The Latest Oris Hölstein Edition is a Blacked Out ProPilot with a Glowing Surprise
For the sixth year in a row, Oris has launched a watch on the anniversary of their founding. The Hölstein Edition watches, which debut each year on June 1, are an opportunity for Oris to celebrate their heritage, release a watch that’s perhaps a little outside the box, and have some fun in the process. Previous Hölstein Editions include an Aquis diver with a bold purple dial, the revival of a classic complication, and, most recently, an unusual and very cool blacked out edition of their classic Divers Sixty-FIve. A throughline through these watches is the appearance of the Oris Bear, and for this year’s Hölstein Edition we get a particularly fun cameo from the brand’s mascot via a fully lumed dial.
This year’s watch is a fresh take on the ProPilot, Oris’s contemporary, aviation inspired watch. For this limited edition (as with previous Hölstein Editions, this one is limited to 250 pieces) the stainless steel case has been given an aggressive black DLC treatment. It’s still, of course, unmistakably a ProPilot, with the hallmark fluted bezel and the gently curved 41mm case.
This is much more than a blacked out ProPilot, though. Oris is having a lot of fun with the dial, giving it a full lume treatment that appears white in the daylight and glows green in the dark when the luminescent material is activated. The Arabic numerals, dial text, and hands are all in matte black, which makes the dial easy to read in both well lit situations and, importantly, in the dark, as the lume effectively places all of the dial furniture in a sharp silhouette. There’s also an Easter egg of sorts near the 4:00 marker: the appearance of the Oris Bear, only visible when the dial is charged and glowing.
This ProPilot is powered by the Oris Caliber 400, the brand’s in-house developed automatic movement. It has five day power reserve (referenced on the dial), is resistant to magnetism, and is rated to -3/+5 seconds per day, which places it within COSC standards. It’s visible through the sapphire caseback, and some say the architecture of the caliber somewhat resembles the Oris Bear. We’ll withhold commentary on this for now, but true believers might consider the Bear to have made two appearances on this particular watch.
Oris has spent a lot of time in recent years fleshing out their dive watch collections, and this year’s big Watches & Wonders releases were all Big Crown Pointer Dates, so it’s easy to feel like the ProPilot has perhaps been a bit neglected. This has always been a favorite corner of the Oris collection for me personally – they are just very solid contemporary pilot’s watches, which makes them very contemporary everyday watches for just about everyone. At 11.9mm tall they aren’t overly bulky, but at 41mm they’ll still have real wrist presence, which I think is part of what you sign up for with the ProPilot. The DLC case is sleek and the lumed dial is still very much on trend, and a great playful option for the summer months.
The latest Hölstein Edition is on sale now through Oris retailers. It is priced at $5,000. Oris
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