Product Features:
- Case and Crown: The Oris 743-7609-8454RS dons a 47-millimeter wide stainless steel case. It is 17 millimeters in thickness, and a lug measuring 24 millimeters wide. Its case back is also made of stainless steel, and fastened securely with screws. Aside from a screw-in crown, it has a helium valve to adjust pressure levels when diving.
- Bezel: This piece in the Oris Divers collection has a unidirectional bezel.
- Face and Dial: The dial of the Oris 743-7609-8454RS incorporates a wave-like pattern nestled on a smooth black dial. It also has a 9-hour sub-dial serving as a timer or stopwatch. It has white applied Arabic numerals indicating time in 5-minute increments. Its shark-teeth indices and hands are photo-luminescent with a dark orange Super-Luminova® pigment. A date window is located just above the 30-minute mark, or the 6 o’clock position.
- Dial Display Window: An anti-reflective dome sapphire crystal display window shields the face of the watch.
- Movement: The Oris Divers Small Second Automatic Black Dial Stainless Steel Mens Watch 743-7609-8454RS uses automatic mechanical movement. It can continuously run even without using it for up to 38 hours.
- Watch Strap: Its black rubber watch strap is 8.5 mm long and 25 mm wide. It uses a deployment buckle to ensure that the watch is securely fastened to its owner’s wrist.
- Water Resistance: This watch is water-resistant in depths of up to 1000 meters, or 3281 feet.
Advantages:
- Seriously Stylish: What makes an Oris watch an Oris watch is its play of simple, yet tasteful design and essential, high-quality features. Style and functionality are not sacrificed for one or the other, and the 743-7609-8454RS is evidence to this great balancing act.
- Diver Must-Haves: Vital features such as luminescence, readability, bezel rotation, case and strap material, and water-resistance are what makes a diver’s watch reliable or not. The Oris 743-7609-8454RS is definitely a reliable diver’s watch for the following reasons: First, it uses Super-Luminova pigments on its markers and hands, and has readable numbers on its face and bezel. Second, a durable rubber strap and a 1000-meter water-resistance feature make it perfect for water activities. Lastly, its case is well-built to avoid water from seeping into the inner mechanics of the watch. On top of that, Oris also includes a helium valve.
- Almost Indestructible: It’s not just its sapphire crystal dial window and stainless steel case that makes this beauty virtually unbreakable. It is how the watch was designed and manufactured, as a whole.
Disadvantages:
- Size: The Oris 743-7609-8454RS is quite heavy and chunky, and may not look stylish on men with small wrists.
- Movement: As this watch uses automatic mechanical movement, owners shall have to either use it on a daily basis, or get used to manually adjusting the date and time after 38 hours of non-movement.
