Oris ProPilot Calibre 111: There Are 100 Watches I'd Buy First

The new Oris ProPilot Calibre 111 is interesting. When I first looked at it and saw the price, I thought there were probably 50 watches I'd rather buy.

Oris is asking $7,200 on leather or $7,400 on a steel bracelet. For that money, I need to want the thing on my wrist, and I just don't see it with this one.

Ten days of power, two dial colors

Oris introduced this redesign on October 16. The steel case measures 43 mm across, 13.2 mm thick and 51 mm lug to lug, with sapphire over the dial and movement and a 100 m water-resistance rating.

You can have a black or pine-green dial, with a vertically brushed center and textured surfaces around the outside and the two smaller displays. Small seconds sit at nine, the power-reserve indicator at three, and the date is down at six. The bracelet and dark-brown Cordovan strap both use Oris's folding LIFT clasp.

Inside is the hand-wound Calibre 111, designed in-house by Oris, with a 240-hour power reserve. That's ten days from a full wind. Its non-linear reserve indicator gives you a more detailed reading as the movement gets closer to needing another wind.

When I look at the dial, I think this is halfway to what a chronograph should look like, and somehow it still feels plain. I just don't see it.

I'd rather have the Pointer Date

The Big Crown Pointer Date is really the only Oris I've ever liked that much. I love its coin-edge bezel. The ProPilot has angled fluting around its bezel, so there is something here that catches my eye, but I still think the Pointer Date looks better.

And then there's the price. Oris currently lists classic 40 mm Big Crown Pointer Date versions at $2,200. My first thought was roughly $2,000, and that's the part of the catalog I'd be looking at. I'd look at the gray market too. All prices here are USD, checked October 18, 2026.

The Calibre 754 Pointer Date has a different automatic movement and a 38-hour reserve. I still prefer the way that watch looks, and it costs substantially less than the ProPilot Calibre 111.

I started out calling this interesting, then found myself trying to decide whether I liked it at all. I don't like it that much. It's kind of boring, and at $7,200 or $7,400, there are probably 100 watches I'd buy before this one.