After a bit of advice if anyone doesn't mind, i've never bought a watch before and am looking for something under £1500 preferrably with a leather strap. I like the looks of the Oris big crowns but i'm wondering if there's any better options? I'm not really into all the small clock faces bunched in on some of the others but i'm not sure if there's some features i don't know about which are worth getting
Nothing wrong with the oris imo, although I'm likely biased seeing as I have a 41mm big crown pro pilot on metal bracelet
If you're looking for 'big faces' oris obviously do the 44mm day date version of the pro pilot, I'm guessing it's this one you're referring to because I'm not sure the pointer date version fits the description, although nothing really wrong with that either, especially if you're going 'retro' in looks.
At 1500 range, I'd be looking at stowa (flieger style), alpina, longines is an option as mentioned above and hamilton do some watches that might work.
Honestly I'd suggest, find some watches you like (don't worry about prices), post them up here and then we can suggest opinions and/or alternatives if the price is above your budget.