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Press Release - Oris Big Crown ProPilot Altimeter
« on: July 02, 2014, 05:21:32 PM »


More than 75 years after Oris made its first pilot’s watch, the company is proud to announce the launch of the most innovative pilot’s watch in its history – the Oris Big Crown ProPilot Altimeter, the world’s first automatic mechanical watch with a mechanical altimeter.



Aviation continues to play a significant role in the Oris line-up. In 2014, Oris introduced the Big Crown ProPilot collection, a series of mechanical watches designed to cope with life in the cockpit. Initially, there were three models – a date, a day/date, both with an enlarged font size, and a chronograph. Now, the Swiss watch company is unveiling the most complicated pilot’s watch it has ever made – the Oris Big Crown ProPilot Altimeter. The new watch is an innovation pioneered by Oris in its Hölstein factory, and the world’s first and patented automatic mechanical watch with a mechanical altimeter.



It demonstrates Oris’s exceptional watchmaking know-how and horological ambition, both of which have been built up over 110 years of watchmaking history.



The Oris Big Crown ProPilot Altimeter has been developed entirely by Oris to serve as a high-performance instrument for pilots, mountaineers, explorers and research scientists, who work at altitude. Its sturdy 47mm multi-piece stainless steel case houses an Oris automatic movement, and a Swiss mechanical barometric altimeter and barometer movement.

The Oris Big Crown ProPilot Altimeter, the world’s first automatic mechanical altimeter watch developed for ambitious explorers.
 


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Re: Press Release - Oris Big Crown ProPilot Altimeter
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2014, 06:35:55 PM »
Does the altimeter work in a pressurised aircraft cabin?

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Re: Press Release - Oris Big Crown ProPilot Altimeter
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2014, 09:16:37 AM »
Does the altimeter work in a pressurised aircraft cabin?

Should work but won't indicate the actual height of a pressurised aircraft. Based on the scale given, more appropriate for non pressurised aircrafts and climbers?