references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . may 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message oris sa it s high mech type private company industry watch manufacturing founded 1904 by paul cattin and georges christian headquarters h lstein switzerland key people ulrich w. herzog managing director products wristwatches revenue 51.9 million 2012 website oris.ch oris watches oris is a manufacturer of swiss luxury wristwatches known for its exclusivity . the oris watch factory was founded by paul cattin and georges christian at h lstein in 1904 . though there are oris branded quartz watches from the 1980s the company produces only mechanical watches today . contents 1 history 2 collections 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the first branch of oris was opened in 1906 . oris first factory was run by only 24 workers . oris employed more than 300 people in h lstein in 1911 they built houses and flats for the workers and became the largest employer in the area . 1 shortly after the founder george christian died in 1927 oscar herzog became the ceo of oris a position he held for the next 43 years . 2 between 1946 and 1981 oris owned ten buses which were used to transport up to 800 workers to its many factory locations . the original oris factory founded in 1904 continuously expanded and by the 1960s oris became one of the top ten largest watch producers in switzerland . 3 oris began producing the famous automatic movement cal . 645 with 25 jewel lever escapement 4 in 1966 . in 1991 the complication movement cal . 581 5 was developed with moon phase display week day date and a second time zone . in 1968 oris obtained full chronometer certification from the neuch tel observatory for movement cal .652 . in 1996 oris organized the oris london jazz festival ; this was one of oris first large sponsorship events . 6 in 1997 oris produced the oris hong kong commemorative watch to commemorate hong kong s handover to china . oris produced a limited timepiece to represent the 100 years of watch production in 2004 ; only 1904 watches were produced to resemble the date that oris was founded each watch is individually numbered . in 2009 oris launched a limited edition watch for bob dylan . 7 in 2003 oris signed an agreement to become the sole supplier of watches to the bmw williams formula one team . citation needed collections edit oris mechanical watches are divided into four subsections motor sport aviation culture and diving . some of oris higher quality watches are accurate to a hundredth of a second . 8 oris released a 51 mm professional diver s watch in 2009 . 9 oris released a new 47mm titan c small seconds . 10 see also edit chopard breguet jaeger lecoultre patek philippe & co. tissot vacheron constantin references edit http www.oris.ch en history http www.oris.ch en history http www.oris.ch en history http www.oris.ch en history http www.oris.ch en history http www.oris.ch en history http www.oris.ch en history http www.menswatches.org cgi sys suspendedpage.cgi pw the wristwatch guide oris pro diver . professionalwatches.com . 2009 06 10 . retrieved 2012 10 30 . img 5849.jpg picture by fluxpattern photobucket . s924.photobucket.com . retrieved 2012 10 30 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to oris . official website swiss watch brands oris authority control worldcat identities viaf 143980307 gnd 2180413 8 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title oris company & oldid 740946864 categories swiss watch brandswatch brandswatch manufacturing companies of switzerlandluxury brandsmanufacturing companies established in 1904hidden categories articles lacking reliable references from may 2009all articles lacking reliable referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2016commons category with local link same as on wikidataofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediawikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with gnd identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutschfran aisbahasa indonesianederlands suomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 24 september 2016 at 10 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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