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Orient Watches | Home » » Orient #CDBAA002W Men's Urban Metro Collection Partial Skeleton Automatic Watch | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | About Orient: 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. | | | Features: | |
• Orient 21 Jewels Self-Winding Automatic Movement - Oscillation Frequency: "21,600 oscillations per hour (6 beats per sec)"
• Stainless Steel Case with Genuine Leather Strap
• Mineral Curved Crystal, Partial Skeleton Display, Luminous Hands with Silver Tone Markers
• Case Size: 39.5mm Diameter, 12.5mm Thickness
• Water Resistant - 50M, 4 Screw Fastended Semi Transparent Caseback
| | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 4.5 inches | | Package Width:
| 3.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.65 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
| based on 2 reviews |
| | | Watch Information: | | | Crystal Material:
| Mineral | | Clasp:
| Buckle | | Case Diameter:
| 39.5 millimeters | | Case Thickness:
| 12.5 millimeters | | Case Material:
| stainless-steel | | Band Material:
| Leather | | Bezel Material:
| stainless-steel | | Dial Color:
| white | | Movement:
| japanese-automatic | | Water Resistance Depth:
| 165 feet |
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Average Customer Review:
( 2 customer reviews )
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Nice looking watch, but the leather strap is too stiffMay 10, 2010
By Jee Chung I actually got mine directly off [...] web site. Generally a great watch with attractive, modern design and good accuracy (mine loses about 5 seconds a day). The rectagular dial is quite large and relatively easy to read. The biggest problem with this watch is the leather band that it comes with. It is thickly padded and therefor very stiff causing some discomfort around the wrist. I am sure it will eventually break in, but I have never had a leather watch strap this stiff.
Good points: - Keeps great time - Attrative contemporary design - Great price
Bad points: - Leather strap that is too stiff - Somewhat large, larger than it looks in the photos
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Style CentralSep 14, 2010
By Steweygatz Very cool watch. Lots of complements. Would get 5 stars, but you have to wind it up after it sits in the drawer for a day or 2. Not a big deal though. Nice watch indeed.
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