The Oris Social Clubs began with a simple idea: people gathering for an evening to have dinner, show off the watches on their wrists, and talk about timepieces. In December 2022, the brand decided to recognize them with a watch, producing a version customized for each chapter; the case back featured engravings of iconic local landmarks alongside the OSC logo and the chapter’s initials. Milan, Chicago, London, Stockholm, Madrid, Mexico City—at that time, there were around thirty such clubs.
Four years on there are 62, spread across Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and East Africa, and for the second instalment Oris did the opposite: one design for all of them. The Social Club Edition II was shown during Geneva Watch Days in early September, is limited to 500 unnumbered pieces, and carries an engraving of the Hölstein factory on the caseback alongside the marking "OSC | INT", which replaces the city initials of the first edition.
For the dial, Oris chose a frosted finish that the brand says evokes a fingerprint: that of a community meeting to build friendships and, now and then, to talk about watches. The order of that sentence is deliberate, and it describes these gatherings rather well.
Technical Specs
| Model | Oris Social Club Edition II |
| Reference | 01 733 7789 4121-Set |
| Base model | Aquis Date Relief 43.50 mm |
| Case | Multi-piece stainless steel, 43.50 mm diameter |
| Thickness | 13.10 mm |
| Lug-to-lug | 51.00 mm |
| Lug width | 23 mm |
| Bezel | Unidirectional, stainless steel ring with minutes scale in relief |
| Crystal | Sapphire, domed both sides, internal anti-reflective coating |
| Caseback | Screwed stainless steel, engraved with the Hölstein factory outline and the marking "OSC | INT" |
| Dial | Frosted white-silver texture, applied indices with Super-LumiNova |
| Date | Date window where the Oris Bear appears, winking on the first day of each month. |
| Crown | Screw-in security crown |
| Caliber | Oris Calibre 733, automatic, 26 jewels |
| Frequency | 28,800 vph (4Hz) |
| Power reserve | 41 hours |
| Functions | Central hours, minutes and seconds, instantaneous date, date corrector, fine timing device, stop-seconds |
| Water resistance | 300 m (30 bar) |
| Strap | Olive green NATO textile strap |
| Warranty | 2 years, extended to 3 by registering the watch with MyOris |
| Production | 500 unnumbered pieces |
| Price | CHF 2,100 · EUR 2,100 · USD 2,600 · MXN 54,000 |
| Availability | From September 2026 |
Spanish-speaking chapters
Several of those 62 clubs sit in Spanish-speaking territory, and that changes how the watch reads from this side of the language. There are chapters in Madrid and Barcelona, in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, in Guatemala and in Puerto Rico. The network is not a European phenomenon to be watched from a distance; for many ORELO readers it is already running an hour from home.
Joining costs nothing and requires no purchase. Chapters organise themselves through Facebook groups, the brand links to them from its own website, and the only qualification for taking part is a shared interest; anyone wanting to open one where none exists can write to [email protected]. That a Swiss manufacture sustains a network like this, with meet-ups that carry on even as the people organising them change, remains unusual in an industry accustomed to addressing customers one at a time.
This watch is the material consequence of that network. It commemorates no anniversary and no expedition, but a group of people who get together for dinner.
A frosted dial and a NATO strap
The case is the Aquis Date Relief's, unchanged: 43.50 mm across, 51 mm lug-to-lug, 13.10 mm thick, with 300 m of water resistance. What is new sits on the surface. The frosted white-silver dial replaces the lacquers and sunburst finishes usual to the family, the minutes scale sits raised on the steel bezel ring, and the watch arrives on an olive green NATO strap, something Oris has not done with an Aquis Date in more than a decade. The textile takes the formality down a few notches on a model that looks considerably more serious on its steel bracelet.
It remains a large watch. The 51 mm lug-to-lug is the measurement that decides whether it sits properly on the wrist, and anyone who prefers more contained proportions will find other options within Oris's own catalogue. That said, 13.10 mm of thickness for 300 m of water resistance is a notably well-resolved ratio: plenty of divers rated to that depth measure a good deal more.
One detail appears in no specification. On the first day of each month, the date window shows the Oris Bear, winking. It is the kind of gesture that makes a watch memorable, and it costs less to produce than almost any commemorative engraving.
The Oris Calibre 733
Inside runs the Oris 733: automatic, 26 jewels, 41 hours of power reserve, 28,800 vph, with instantaneous date, date corrector and stop-seconds for setting the time to the exact second. It is the movement the brand fits across much of its collection, of familiar and widely used architecture, which in practice means any watchmaker can service it, spare parts exist, and a service does not require sending the watch to Switzerland. In a watch meant for daily wear, that counts for something.
Anyone coming from an Aquis with the Calibre 400 will notice the difference: that in-house movement offers five days of reserve, greater magnetic resistance and a ten-year warranty, against the two years on this piece, extended to three once registered with MyOris. It is the normal distance between an entry-level calibre and an in-house one, and here it accounts for a good part of the price.
The price within the catalogue
That choice of calibre shows up on the price tag, in the buyer's favour. On the official site, the 43.50 mm Aquis Date costs EUR 2,400 on a steel bracelet and EUR 2,200 on rubber, while recent special editions from the same family, the New York Harbor II and the Yangtze Jiangtun, are listed at EUR 2,550. The Social Club Edition II lands at EUR 2,100, below even the production model it comes from.
Part of the difference is the strap, since a textile NATO costs considerably less to produce than a steel bracelet, and anyone who later wants the bracelet will buy it separately. Even with that qualification, the ranking holds, and it disproves the reasonable suspicion that an edition made for a community is priced higher for being one.
Availability in our region
Mexico is one of the markets where this watch is available without hassle: Oris has official distribution, boutiques, and technical service, and the timepiece is sold online via the brand's Mexican website for 54,000 pesos, with a local warranty.
In Spain, the watch can be purchased from the official Oris website for 2,100 euros. Colombia and Argentina have official distributors for the brand. It is advisable to verify, in each case, how to obtain a timepiece intended for club members.
The verdict from ORELO
It is the most accessible Aquis in the lineup, featuring 300-meter water resistance, a movement that any workshop can service, and a design that members of this community will instantly recognize. For those already part of an Oris Social Club chapter, this is an easy purchase to justify. Anyone simply looking for a solid Swiss diver will find this piece an excellent choice—and a clear reason to join their nearest club.
Si te interesa leer sobre otros lanzamientos recientes de Oris, tenemos publicadas las reseñas del Artelier Date, el ProPilot X Gonzo Edition y el Divers Date Olive.
