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Orient's New Nami Diver
I'm more than a little surprised at this one, from the styling to the entire concept; at 46mm, it's pretty different.
From ABTW:
Japanese brand Orient has always been at the top of the list of value brands here at aBlogtoWatch. Considering price point, you get a lot when you purchase an Orient. In-house automatic movement? Check. Quality finishing? Check. Sapphire crystal? Check (in a lot of cases). Fair price? You bet. With their successful flagship dive watch being the Mako, and its many later iterations, I was surprised to hear the brand was launching an entirely new dive watch called the Orient Nami and that it was going to be 46mm. Owning a number of Makos that have been my outdoor companions for years, I was both skeptical and intrigued.
When the whispers of a 46mm dive watch starting making the rounds, it was quickly assumed that it would be another large M-Force, a new version of the Mako XL, or perhaps a Mako USA XL. Instead, we got the Orient Nami, a dive watch detached from the popular Mako collection, and entirely unique among the rest of Orient's diver catalog – while still maintaining a sub-$500 price tag. Named after the Japanese word for "wave" the Nami will find its place among those who prefer a bigger watch on their weekend hikes and dives, but can't or don't want to fork over the cash for a SuperOcean.
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/orient-nami-watch-review/
From ABTW:
Japanese brand Orient has always been at the top of the list of value brands here at aBlogtoWatch. Considering price point, you get a lot when you purchase an Orient. In-house automatic movement? Check. Quality finishing? Check. Sapphire crystal? Check (in a lot of cases). Fair price? You bet. With their successful flagship dive watch being the Mako, and its many later iterations, I was surprised to hear the brand was launching an entirely new dive watch called the Orient Nami and that it was going to be 46mm. Owning a number of Makos that have been my outdoor companions for years, I was both skeptical and intrigued.
When the whispers of a 46mm dive watch starting making the rounds, it was quickly assumed that it would be another large M-Force, a new version of the Mako XL, or perhaps a Mako USA XL. Instead, we got the Orient Nami, a dive watch detached from the popular Mako collection, and entirely unique among the rest of Orient's diver catalog – while still maintaining a sub-$500 price tag. Named after the Japanese word for "wave" the Nami will find its place among those who prefer a bigger watch on their weekend hikes and dives, but can't or don't want to fork over the cash for a SuperOcean.
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/orient-nami-watch-review/
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