Oris Marks 122 Years With the First In-House Artelier, and Hides a Rainbow Bear on the Back

Every June 1st, Oris does something most brands reserve for a major milestone: it throws itself a birthday party. The Hölstein Edition, named for the small Swiss village the company has called home since 1904, is where Oris lets its more experimental projects run free for a year. The 2026 release marks the seventh, and this time the brand did something a bit unexpected. Oris decided to skip tool watches entirely.

Pilots and Divers, Step Aside

Five of the first six Hölsteins pulled from the Propilot, Big Crown, and Divers families, the rugged corners of the catalog where Oris made its name. This one goes the opposite direction, building on the freshly redesigned Artelier instead.

That Artelier overhaul arrived at Watches and Wonders this spring, handed to 24-year-old designer Lena Huwiler with a brief to court a younger crowd. The Hölstein takes her work and pares it back to a clean, time-only layout.

Reflection, Taken Literally

This year’s theme is “thoughtful reflection,” and Oris leans into that theme quite literally. The light gray dial wears a subtle fumé, but the showpiece is the mirror-polished small seconds register at 6 o’clock, where a lone red hand delivers the only color on the otherwise monochrome face.

The faceted, wedge-shaped markers are lifted from a 1960s Oris archive and polished to flash as your wrist moves. Top it with a double-domed sapphire crystal and the whole thing feels like a beautiful tribute to the late-’60s.

The First In-House Artelier

This is the first Artelier to carry Oris’s in-house Caliber 401 which is built on the Caliber 400 that debuted back in 2020.

Twin barrels feed a ridiculous five-day, 120-hour power reserve, backed by strong antimagnetic resistance and accuracy of minus 3 to plus 5 seconds a day. It skips formal COSC certification but runs at chronometer-grade tolerances regardless, which is also why Oris is comfortable stamping a 10-year warranty on it.

The Bear on the Back

Flip the watch over and the Oris Bear mascot peeks over a set of concentric rings, the entire insert laser-etched by Swiss firm Inspire to throw off an iridescent rainbow shimmer when it catches the sun.

It’s a fun, grin-inducing detail, and exactly the kind of quirky thing the Hölstein series exists to pull off.

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Pricing & Availability

Limited to 250 numbered pieces, the Hölstein Edition 2026 is available now through Oris boutiques and online for $4,600. Over in Europe it lands at CHF 3,800, and credit where it’s due, Oris keeps the euro figure identical at €3,800. Each one ships on a suede strap with a butterfly clasp, packed into a special wooden Oris box.