Oris BC4 Flight Timer: ready for take-off?

Oris, the Swiss watch making company, will soon start selling its new timepiece. Called Oris BC4 Flight Timer (Ref. 690 7615 41 54 LS), this is a pilot’s watch and it definitely looks like a whole airplane cockpit’s squeezed into a 42.7mm stainless steel case with a huge vertical crown dominating the view.

With so much information available, the watch doesn’t feel busy to a degree when all the data becomes virtually useless. Although lacking fluorescent markings, the second time zone dial is clearly visible at 3 o’clock, the small second hand is spinning around it axis at 9 o’clock and the date indicator occupies its normal position at 6 o’clock. There are also compass markings on the watch’s bezel, so it looks like the BC4 Flight Timer may also function as a navigational instrument.

Definitely a must have, especially if the manufacturer keeps the street price below the $3000 mark, which will be a bargain comparing to the recently unveiled IWC Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Edition TOP GUN priced in the $5000 - $10,000 range.

Specification:

Price range: N/A
Movement: Mechanical automatic movement with second time zone
Power reserve: N/A
Case material: Multi piece stainless steel case secured with 7 screws. Case back with mineral glass
Complications: Second time zone, Date
Dial: Two piece black dial with printed pattern, applied nickel indices, nickel hands with Superluminova inlay
Strap: Black gaucho leather strap with contrasting stitching and special folding clasp
Water resistance: 100m
Crystal: Sapphire glass domed on both sides with inner anti-reflective coating
Case diameter: 42.7mm