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| | Features | Japan 21 Jewels Self Winding Automatic Movement by OrientStainless Steel Case and Band with Fold Over ClaspMineral Crystal, Date Display, Luminous Hands and Markers, Power Reserve IndicatorSilver Index, Screw Down Caseback, Shock Proof BearingsWater Resistant - 50M, Case Size: 35mm Diameter excluding crown, 10mm Thickness
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| | Description | Orient Watch was formally established in July 13th, 1950 in Tokyo. However, the history of Orient Watch really dates back to 1901, when Shogoro Yoshida, the founder of Orient, opened a wholesale watch store in Ueno, Japan. Orient Watch has always focused on mechanical watches, primarily automatic watches with its own in-house automatic movements Orient was once part of the "Big Three" watch companies in Japan along with Citizen and Seiko. In the 70s, when mechanical watch companies faced hardship from the mass introduction of inexpensive quartz watches, Citizen and Seiko took the path of mass producing quartz watches, Orient stuck with what it did best, making mechanical watches. Today, Seiko owns a controlling stake in Orient. Orient, however, continues to make its own mechanical movements. For its quartz models, it uses Seiko's quartz movements. What sets Orient apart from other watch companies is really the fact that Orient has always been focusing on making its mechanical movements better and more reliable. It is unusual today to find a watch company that makes its own movement selling watches at prices offered by Orient. Most of the watch companies that do make in-house movements are big name specialized watch companies such as Patek Philippe whose watches ranges from tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars. To find a specialized watch company that uses in-house movements selling its watches at prices that are affordable to most people is truly refreshing. | |
| | Product Details | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 1 reviews |
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| | Watch Information | | Crystal Material: | Mineral | | Clasp: | fold-over-clasp | | Case Diameter: | 38 millimeters | | Case Thickness: | 11 millimeters | | Case Material: | stainless-steel | | Band Material: | stainless-steel | | Bezel Material: | stainless-steel | | Dial Color: | grey | | Movement: | japanese-automatic | | Calendar: | day-and-date | | Water Resistance Depth: | 99 feet |
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Preliminary Review Nov 06, 2011
By Andy San Diego
"Andy"
I received the watch only 24 hours after placing the order, mailed from L.A. to San Diego. I emailed the seller it arrived in a generic box, and he immediately sent me the nice Orient box even though, as I noticed later, the Orient box isn't pictured for this particular watch.
Like many Amazon watch reviewers I have several watches, but until now I didn't know about Orient or the Power Reserve feature. I never thought I'd buy a mechanical watch in this day, but the appearance and price of this automatic with the power reserve, plus what I read about Orient's place among watchmakers, convinced me. After a couple of weeks, I've established that the watch gains 6.2 seconds per day, which I can live with. That's about 3 minutes per month, so my plan is to set it on the first of each month about one minute slow, so it will be about 2 minutes fast at the end of each month. Since the second hand keeps running when you set it, you can't set the exact correct time. This fact really isn't important because it would soon deviate from the precise correct time anyway.
In other reviews I read of dissatisfaction with the fact that these watches cannot be stopped to set the second hand at zero when pulling the stem all the way out. However, I like it the way it is because you can reset the watch without interrupting long-term recording of the watch's accuracy, enabling you to record the seconds gained or lost for months or years without interruption. Resetting it by my plan can be done much more quickly than stopping it at the zero second mark and waiting for the moment to restart it. Since the watch will continue to run while you set it, you just have to turn the minute hand back, making sure it's on a mark when the second hand passes zero - without having to look at an accurate reference clock.
As the seller advised, the watch could be recalibrated so it would keep time even more precisely, but I'm reluctant to have anyone open the case, possibly letting moisture in or damaging the seal.
Speaking of watch reviews, you should read the Amazon reviews of the most expensive watches; they are hilarious.
In the flesh, the size of the watch is perfect, although not specially thin. A 45-year old Seiko Presmatic is thinner.
Here's a plus. In the photo, the finish of the dial in the photo is matte. However, actually the outer circular band is a brushed concentric polished surface, and all the gold features as well as the stainless steel give off bright shiny highlights. The vertical surfaces of the outside of the case are ground to a dull finish resulting in an attractive variation from an all-shiny case.
The power reserve works, and provides assurance that the watch won't stop while off the wrist. At the end of the first day, the reserve was 20 hours, and the remaining reserve the next morning jibed with the hours it was resting. After a couple of weeks, I am confident the watch won't stop if I don't wear it even for a day. It's so comfortable I find myself not taking it off at night, removing it just to shower, which wouldn't hurt it anyway. This is now my favorite watch.
Beware if you have a large wrist. Mine is 18 cm in circumference, and I didn't have to remove a link from the bracelet. I did move the pin from the largest size to the smallest, a change of 2.1 cm, which means the bracelet would be too small for a wrist more than 20.1 cm in circumference.
I am very happy with this Orient automatic, the power reserve feature, and with the seller.
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