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ORIS BC3 Air Racing Limited Edition Launch in Singapore
Last month on the 19 May,ORIS launched the Oris BC3 Air
Racing Limited Edition at Singapore's first skydiving simulator, iFly,
located in Sentosa, second day after the S$25 Millions facility received
the Public Entertainment License.
Indeed a relevant and novel location chosen to introduce the ORIS BC3.
The
ORIS BC3 is created to commemorate the first time ever that the Oris
Big Crown Air Racing Team flown by Team pilot, Don Vito Wypraechtiger,
qualified in the legendary Reno Air Races in Nevada and came in 2nd for
his first attempt in this Formula Gold Race.
Don Vito Wypraechtiger of the Oris Big Crown Racing Team.
The Plane - Oris Air Racing Team’s “Scarlet Screamer”.
11am, arrived at the venue. iFly from the external ...
The front entrance ...
The ticketing counter ...
Proceed to second floor ...
The bare internal with an ORIS banner ...
A view of the wind-tunnel with an internal sit-down waiting area ...
The setup ... 
The diameter 42mm titanium ORIS BC3 Air Racing is limited to 1,000 pieces.
Single
layer anti-reflective coating on the underside of the crystal to reduce
glare. Hour markers and hands are SuperLuminova coated.
Stainless steel screw-down crown.
Movement is ETA 2893-2 with second time zone. It comes with either titanium bracelet with folding clasp or leather strap.
Solid caseback with Oris Big Crown Racing motif and serial number. Water resistance is rated to 100m.
The case and the linear retrograde of the BC4 caught my attention.
Housed in a squarish 42.7mm steel case with round bezel.
Oris Quick Lock Crown system, the crown will pop out with an intuitive push down and twist action. Likewise for locking in.
The sides of the case is nterestingly polished with alternating texture for better contrast too.
The day pointer for weekday is white-colour. The day-marker (in the picture above) is white and pointing at MONday.
The video below illustrate the jump from Friday to Saturday. Note the colour of the markers and day changed instantaneously.
Back to the launch activity, the 'flight scehdule' for wind-tunnel.
Understand it will be charged at USD72 per session, and it seemed like each session is about 45 seconds.
A pic of some press-members before the jump with the models ...
Models with their ORIS watches, simulating free fall ...
The first group (for retail-partners) who had completed the jump. A picture with Irene Ang, General Manager of ORIS Singapore.
Try to simulate the free fall outside the tunnel. One of them mentioned, it was actually quite tiring after the session 
But it was a good opportunity for people who are afraid of height and jumped off from an aeroplane at great height ....
A view of the wind-tunnel outside the building ...
There is a procedure before the jump ...
Firstly fill out an indemnity form and sign it. An about 15 minutes
of theory and briefing through a video session by an instructor.
Proper posture and safety precaution were mentioned.
After that, it's gearing up...
Everyone to be changed into a jump-suit, helmet, goggles, rubber-shoes and ear-plugs.
A group pic before boarding ...
Instructor performing last check on everyone before entering the wind-tunnel ...
Inside the pressurised chamber and waiting for their turn ...
Suspending in thin air ...
Ready to jump off ...
Quite remarkable to achieve this height !
A video for the virtual experience 
Session ended, and Group Two exiting from the chamber while the last group was waiting ...
A picture of some of the members of the ORIS Singapore team before their session.
Kong
This message has been edited by Kong on 2011-06-06 06:28:06
ORIS BC3 Air Racing Limited Edition Launch in Singapore
Would love to try it.
Looks like fun!
Definitely ...
that linear retrograde is really cool!
Pretty healthy ...
Like most watches, I think you can make it change at noon
Kong, are you sure it is only 45 second?
the pseudo-sky diving at sentosa