Limited pilot from Oris – Okavango Air Rescue Limited Edition

Okavango Air Rescue (OAR) was formed 10 years ago and has as its purpose to provide the people in the most inaccessible areas of Botswana with medical help and medical care with the help of aircraft. The organisation was started by the Swiss entrepreneur Christian Gross together with the German doctor Dr Misha S. Kruck. In order to be able to provide both the local population and visiting tourists with medical help it has aeroplanes, helicopters and mobile clinics. And now it has entered into a partnership with Oris, which is releasing a limited version of its model Big Crown ProPilot.

The model bears the name Okavango Air Rescue Limited Edition and is released in the coming days. The watch is limited to 2011 examples and comes in a specially made travel case.

The watch itself is based on the Oris Big Crown ProPilot and has a case of 41mm with a substantial crown inspired by classic pilot watches. Inside there resides an automatic movement (cal Oris 751) with 38 hours of power reserve and WR is set to 100m. The dial is a lovely green in a shade that according to the sales sheet is meant to recall the Okavango Delta seen from the air, and the case back has an engraving unique to the model depicting an aircraft from OAR. To this comes a specially made strap from the popular Erika’s Originals. The list price is set at 25800 SEK.

The editorial team likes above all the travel case and the green colour of the dial and thinks it is a pleasant version of a pleasant model. Well worth checking out.