Credits: Article and images by Felix Scholz @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/oris-divers-sixty-five-2022/
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Today, the Oris Divers Sixty-Five stands out as one of the most successful collections in recent years, a retro re-edition that became so much more. I distinctly remember the first time I heard about the Divers Sixty-Five, it was Baselworld 2015, and I had just run into Jason Heaton; watch journalist, diver and all-round great guy. As is the custom at this sort of watch fair meetup, “What have you liked?” is the second or third question asked. I expected Jason to expound his love of the latest technical underwater instrument. Instead, he waxed passionate for an odd little Oris with a funky dial design. It was, of course, the first iteration of the Divers Sixty-Five. At the time it seemed like a cool oddity — little did we suspect just how important this model would be for Oris.
Michael Meier, regional director for Oris, might have had a suspicion of just how popular the Divers Sixty-Five would become. When asked about the collection’s vintage charms, he noted: “The Sixty-Five has its roots firmly in the sixties when we first launched it. We brought it back as a vintage-inspired model and it has since evolved from there.” Evolved is one way of putting it; exploded would perhaps be a more accurate description.
In the years following that initial launch, we saw a steady stream of new versions, each addition gradually refining the premise and the proposition of the new watch with an old soul. We got new dials, new sizes, a tweaked case design and eventually new materials. Somewhere along the way, the watch which started life as a bit of an oddity came to represent not just one of the strongest value propositions in its price point, but also a dominant player that had everything needed to become a force in its own right. So effective is the Sixty-Five’s charm offensive that today, ownership of this versatile performer is something of a rite of passage.
Credits: Article and images by Felix Scholz @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/oris-divers-sixty-five-2022/
