In fact, it was never even a consideration, until I saw a video by Adrian over at Bark and Jack where he lists it as one of the negatives of his Seamaster.
In all honesty, a tapering bracelet has never been a deal-breaker for me. Much like the 65, the bracelet tapers down making the watch feel light on the wrist and non-obstructive. It’s a great size, feeling very much like the Oris Diver 65 for all the Oris collectors that have always preferred the 65 over the Aquis, this could be the Aquis for you. With the introduction of these colours in the new case size, you might think the original 43.5mm might be getting some new colours too, but you’d be wrong the original is going to stay in blue for a little while longer it seems. If you loved the original blue dial that the Cal 400 came in but wanted the smaller case size, it’s okay Oris has you covered. The new colourway is actually quite striking and possibly my new favourite green dial watch. Almost Moser Pioneer”esc” with a dark green ceramic bezel. The new green dial feels like a darker Hangang Green that fades to a black on the outskirts of the dial. Oris have even been kind enough to give us two new colours: A green sunburst and a Grey sunburst that fades to black (I didn’t get a chance to see this one in the metal or get any photos). What I will say though is that it is so much more wearable than its original. Okay so it’s 2.5mm bigger and I’m not going to try and convince you that the 2.5mm difference isn’t noticeable. Well, now Oris has sort of fixed one of those things? The Oris Aquis Cal 400 now comes in a smaller case size bringing it more in line with the BB58 case size at 41.5mm.
All for under 3k! The downside for the Oris was the bigger 43.5mm case size and value retention which is the favourite argument for any Rolex and Tudor collector. With a twin-barrel 5-day power reserve, anti-magnetic and the industry-leading 10-year Guarantee. But the comparisons stop there because on paper the Calibre 400 beats out the 58. Both had a blue dial, both feature an in house movement. Both watches ask for a similar RRP with the Tudor only being £60 more. The Aquis cal 400 had been compared to the Black Bay 58 Blue at their time of release and why not. The more recent 403 in the new 250 piece Holstein Ltd edition by adding a date pointer for the reimagined big crown Date pointer, marking their 117th Birthday. The Calibre 401 featured in the Carl Brashear 65 in which they removed the date wheel and added a sub-seconds. The all-black DLC Aquis Pro with its patented safety rotation system on the bezel. With the launch of the calibre 400 last year we originally saw the movement housed in only the 43.5mm Aquis case but since Watches and Wonders, we have seen a slew of releases and variations involving the Cali”bear” 400.
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