Surrounding it is the unidirectional rotating bezel that identifies the Aquis Date as a functional dive watch. Immediately apparent is the well-known gradient dial that gradually changes from bright blue in the center to almost black at the edge. It’s not immediately clear what awaits you inside. It debutted in the modern Aquis Date dive watch, a timepiece that represents the essence of the brand, which we revisit today in our latest visit to the WatchTime Archives in the story below from Fall 2021.Īt first glance it looks like a “perfectly normal” Oris Aquis Date.

The movement, the Calibre 400, further runs five days and offers increased antimagnetic protection. SRA is owned by a shareholder group led by Providence Equity Partners and SRA founder Ernst Volgenau.After a development period of five years, Oris launched its new in-house movement with 10-year recommended service intervals and a 10-year warranty. announced a deal to combine its government services unit with the contracting firm SRA International, after CSC formally spins off the unit. This week, the technology conglomerate Computer Sciences Corp. The contracting industry is in transition as federal spending slows, prompting many companies to reposition themselves.

“This will allow us to cross-sell our service offerings to that new customer.” “NIH was a big area we never really participated in,” Martore said. For Calibre, which has sold mainly to the Defense Department in the past, the deal gives it a foot in the door at the National Institutes of Health. The buyout swells the company’s ranks from about 740 to about 920 and expands its Washington-area presence.īuyouts among federal contractors often revolve around the contracts they win. Calibre Systems, an employee-owned management consulting and information-technology company based in Alexandria, announced Monday that it has acquired the government-facing portion of Information Management Consultants, a Reston-based technology consulting firm.Ĭalibre chief executive Joe Martore would not say how much his firm paid for the acquisition, but he said it was the “largest ever” in Calibre’s 26-year history.

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