Oris ProPilot Calibre 111 Returns in 43mm Case
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Oris has announced the 2026 ProPilot Calibre 111, a new version of its hand-wound pilot’s watch built around the in-house Calibre 111. According to Monochrome, the watch joins the permanent collection and is available immediately. Hodinkee’s article, published on October 16, 2026 and written by Mark Kauzlarich, also lists availability as now, while Fratello describes it as available now.
A Smaller, Slimmer Case
The new ProPilot Calibre 111 measures 43mm in diameter and 13.2mm thick, with a 51mm lug-to-lug span, in stainless steel, according to Monochrome. Hodinkee gives the same 43mm and 13.2mm figures. Both numbers represent a reduction from the original Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 111, which Hodinkee lists at 44mm and 13.85mm, and which Fratello describes as 44mm with a thickness above 14mm. That original launched in 2015, per Fratello.
A fluted bezel with angled fluting inspired by turbines sits on top, Monochrome reports, and Hodinkee notes the same angled fluting carries over to the caseback ring. Fratello describes an oversized screw-down crown with deep knurling at the side of the case. The crystal is domed sapphire with anti-reflective coating applied to its inner surface, according to Monochrome, and the caseback is screwed stainless steel with a sapphire display window. Water resistance is rated at 100m, per Monochrome and Hodinkee.
Two Dials, Three Registers
Dials come in black or pine green, according to Monochrome. The centre is vertically brushed with a contrasting organic texture in Monochrome’s description; Hodinkee describes a main vertically brushed surface with textured pebbled graining in the subdials and minute track, and Fratello points to grained textures on the indications with a recessed outer ring for the hour markers and minute track instead of a stepped chapter ring. Applied Arabic numerals and luminous hands are used, with Super-LumiNova on the indices and hands per Hodinkee.
Hours and minutes run from the centre, with small seconds at 9 o’clock, a date at 6 o’clock and a non-linear power reserve indicator at 3 o’clock, per Monochrome; Hodinkee confirms the date at 6 o’clock. Fratello reports that the pine green variant uses red highlights for the low-power warning, logos and orientation markers at 12 and 6 o’clock, while the black dial carries orange details.
The Calibre 111, Ten Years On
Monochrome states the Calibre 111 is a manually wound manufacture movement introduced in 2015 and developed with the École Technique Le Locle, with a ten-day power reserve — 240 hours — and a mainspring measuring 1.8 metres; Worn & Wound also records ten days or 240 hours. Hodinkee lists 40 jewels and a rate of 21,600 bph, and notes the movement is neither chronometer certified nor a limited edition. Fratello cites hacking seconds and a 3Hz beat rate.
The calibre’s background reaches to the Calibre 110, introduced in 2014 for Oris’s 110th anniversary and marking the brand’s return to in-house movement production after 35 years, according to Monochrome, Fratello and Worn & Wound — a shift that touches the long-running debate over in-house versus outsourced movements. Worn & Wound describes the Calibre 110 as the brand’s first proprietary in-house movement in that 35-year stretch, pairing manual winding and a ten-day reserve with a non-linear power reserve indicator. The Calibre 111 followed in 2015 in the Big Crown ProPilot line, adding a date window at 9 o’clock — the position Fratello gives for the original — and the power reserve indicator at 3 o’clock, per Worn & Wound. The 2015 watch received a GPHG nomination, according to Worn & Wound.
Bracelet, Leather and Pricing
Strap options are a multi-piece stainless steel bracelet with a folding LIFT clasp or a dark brown Cordovan leather strap with a seamless-fit adjustment system, per Monochrome and Worn & Wound; Worn & Wound adds that the leather strap also uses a stainless steel folding LIFT clasp. Lug width is 20mm according to Monochrome, which Fratello also gives as the lug spacing, down from the previous model’s 22mm lug gap that Fratello reports.
Prices are CHF 5,900 on the leather strap and CHF 6,100 on the steel bracelet, per Monochrome, Hodinkee and Fratello, with Worn & Wound putting those at approximately $7,000 and $7,300 at the time of publication. Registering the watch with MyOris extends the warranty to five years, according to Monochrome. Reference numbers for the black dial are 01 111 7808 4164 07 6 20 19LC on leather and 01 111 7808 4164 07 8 20 04LC on the bracelet, and for the pine green dial 01 111 7808 4167 07 6 20 19LC and 01 111 7808 4167 07 8 20 04LC, according to Monochrome; Hodinkee lists the two black-dial references. For a lighter comparison against other pilot watches, Watchdle’s daily spec-guessing game uses this kind of catalogue data as clues.
FAQ
What movement does the ProPilot Calibre 111 use?
It runs the manually wound Calibre 111, introduced in 2015 and developed with the École Technique Le Locle, according to Monochrome. It carries a ten-day, or 240-hour, power reserve from a mainspring measuring 1.8 metres, with 40 jewels listed by Hodinkee and a 3Hz beat rate with hacking seconds cited by Fratello.
How does this version differ from the 2015 original?
The case shrinks from the original’s 44mm to 43mm and thins to 13.2mm, while lug spacing drops from 22mm to 20mm, according to Fratello and Monochrome. Worn & Wound notes the date moved from the original’s 9 o’clock position to 6 o’clock, with the power reserve indicator staying at 3 o’clock.
What are the dial options and layout?
Monochrome lists black and pine green dials, each with a brushed centre and grained subdials and minute track. The layout places small seconds at 9 o’clock, the date at 6 o’clock and a non-linear power reserve display at 3 o’clock.
