Description
Every 1 June, Oris marks its birthday with a Hölstein Edition — a limited release named for the Swiss village the brand has called home since 1904. For 2026, and the company's 122nd birthday, Oris turns to the freshly redesigned Artelier, the dress collection reworked at Watches & Wonders 2026 by 24-year-old product designer Lena Huwiler. The result is a clean, time-only piece elevated by the in-house automatic Calibre 401.
This is the seventh Hölstein Edition since the series began in 2020, and it is limited to 250 numbered pieces at CHF 3,800 (with euro-to-franc price parity). Where most editions in this price band lean on a third-party movement, the headline here is that Oris fits its own proprietary, five-day calibre.
Design
The polished stainless-steel case measures 39.5 mm in diameter, 11.1 mm thick and a modest 45.5 mm lug-to-lug, sitting comfortably on a wide range of wrists. A double-domed sapphire crystal with internal anti-reflective coating tops a light-grey dial whose protagonist is a mirror-polished small-seconds sub-dial, picked out by a single red hand. Applied, wedge-shaped faceted indices — inspired by Oris markers from the 1960s — and luminous hands complete the face.
Flip the watch and the screw-in caseback carries Oris's bear mascot, laser-engraved with an iridescent rainbow effect alongside concentric rings and the words "Hölstein Edition 2026." The watch ships on a grey suede strap with quick-release pins and a steel butterfly clasp, in a dedicated wooden box.
Specifications
- Reference: 01 401 7812 4081
- Case diameter: 39.5 mm
- Case thickness: 11.1 mm
- Lug-to-lug: 45.5 mm
- Case material: stainless steel, polished
- Crystal: double-domed sapphire with internal AR coating
- Caseback: screw-in steel with rainbow-laser-treated Oris bear insert
- Water resistance: 30 m (3 bar)
- Dial: light grey; mirror-polished small-seconds sub-dial with red hand; applied wedge-shaped polished indices; Super-LumiNova hands
- Movement: Oris Calibre 401 (based on the in-house Calibre 400) — automatic with manual winding, hacking seconds
- Frequency: 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
- Power reserve: 120 hours (5 days), twin barrels
- Jewels: 24; antimagnetic components; rated −3/+5 s/day
- Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds
- Strap: grey suede leather (20 mm) with quick-release pins, steel butterfly clasp
- Limited edition: 250 pieces
- Price: CHF 3,800 / €3,800
- Warranty: up to 10 years with MyOris registration
What's Exciting
The story here is the movement. By fitting the proprietary Calibre 401 rather than a Sellita base, Oris turns a pretty annual limited edition into something with real horological substance: an antimagnetic, twin-barrel automatic with a genuine five-day reserve, a 10-year warranty and a 10-year service interval. Yes, it carries a markup over a Sellita-powered Artelier, but for a numbered birthday piece that is exactly where the money should go.
It is also a smart pivot. With Hölstein editions, Oris usually leans on its sport and pilot heritage; here it spotlights a dress watch just as enthusiast demand swings toward smaller, more elegant pieces. The euro-franc price parity is a quiet act of goodwill that other brands could learn from.
History
Founded in Hölstein in 1904, Oris spent decades as a high-volume mechanical-watch maker before re-establishing itself as an independent, enthusiast-focused brand. The Hölstein Edition series launched in 2020 as an annual 1-June "thank you" to the Oris community, each year reinterpreting a model with special details. The in-house Calibre 400, introduced in 2020, was a landmark for the brand — an antimagnetic automatic engineered for a five-day reserve and long service intervals — and the small-seconds Calibre 401 (seen earlier in pieces such as the Oris Carl Brashear and Wings of Hope) extends that family into more classical territory, which the redesigned Artelier now showcases.
