Oris Regulateur Der Meistertaucher professional diving watch

It looks like the new member of the ultra-large Oris Regulateur family is not a child of the marketing department but is indeed a professional diver’s timepiece.

Well, the new Oris Regulateur Der Meistertaucher can even be considered the professional diver’s timepiece

Not only just because a single legally sane person will never wear such a huge watch going to office or school, but simply becasue a watch this large, equipped with so huge dial with gargantuan hour markers and hands may be really good deep under water when the lighting conditions are especially poor.

How big is it?

Well, in its press release the Swiss watchmaker proudly says that its Oris Regulateur Der Meistertaucher diver’s watch features a massive titanium case of impressive 49mm in diameter and 15.25mm in height with a total water displacement of 565.2mm³.

Like a number of other recently introduced divers, the watch is supplied on a black rubber strap with a titanium security folding clasp that sports a very handy extension that allows to wear the timepiece above a wet-suit.

Since its rotating bezel with the usual diver’s scale on it seems to be relatively thin compared to the Der Meistertaucher’s size, the black, high-contrast dial also leaves an impression of a vast plane with lots of dark orange Superluminova inlays on indexes, hands and even on the sub-dials.

Speaking of which, there is a 12-hour sub-dial at 4 o’clock and a subsidiary seconds indicator at 10 o’clock.

The design makes the large minute hand look very prominent and allows the diver easily read the time of submersion.

With all these features, the watch must be very legible even in the extremely dark environments.

The screwed crown and a screwed helium escape valve not only make this watch waterproof up to 100bar / 1000 meters, but also prevent the timekeeper’s crystal from popping out during fast decompression procedure.

So, you see, the watch is serious indeed.

Oris Regulateur Der Meistertaucher professional diving watch specification :

Price range: around $2500
Movement: Automatic
Complications: date, tachometer
Power reserve: N/A
Case material: Titanium
Case diameter: 49mm
Case height: 15.25mm
Dial: Black pattern design
Water resistance: 1000m
Strap: Black rubber
Crystal: Sapphire crystal