Oris Big Crown Pointer Date Owner Review : Original, recognizable and versatile

An iconic model of the brand, never out of the catalog since its creation in 1938, the Big Crown Pointer Date is recognizable by its large crown (to be easily manipulated by airplane pilots, which is good because I also often fly planes that I dive to more than 1m 😀) and its unique approach to the date complication via a 4th hand pointing to the day indicated all around the railway. This iconic model of the Swiss brand has been available in different diameters, dial colors, case materials (steel, bronze) or bracelets (leather, metal, etc.). This model is a limited edition in collaboration with the Roberto Clemente Foundation, created in tribute to this baseball hall of famer but also very involved in humanitarian causes (he died in a plane crash while participating in a humanitarian mission in Nicaragua in 1972). We therefore obviously find many nods to this legend in the watch: the date of 21 (his number) in gold (the color of his team's jersey), the silhouette of the player engraved on the case back or the color of the dial recalling and the double white stitching of the leather strap recalling a baseball. To be honest, I am absolutely not interested in this sport and did not know Roberto Clemente before discovering and falling for this model, I nevertheless greatly appreciated the Oris brand, for its positioning, its originality of design, its innovation (offering in parallel with models with sellita movements manufacture calibers with 5 days of power reserve) its strong commitments also (translated in their limited editions and their partnerships). I was particularly interested in this specific model, without finding the favorite version until then, it is now done!