Oris | Climate neutrality

At the end of August, Oris announced that it had officially achieved climate neutrality, a certification awarded by the independent experts at ClimatePartner who help companies take action on climate. The certification is the result of a major effort to offset and reduce carbon emissions throughout the company’s organisation, a process that has only just begun. For the watch brand’s management, sustainable behaviour has become paramount.

To mark the start of this new chapter, Oris is introducing the Aquis Date Upcycle, a version of its high-performance dive watch that features a colourful dial made of recycled PET plastic. In addition to demonstrating how plastic can be recycled and repurposed into an artistic piece of luxury watchmaking, the watch is intended to encourage people around the world to participate in clean-up days.

For several years, Oris and its global network of partners have taken part in World Cleanup Day. This year, the brand is going one step further with Oris Change for the Better Days, quarterly waste collection days organised around the world. To collect this waste, the Basel-based company’s new partner, #tide, has designed special “Cleanup Bags” made from recycled ocean plastic.

The “Cleanup Bag” marks the beginning of a promising new partnership with #tide, a Swiss company specialising in plastic recycling. It uses an innovative production method to transform 100% of the plastic recovered from the oceans into a new high-quality raw material.

To date, thanks to #tide’s commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, 15 million PET bottles have not ended up in the ocean. These recycling processes save 52% of the energy used to manufacture virgin plastics, and its production methods reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 79%. In addition, this plastic can be recycled indefinitely.

The Aquis Date Upcycle is available in 41.5 and 36.5mm, both with recycled plastic dials. Each watch is unique because the plastic recycling process produces random patterns, so no two dials are identical. These timepieces will be sold as long as there is demand.