So why did the Cotton Candies get so much attention? It’s a combination of factors, to be sure, but the colorful, effervescent dials play a large role. Show me a watch that someone (even me!) described as an instant classic, I’ll show you a watch that easily has as many detractors as enthusiastic supporters. Besides, it takes time, years and years, for a watch to be considered a true classic. There is so much churn, and so many new watches to cover, capturing a watch news cycle (indeed, that’s a thing) is a victory. And in today’s watch climate, that’s honestly the best a brand can hope for. When Oris announced their Divers Sixty-Five “Cotton Candy” watches at Watches & Wonders this year, it was immediately apparent that they’d hit on something that would at the very least capture the watch community’s attention for a moment, even if the watches themselves didn’t turn out to be instant classics. As someone who has always put a premium on intricate case finishing in new watches, and immaculate preservation and originality (in every sense of the word) when it comes to vintage, bronze, for me, just never held a lot of interest. Bronze, of course, ages somewhat rapidly, and develops a unique layer of patina as the case reacts with the atmosphere around it. While bronze is one of the oldest metals to be used by human beings, the ubiquity of bronze watch cases is a relatively new development, and as I’ve seen them rise in popularity over the past several years, my response has been the equivalent of a shrug. Bronze watches have historically been something of a blindspot for me, personally.
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