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| Home » Orient #CEM65005D Men's "Blue Mako" 200M Automatic Diver Watch with Rubber Strap | | | | | | | 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 Black Rubber Strap
• Scratch Resistant Mineral Crystal, Day/Date Display with Spanish Option, Luminous Hands and Markers
• Uni-Directional Rotating Bezel, Screw Down Push Button Day Operation, Screw Down Case Back and Crown
• Water Resistant - 200M, Case Size: 41mm Diameter, 13mm Thickness
| | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 4.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 3.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 14 reviews |
| | | Watch Information: | | | Crystal Material:
| Mineral | | Clasp:
| Buckle | | Case Diameter:
| 41 millimeters | | Case Thickness:
| 13 millimeters | | Case Material:
| stainless-steel | | Band Material:
| Rubber | | Bezel Material:
| stainless-steel | | Dial Color:
| blue | | Movement:
| japanese-automatic | | Calendar:
| day-and-date | | Water Resistance Depth:
| 660 feet |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 One of Best Watches I OwnApr 28, 2010
By Richard B. Beverlin Jr.
I have heard a lot about this watch and just had to have one. I had one person say the bezel was hard to turn. Well use it a while and it is actually smoother than my Rolex GMT Master and that is a fact. The night illumination is on par or better than the Seiko Orange Monster and time can be clearly seen all night long.
I believe the rubber strap with the Blue Mako Shark on it looks better and is more functional than the steel watch band model.
The in-house 21 jewel movement keeps great time and is on par with the Seiko 5 movement.
The watch face is beautiful and looks even better than the Omega Seamaster for my taste.
It is very useful with the 200 meter water resistance as a dive watch and with the bezel great for other activities like aviation which require a good functional bezel. The one way bezel prevents it from being accidentally turned after set for timing.
Good day of week and date windows.
If you have a chance and the money to purchase one do not hesitate. I have over 70 watches last count from great Timexes to Rolex and this is a great watch period.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Love the watch but .....Sep 25, 2010
By mkmilan
"mkmilan"
Love the watch but the bezel seems to be lightly painted, and normal wear started rubing it off: a shame !
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Cool watch, great priceSep 11, 2010
By J. Pereira
i had read a lot about these Orient mako watches, enough to get so curious to the point i had to get one and see for myself.
Price was great and delivery by Amazon US( via UPS ) was as fast as it could be! :) Great service from Amazon as always!
It's light enough to wear without feeling you have a weight in your wrist and keeps good time so far. Still, too new to make any conclusions about accuracy.
The day it arrived i had left home to beach so sadly it didn't go with me that day but will do so someday.
However i trust it will hold it's own below water without any problem unless you really want to go deep.
Watch face makes light reflexions on it's blue face, great and has to be seen( Youtube has some videos where you can watch this reflexion quite well ).
Mineral cristal makes some sun reflexion effect that i found weird at first but no problem at all and even seems curious, looks like it has spherical reflexions in some angles.
Looks more expensive than it is and seems to be a great value for such a nice watch so i do recommend it also.
I also like the yellow or orange faces but who knows, at this price maybe i'll get one of those later on.
Also available in black but since i already had a black diver Citizen automatic watch and no blue watch in my collection, this came perfect! ;)
My girlfriend liked it too and we're now thinking of giving one to her nephew as a present, at this price it's a great choice and maybe then i'll think about that yellow or orange model for me! :D
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Great look, but inaccurateApr 30, 2010
By MCW
I like so much this watch, it looks great, but it has a really big problem for me, it's very inaccurate. I have other automatic watches (including another Orient) and all of them are very accurate. If I adjust the watch, in two days I have 5 to 10 minutes over! I can live with that, however I think that it's too much for a new quality watch.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
For under a hundred, you're getting a dive watch that's well finished with an in house movement.Dec 29, 2011
By SaosinEngaged
Any watch enthusiast will tell you a company that makes their own movements in house scores extra points. With the exception of Seiko and Orient, this is mostly reserved to high end swiss brands that costs thousands upon thousands of dollars. Orient allows you to own a well-made and aesthetically pleasing divers watch that has a very reliable 21 jewel in house movement that so far seems very reliable and accurate enough.
You have to see this watch in person to appreciate the workmanship you're getting for under a hundred. The blue dial positively radiates in light and the finishing is indicative of a watch at least double or triple its price. This is the epitome of value, and you're getting a watch from a real watchmaker with history, instead of a watch case assembler that most companies are.
For the price, these are collectable. I plan to own one in every color. Extraordinary watch for the money. The band is not amazing, but it looks nice and is extremely comfortable, so I wouldn't even replace that.
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