My latest Orient Star, vintage looking WZ0071DG. Just arrived from Japan. I won with 17kJPY. All in, cost me 20.6kJPY including deliveries, VAT, fees. So about $210 in total. Not bad, as new from Japan is just over $400, with Ebay about $700. Here's the listing, which I correctly interpreted as mint and hardly worn, using Chrome to help me out. http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/j...ion/m118052845.
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http://www.fromjapan.co.jp/
Bought about 15 watches via them. Mostly Orients but found Tudor small rose sub and Tag at good prices for my son. Very professional outfit - recommend them.
I look here: http://goo.gl/6Y2Xt (Yahoo) and http://global.rakuten.com/en/. Every 2 to 3 months FJ have a 10% off Rakuten promotion.
I have an Orient Star WZ0081FE, which I really enjoy. On the bracelet, it is a bit on the heavy side, but well balanced.
Orient Star WZ0081FE by kronografik, on Flickr
Orient Star WZ0081FE case by kronografik, on Flickr
Orient Star WZ0081FE -Orient 46P movement by kronografik, on Flickr
Cheers,
Gert
@MarkR, yes and I have put it to navigation use Of course, nowadays the phones can display time, GPS and compass direction. But the old tick-tock and the sun will not need recharging every 12 hours
Orient Star WZ0081FE Compass rehaut (chapter ring) by kronografik, on Flickr
Gert
Had this, the Orient Bambino. Good looking watch, but the sound of the rotor annoyed me a little. I wasn't ready for a dress watch at the time, but I can see myself buying a second one. Bought it for £120
I like Orient allot, here is my Orient Millenium :)
I've got an Orient Ray Mako auto, good time keeping, great lume. It's a shame the end links aren't solid but it's great value for a beater.
I'm interested that no-one has mentioned the Orient slide rule watches. I had a white dialled titanium slide rule watch and loved it. I eventually sold it to fund something or other, but I thought it was a cracking little watch. I'd love to put up a photo of it but stupid Photobucket Mobile is a complete pile of c**p and won't allow me to do it on my Surface.
I'm so sorry, a bit of a red mist moment there...
Anyway, it was a good size, light as a feather and the internal rotating bezel was a nice talking point. Kept good time, too.
Of course I never found out how to use it...
Simon
Well, sometimes all the planets align! Let me explain...
1. This thread started me thinking again about Orients.
2. I realised based on another thread that I was missing an orange-dialled diver in my collection since regretfully selling my OM.
3. Yesterday I sold my Alpha Sundial single-handed watch on SC, so I have almost £100 to play with.
4. A search on Amazon turned up a brand new Orient Orange Dial Mako II EM75001M Automatic on a Bracelet - for the princely sum of £109.
The result? It's on it's way to me now!
I'm not remotely bothered about the separate pusher, a 44.6mm diameter case should be right up my street and it will be good to have some serious orange back in the collection.
I suppose in a perfect world it would have a sapphire crystal rather than a mineral one, but for £110 I think I can forgive Orient for that...
Simon
Just picked up a white Bambino. First impressions: stunning value and an amazing timekeeper. Even the strap is OK really. Since I don't live in an anechoic chamber the rotor noise doesn't bother me one bit.
And it's surprisingly big: that overgrown vintage thing works well. It works somehow, even though it probably shouldn't.
Yes, they are becoming increasingly rare. I sold mine mostly because it didn't have sapphire and because I have been slowly replacing my Orients' with similar Orient Stars'. Big mistake in this case as I have yet to find an OS with such an intricate and good looking dial.
I noticed a few sales posts lately (not here) at quite a high price as well, well-over the prices it was selling at when available...I sold mine for about £100 which I guess quite a bargain I guess for the buyer especially with the hand made/deployment blue croc strap I had on it, made it look even better. I do miss it
It's all dial so obviously it looks big, in fact at 40mm it is big no matter what for a dress. Now you're tempting me, I have already been looking at some Orient Stars that look similar . Too bad they don't have any with curved sapphire, that'd been wicked!
Picked up this OS200 Revolver just recently. Love the case :-)
This is mine (not my photo, I need to take some!). It hacks, handwinds and runs within about 5-10s per week.
My brand new orange dial Mako II has just arrived, and is the subject of a new thread with photos and brief initial impressions.
http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...-(orange-dial)
Simon
Here's an interesting thread on the early history of Orient.
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And of course the Orient museum feature on their official site if you haven't seen it yet, plus the factory walk-through video.
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I have been wearing the older non-hacking/winding version which has lost just 2 seconds in a week.
Incredible stuff.
I had always thought that the keeper fitted the other way around.
However upon a good old google search, it appears to be fitted correctly.
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I bought this one
http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...ghlight=Orient
Check out the incredible lume in the photos.
The lume barely needs any light to glow like a nuclear power station!
We have two in the family, a full lume dial with a lovely soft leather strap for me and my Wife has one with a little bird cage on the dial that shows a different bird everyday (the feathered variety!). They both keep really good time, the Wife's one especially so, I very rarely have to adjust hers.
Both cost under £80 each, pretty amazing value and I'd have no hesitation buying another, even through to the more expensive titanium dive ones they do.
Stef
Heads up fellow Orient lovers...I have been sorely tempted by this as soon as I saw the ad an hour ago, but I already have two from the same line so I would be pushing it, not to mention my budget at the moment is not at its best. So, go on, grab it, Ive dealt with the seller bloke before (Alexander) , hes also a Orient fan like me and I know he accepts Evros as well , possibly pounds, with the current exchange rate, around £200 is most certainly a bargain!
Would be nice to go to a fellow TZ-er!
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f29/fs-...l-1062858.html