Oris New York Harbor Limited Edition

At Oris, focus has fallen on the world’s water, the source of life. They are passionate about cleaning, restoring and protecting water and they have brought stories and watches to life around a water monitoring station on Lake Baikal, coral restoration outplanting programmes in Australia and Florida, and initiatives ridding our oceans of plastic.

This summer, mission continues in collaboration with Billion Oyster Project, a non-profit restoring New York Harbor, once one of the world’s most polluted waterways. To support the project’s pioneering work, Oris is releasing the New York Harbor Limited Edition, a 2,000-piece limited edition based on our high-performance Aquis diver’s watch. Its signature feature is its green mother- of-pearl dial, inspired by the colour of the famous harbor’s water, and by oyster shell. It’s a powerful symbol of an incredible story.

The project’s vision is ambitious: to restore one billion oysters to the city’s iconic waterways by the year 2035. Why? Several centuries ago, New York Harbor was home to 220,000 acres of oyster reefs. An adult oyster can filter as much as 50 gallons of water a day, while oyster colonies create ecosystems for other marine life, and form natural storm barriers. Oyster reefs are to the ocean what trees are to the forest.

As New York City grew in stature as a global hub for trade and shipping, its population developed a taste for oysters. At the same time, the harbor became a dumping ground for sewage, industrial waste and other pollutants. Since 2014, Billion Oyster Project has worked with more than 11,000 volunteers, 8,000 students, 100 New York City schools and 50 restaurant partners.

“Billion Oyster Project has now introduced 75 million juvenile oysters to 18 restoration sites in New York Harbor”

Billion Oyster Project began in 2014. Founded by educators Murray Fisher and Pete Malinowski, it recognised that without educating current and future generations, conservation efforts would be futile. And together, they’re bringing Change for the Better. Billion Oyster Project has introduced 75 million juvenile oysters to 18 restoration sites covering 14.5 acres of New York Harbor, and the oyster population is now self-sustaining.

New York Harbor Limited Edition

Oris introduces a 2,000-piece limited edition based on the Aquis diver’s watch in support of Billion Oyster Project. It has a green mother-of-pearl dial and comes with a rubber strap, bracelet and strap change tool.