Oris pays tribute to the world's greatest jazz musicians with Art Blakey Limited Edition timepiece

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 21, 2020:   Oris returns to its long-running series of jazz watches with a piece inspired by the American jazz drummer and bandleader Art Blakey. Art was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1919, and made his name in the 1940s and 1950s playing alongside fellow icons of jazz Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, all of whom Oris has previously celebrated with limited edition watches.

In the 1950s, Art formed the Jazz Messengers and would go on to play with them for more than three decades. He died in 1990 and won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. The watch, which is a time-only automatic, features a dial decorated with the eight claws from Art’s bass drum, and a case back with a cymbal inlay. The watch is limited to 1,000 pieces.

Oris Art Blakey Limited Edition

Ref. No. 01 733 7762 4081-Set
Limited to 1,000 pieces

Case
Material Multi-piece stainless steel case

Size 38.00 mm, 1.496 inches

Top Glass Sapphire, domed on both sides, anti-reflective coating inside
Case back Stainless steel, screwed, special engravings and cymbal inlay
Operating Devices Stainless steel crown

Water Resistance 3 bar

Interhorn Width 20 mm

Movement

Number Oris 733, base SW 200-1

Dimensions Ø 25.60 mm, 11 1/2’’’

Functions Centre hands for hours, minutes and seconds, fine timing device and stop-second

Winding Automatic winding, with bi-directionally rotating red rotor

Power-Reserve 38 hours

Vibrations 4 Hz (28’800 A/h)
Jewels 26

Dial

Design Silver white opaline with applied drum claws
Luminous Material Hands filled with Super-LumiNova®
Indices Applied

Strap Brown leather strap with stainless steel folding clasp
Extras Special box, limited to 1,000 pieces