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Only watches purchased from USA-certified dealers are covered by the Orient Watch's International warranty, as well as by an after-sale service that matches the brand's demanding standards.
Orient Watch Company of Japan has been engineering
and building watches since 1950. Long considered one of the
Japanese "Big Three" watchmakers along with Citizen and Seiko, they
have been quietly going about their business of building brand loyalty
by producing quality watches for the European and Asian markets.
In some countries they are considered the "Seiko" of the watch world
and highly sought after as collectable timepieces.
When Orient went about the business of designing a military watch, they
threw out all design concepts that are common today. They could
have easily done what everyone else has been doing by taking a
traditional dive watch and calling it a "tactical or combat"
watch. Instead, the engineers at Orient took a different approach
and came up with a completely different design based on the needs of
military personnel and military aviators.
The criteria was simple. Keep it cost effective. Design a
watch that is lightweight with a large dial that's easy to read.
Use Orient's extensive experience in self-winding automatic watch
technology so no batteries are used to power the watch. The case
thickness needed to be thin enough so the watch will fit under a long
sleeve shirt. Include functions on the watch that military
personnel need, then finish the watch so that it looks good and not out
of place when wearing battle fatigues or dress blues.
They chose titanium as the material for the case, case back, bezel,
stems and band. It's very lightweight, cutting the weight of
traditional stainless steel watch almost in half. While other
manufacturers of titanium watches will mix metals finishing certain
parts to look like titanium, Orient engineers went an extra step to
produce the entire watch out of titanium. Instead of a rotating
bezel that reduces the size of the watch dial and clogs up with dirt
and sand, they chose to install an internal bezel that is operated by
the lower stem that sits at 4 o'clock. Instead of
traditional 1 through 12 numbers for time on the dial, they assumed
everyone knew traditional time which makes complete sense, so they
chose to display 13 through 24 for true 24 hour military time.
Instead of a stainless steel band finished to look like titanium, they
produced the band out of 100% rolled titanium to keep the overall
weight down further.
Then the engineers went about the effort to determine
the finish. Most manufacturers of titanium watches leave a rough
unfinished dull matte look to the titanium. Orient decided that a
titanium watch should have a low-luster non-reflective finish so they
took the extra step of adding a satin finish to the case and watch
band. Then they machined knurled (checkered) the main stem at 3
o'clock and the stem at 4 o'clock. Then they checkered the
bezel. The checkered stems are purely for function and ease of
use. The checkered bezel is purely for design continuity.
The watch case is approximately a half
to 1 mm less diameter than a normal dive watch like a Luminox or Smith
& Wesson, but the watch face covers over 90% of the diameter due to
the slim design of the bezel. So if you have a little difficulty
picking up the time without reading glasses, this is far easier to
read. The diameter is 1 5/8" across. And, the case
thickness is far less than most automatics, which are
frankly just too fat. This is a relatively slim design at 10.5
millimeters, slimmer than a lot of quartz watches including most dive
watch style tactical watches.
The military model contains a full 21 jewel,
6 beat per
second automatic watch engine. It's the same watch engine that
resides in a number of their limited edition high-end watches so you
know you're getting a quality timepiece. Orient has received
worldwide acclaim
for the quality of the their shock-mounted movements and are known as
one of a handful of high quality mechanical movement manufacturers in
the world.
FULL SPECIFICATIONS:
- Movement: 21 Jewels Orient Japan Automatic Movement
- Sweep Second Hand
- Power Source: Automatic Winding
- Case: Titanium
- Bracelet: Titanium Roll
- Caseback: Titanium
- Water Resistant: 100ft
- Weight: 3.70 OZ.
- Case diameter: 43.5mm
- Gift Box: Orient Premium Gift Box
- Color: White Dial
FEATURES:
- Mechanical Watch with Automatic Winding Kinetic Mechanism.
- Internal Twenty One Japanese Jewels Automatic Movement
- Oscillation Frequency: "21,600 oscillations per hour (6 beats per
sec)"
- Shock-proof Bearings
- Scratch Resistant Mineral Crystal
- Rotating Slide Rule Calculations
- Multiplication and Division
- Currency Conversion
- Distance Conversion in nautical, statute miles and kilometers.
- Luminous Hands and Markers
- Date and Day Calendar which can be set in English or Spanish
You will receive
Orient's full worldwide 1 year factory warranty. It doesn't matter
where you're located. Just keep your receipt and the warranty booklet
which lists Orient's warranty repair stations located throughout
Europe, Middle East, Russia, Far East and the US. Orient is
located
worldwide.
What separates Orient from other manufacturers is their attention to
details in the design. They could have left the titanium in its
natural finish, instead they chose to take an extra step to finish it in
satin. They put a double locking clasp on the band for
security. The small attention to details like the Orient crest on
the clasp is typical of their workmanship. The fact that it is
produced from 100% titanium when they could have cut corners is typical
of their "do it right" attitude. The checkering of the stems and
bezel is another example of putting value and world-class workmanship
into a watch that other manufacturers wouldn't tackle. Titanium
is much harder than stainless steel and very difficult to machine
without tearing the work, but to machine knurl or checker titanium
parts is an extra step that no one else would have bothered adding to
the design. Instead of links on the band being pinned together,
they chose to use rolled titanium and a slotting system to connect the
links. They could have used a lower
cost less accurate automatic self-winding engine, instead they chose to
install their high-end 21 jewel movement. Again, and we can't say it enough, at $119.99 this watch
is frankly one of the world's best watch bargains. Most titanium quartz watches will cost almost double!
The price of $119.99 is the DELIVERED
price to your door
or military mail room including APO/FPO addresses. There are no
surprise charges, handling
fees or credit card processing fees to jack up the price. You won't get
nailed with shipping charges that can be as high as $30.00 from other
retailers. We
don't play those games. We do charge a nominal shipping
charge to civilian international addresses outside of the U.S. See
below.
And, as usual, you have our iron-clad guarantee. If you pull it
out of the box and it doesn't hit you right, put it back in the box and
ship it back to us within thirty days and we will refund your
order no questions asked. As long as it has not been worn or
damaged and all the packaging and accessory items including tags,
warranty card and other items received are intact as they were received
by you, there is absolutely no risk on your part. And, during the
Christmas holiday season, you have until January 31 to return it.
So, break from the pack of 'me too' designs of military watches.
This is truly a military watch that is tough enough for the battle
field and looks good in ACU or desert camo, but looks elegant and right at home in a suit and tie or dress blues. It is one of the very few combat watches that can be worn in any environment, in any form of dress, from the most informal to formal and never looks out of place. It is a very
unique world-class timepiece that is destined to become a family heirloom.
Shipments to
civilian addresses in EU Nations, Canada, Australia, South Africa, and
New Zealand
will incur a $20 - $25 shipping charge.
- Part Number: CEM58001-Blk
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