similarity, I'd happily go with last years model.

Only hearing good things about Oris so far, will wait it out until January and see if I can grab a bargain.

[CountZero23]

immigrant said:

These watches seem great.

I look at the Planet Ocean and Submarineruberalles and they really can't justify 4K on top of the Oris. Even with better/in-house/different movements.

Yea, I'd been looking at Breitling / Rolex but couldn't justify that amount of cash with all the other toys I want to acquire next year.

Went into Goldsmiths today and as already mentioned the difference is between the old model and the 2017 version. Tried it on and felt spot on - not so heavy or large you couldn't wear it comfortably every day but still substantial and solid. Really nice bit of kit. Hadn't heard of them up until a few months ago but everything I'm hearing is very positive.

Bloke at work saw me looking the other day and got his vote, turned out he owned a couple. Even the guy in Goldsmiths was wearing one.

[CountZero23]

GC8 said:

Please don't perpetuate rubbish like this on a watch forum. To suggest that a 200m watch is only a dress watch is ignorant nonsense.

I have a number of 150m and 200m pieces which are ISO-compliant diving watches and able to reliably function at depths greater than a diver is going to find themselves (typically 40m. with deep diving considered to be over 30m - you cant even get to 150m using compressed air - you will die, but a wally on a forum decreed that the watch wasn't showerproof!).

Found that post hilarious but decided not to bite.

Have done a fair bit of sports diving in the past and think I managed 41 metres in Thailand once, and only bounced down and up swiftly to set a personal record. With all the mixed gas gear and onerous amounts of training 100 metres + is doable but chances are you'll be using a computer with more than just a time function to do it.

• pointless trivia. I believe the deepest dive on air was 100 metres set by Jacques Cousteau when trying to find the limits of the gear. The mate he went down with didn't make it back up alive. 60/70 is about the limit and it gets pretty dicey at that point.