The English phrase “pigs may fly” is used to specific the impossibility of one thing taking place. Properly, Oris has simply given wings to probably the most well-known pigs in well-liked tradition with its new ProPilot X Miss Piggy. Combining the sharp seems to be of the ProPilot X Assortment in a decreased 34mm metal case with a scorching pink dial, the brand new watch would have provoked a rush of compliments (in French) from Miss Piggy, the fabulous diva from The Muppet Present. Following the inexperienced ProPilot X Kermit Version, this second collaboration with The Muppets will delight followers of Jim Henson’s larger-than-life pig in a platinum wig – or create a little bit of a storm for extra conservative members of the watch neighborhood.
A considerably stunning mannequin to honour the glamorous Muppet character, Oris has chosen its ProPilot X case, the model’s edgiest and most modern mannequin. Whereas the model is famend for its historic aviation classics just like the Large Crown Pointer Date, the 44mm ProPilot X of 2019 was envisioned as a new-generation stealth pilot’s watch and propelled by the model’s computerized calibre 115 in a skeletonised model. A couple of years later, the 39mm ProPilot X appeared with the in-house computerized calibre 400, a mannequin that was designated for the intense inexperienced Kermit Version in 2023.
The newest ProPilot X Miss Piggy shrinks to 34mm and replaces the matte titanium armour with stainless-steel. Nonetheless retaining its sharp, angular options, knurled bezel and crown guards defending the screw-down crown, the 100m water resistant case highlights its structure with brushed and polished finishings. The built-in metal bracelet, with its brushed central hyperlinks and polished exterior hyperlinks, is fitted with a folding “raise” clasp designed to appear to be an plane seat buckle.
Though the ProPilot X is about as far faraway from a conventional pilot’s watch as Miss Piggy is from a barnyard pig, the mission at Oris was clearly to have some enjoyable. Considered an unabashedly assured determine, the watch captures Miss Piggy’s penchant for loud colors with its scorching pink dial punctuated with a lab-grown baguette-cut diamond at midday.
Not like the Kermit ProPilot X, which has the frog’s smiling face popping up within the date window on the primary day of each month, there is no such thing as a date window, and Miss Piggy’s picture shouldn’t be featured on the dial. The utilized indices are purple, and there’s no luminescent materials on markers or fingers.
Turning the watch over reveals a small porthole opening on the screw-down and mirror-polished caseback. This spyhole reveals an image of Miss Piggy’s face that seems and disappears with the rotations of the lilac rotor. One other distinction with the bigger Kermit Version regards the motion. Given the smaller dimensions of the case, the motion powering the watch is the Oris 531, primarily based on the Sellita SW100 computerized (a clone of the small ETA 2671) with a 4Hz frequency, a 42-hour energy reserve and stop-seconds.
Whereas some might argue that the watch conforms to the “shrinking, pinking and diamond sprinkling” method employed to rework masculine watches into female ones, the ProPilot X Miss Piggy Version is an invite to embrace Miss Piggy’s aptitude for hogging the limelight. The watch is out there this month and retails for CHF 2,800. Extra data at Oris.ch.
