Oris Clean Ocean Limited Edition Discontinued

About This Watch

The Oris Clean Ocean Limited Edition is perhaps the most conceptually ambitious watch in the Aquis collection, featuring a bezel insert and dial elements actually made from recycled ocean plastic. Limited to 2,000 pieces, this 39.5mm Aquis was created in collaboration with a Pacific Ocean clean-up initiative, and it incorporates recycled PET plastic recovered from ocean waste into its physical construction. The blue gradient dial uses recycled PET to create a unique speckled texture that varies slightly between each example, meaning every watch is genuinely one-of-a-kind. The bezel insert, typically ceramic in the standard Aquis, is instead crafted from compressed recycled ocean plastic, giving it a distinctive matte texture and slightly organic appearance that immediately distinguishes it from conventional dive watches. This was a technically challenging feat — processing ocean plastic into a material stable and precise enough for a watch bezel required significant material science development. The recycled PET strap continues the sustainability theme, and the caseback is engraved with a whale tail motif symbolizing clean ocean aspirations. On the secondary market, the Clean Ocean has appreciated well, driven by its unique material story, limited production, and the growing segment of collectors who seek watches with purpose beyond aesthetic pleasure. At its original retail price of $2,200, it offered a genuinely innovative take on what a dive watch could represent, and it established the template for Oris's subsequent conservation-focused limited editions.