Vintage Oris watches.
Oris is a proudly independent Swiss watchmaker founded in 1904, known for its commitment to purely mechanical watches and its aviation and diving heritage. Its vintage pieces offer honest, characterful mechanical watchmaking at genuinely fair prices.
Frequently asked questions
Is Oris a good watch brand?
Yes. Oris is a respected independent Swiss maker known for its commitment to mechanical watches and its aviation and diving heritage, and its vintage pieces offer honest quality at fair prices.
Are Oris watches mechanical?
Oris has long focused on purely mechanical watches, both automatic and manual, which is central to the brand's identity and appeal to collectors.
Do your Oris watches come with a warranty?
Every watch is inspected before listing and covered by our 14-day returns.
Do you sell second hand Oris watches?
Yes. Every Oris watch we sell is second hand, and we use "pre-owned" and "vintage" to mean the same thing: someone owned the watch before you. The words differ only in age. Pre-owned and second hand say nothing about when a watch was made, while vintage conventionally means roughly thirty years or older. Our Oris stock spans both, and every listing states the year where we can confirm it from the caseback, papers or movement, and says so plainly where we cannot.
Are old Oris watches worth buying?
An old Oris in honest condition is usually better value than a new fashion watch at the same money, because the depreciation has already happened and you are buying a watch that has proved it lasts. What matters is the individual piece rather than the age: an original dial, a case that has not been over-polished, and a movement that has been serviced or is priced to allow for it. We inspect and test every Oris watch in London and describe wear in plain English rather than cropping it out of the photographs.
What makes a Oris watch a classic?
A classic watch is one whose design has stopped dating, and the test is simply time: a shape that looked right thirty years ago and still looks right now. In practice that means restraint, a legible dial, proportions that suit a wrist rather than a trend, and a case shape that was not chasing the fashion of its decade. The classic Oris designs are the ones that keep reappearing in our stock precisely because people kept them and wore them, which is the most honest evidence a design has lasted.
What is the difference between a vintage and an antique Oris watch?
Antique conventionally means a hundred years or older, and vintage roughly thirty years or older, so almost everything described as an antique wristwatch is really a vintage one. Wristwatches only became common after the First World War, which is why genuine antique examples are mostly pocket watches. Our Oris collection is vintage and pre-owned rather than antique, and each listing gives the year or era we have been able to confirm.
