The Big Crown ProPilot GMT Timer (take a breath) is one of the purest tool watches the Swiss watch brand produces. Taking some of the complications and features tool watch buyers want from an entire collection of watches, the GMT Timer smashes them all together in one watch.
Oris Big Crown ProPilot Timer GMT 01 748 7756 4064-07 3 22 02LC men’s watch. Features a brushed stainless steel case and olive textile strap. Jet engine inspired coin edge pattern stainless steel fixed bezel with minutes scale top ring.
The Big Crown ProPilot Timer GMT is a tool watch designed with the professional pilot in mind. Great legibility, a 24-hour GMT hand, and a timing bezel round out a solid set of features that’ll suit you both in the air and on the ground.
Oris’ ‘Big Crown ProPilot’ watches are designed for complete functionality in the cockpit – the faces are simple, clean and easy to read, while the movements are meticulously tested for precision. Powered by an in-house Oris 752 automatic movement, this Swiss-made 44mm reference has a polished stainless steel case with a grooved bezel inspired by the blades of a turbine engine.
This represents a big step for Oris, adding a significant value proposition over the modified Sellita and ETA-based engines driving the rest of the collection. Oris Pilot Watches Then and Now. The first of Oris’s Big Crown ProPilot watches was released in 1938, in the midst of aviation…
Oris’s Big Crown ProPilot Timer GMT is a true pilot’s watch. As well as a second time zone indicated by a red-tipped central hand, it has a bi-directional rotating bezel designed for accurately timing events. Among the watch’s many details are a fabric strap made out of a hard-wearing material first created for the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War called Ventile
Oris pays tribute to its aviation heritage with the ‘Big Crown ProPilot’ collection – the range is developed with professional pilots and has design features that nod to traditional aircrafts, like grooved bezels inspired by turbine engine blades. This 44mm watch has been manufactured in Switzerland with a polished stainless steel case that houses an Oris 752 automatic movement.