Hey, here's a sharp looking Orient!

Post Reply
User avatar
AJC
Watchlord WIS
Posts: 6235
Joined: May 14th 2012, 10:00pm
Location: Delaware, United States
Contact:
Contact AJC

Hey, here's a sharp looking Orient!

Post by AJC » October 13th 2017, 5:56pm

Crisp, white dial with blue, Breguet-style hands. Black numerals reminiscent of some higher-end/mid-range Seikos. Crudely decorated, hackable, hand-wound mechanical Orient cal. 48C40 movement with power reserve indicator. Domed, sapphire crystal. 40mmx13mm polished case.

Just your every day Orient, not a Royal or a Star.

Image

Image

Image

Found it here at LIW (https://www.longislandwatch.com/Orient_ ... 03003Y.HTM)

Pic of it on the wrist stolen from the interwebz.
Image

Stolen pic of it sitting on some Russian book or something.
Image

Review by some dolt with a website.
http://wornandwound.com/review/orient-monarch-review/

The villain approves.
Anthony to those here
#524567 to the State of Delaware
Andrew to the rest of the world.

viewtopic.php?p=515767#p515767
Don't forgot to enter the free watch contest!

Image
User avatar
anonymous-10

Post by anonymous-10 » October 13th 2017, 6:20pm

That's a funny looking hand crank movement. Unlike others I've seen. Usually the winding gears are visible. Like so




Image
User avatar
AJC
Watchlord WIS
Posts: 6235
Joined: May 14th 2012, 10:00pm
Location: Delaware, United States
Contact:
Contact AJC

Re: Hey, here's a sharp looking Orient!

Post by AJC » October 13th 2017, 6:24pm

It's Orient's proprietary gear-less mechanical movement. Winding the crown wakes up three magical fairies, all of differing genders. When sprung into action, the fairies each begin to move a different hand. The power reserve hand is moved by the gravitational pull of the moon.

Not bad for the price.
Anthony to those here
#524567 to the State of Delaware
Andrew to the rest of the world.

viewtopic.php?p=515767#p515767
Don't forgot to enter the free watch contest!

Image
User avatar
anonymous-10

Post by anonymous-10 » October 13th 2017, 6:51pm

AJC wrote:It's Orient's proprietary gear-less mechanical movement. Winding the crown wakes up three magical fairies, all of differing genders. When sprung into action, the fairies each begin to move a different hand. The power reserve hand is moved by the gravitational pull of the moon.

Not bad for the price.



You've been reading too much Hodinkey.
User avatar
Mark1
Founding Member & Master of Time
Posts: 9056
Joined: December 19th 2009, 11:00pm
Location: Oregon
Contact:
Contact Mark1

Re: Hey, here's a sharp looking Orient!

Post by Mark1 » October 13th 2017, 8:14pm

Looks nice, I'm a sucker for blued hands on a white dial. Since it's a true mechanical the power reserve is nice but it would be nicer a little smaller.
See you're WRONG I don't work at all, I'm a Democrat. The immortal Horse Feathers as spoken to Chucky Ninetoes.
User avatar
anonymous-10

Post by anonymous-10 » October 14th 2017, 6:42am

AJC wrote:
labman wrote:Reminds me a of railroad type watch.


Yup. Especially the font.



Yeah, the back too.
Post Reply

Return to “Orient”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests