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The Orient M-Force "Beast 2 / Delta"
M-Force. Beast. Delta. The words alone make you think of a mighty dive watch. Now think 49mm diameter. In your imagination, this already takes shape of something worn by a Viking, or by Arnold...
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The Hinomatic and the T-S Type Movement
We're now going back in time to the earliest documented history of Orient. We know some facts about its incorporation – how it launched as Tama Keiki Co. in 1950, and was renamed Orient a year later...
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New Orient Star Avant-Garde Skeleton With 60 Hour Movement
An unexpected announcement from Orient today, as the brand reveals a new Avant-Garde Skeleton model that features neither their familiar F6 fifty-hour movement nor their modern seventy hour F8, seen on...
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Orient Place Blog's 5th Anniversary
Happy birthday to me! It's the blog's 5th anniversary. Yes, five years have passed since the first post on the blog. And, 12 months since the last anniversary post…Over the last year, the blog...
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The Orient Star Dynamic and the T-Type Movement
A couple of months ago I wrote about the birth of Orient's T-S Type movement, and the "Hinomatic" watch built on it. Not long had passed since the 1955 launch of the Hinomatic, and in 1956 Orient...
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Orient Star Retro-Future Bicycle Watch
Orient's "Retro-Future" family of models was the subject of not one but two stories I posted here not long ago: an overview article, and a list of references. This owes to the great interest these...
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Orient Ana-Digi Models
A few months ago I posted an article here about Orient's digital watches. However, throughout most of its history, Orient stayed true to analog watch designs, even during the 1980s when much of the...
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Orient's June Releases: New Bambino V4 and Divers
Orient is presenting a bunch of new watches today – a new "diver design" model, and some new color options for the trusty old Bambino V4, which is the 42mm model. In other words – a smaller diver, and...
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Orient Fineness, Hands-On
I've discussed the history of Orient's "Fineness" watches before. As is often the case, getting my hands on a decent sample of this model was just a matter of time. Well, here it is!The watch at hand...
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Orient's Caliber 46
Orient's 46 family of automatic movements is perhaps the best-documented piece of this brand's history. This probably owes to both the importance of the 46, and to its extremely long life spanning all...
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More Unusual Royal Orients!
Exactly one year ago, I dedicated a blog post to some unusual Royal Orients from the 1950s, in praise of their distinct (and sometimes truly outlandish) designs. Since then, I came across more special...
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Orient Hi-Ace and Bronco
As mentioned briefly in last month's story about caliber 46, Orient's first model that put this venerable movement to use was the Hi-Ace (aka Hiace, or simply HA). So let's talk a little about this...
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Orient Brazil Celebrates 50 Years With New Model
Orient Brazil is celebrating 50 years since its transformation from an independent local importer to an Orient company (although local manufacturing began five years later). To commemorate the event,...
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Orient Mako 40mm Hands-On Review
Orient's Mako family of diver-style watches is among the most important product lines in the brand's current and historical offerings. For almost 20 years, this group of models (starting with the old...
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Presenting the Orient Star "M Collection"
Orient has just announced a new collection of Orient Star watches, dubbed the "M Collection". The announcement claims these "M" models represent an even higher quality than most Orient Stars – this of...
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Orient Star's "M Collection" EU/Global Versions
Following yesterday's announcement of the new "M-Collection" of Orient Star models, the brand today follows up with a number of new Global releases.First up, and perhaps the most unique, is a global...
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Orient Non-Scratch and Super-hard Stainless Steel
In 1962 Rado presented the "Diastar", the world's first scratch-resistant watch. The concept took a few years to gain popularity, but when it has, it pushed other watchmakers to follow. Orient was one...
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New Bambinos
Last week Orient got us excited with the flashy new "M Collection" of high-end Orient Star watches, now it's back to basics – and nothing is more basic (in a good way, like T-shirt and jeans) than a...
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Comparing the Mako 40 to Citizen's Promaster
Before wrapping up my time with the Mako 40 and returning it to Orient, I thought it might be interesting to see how it fares against a comparable dive watch, at a similar price range, from a different...
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Orient Mexican
In 1970 Orient presented the Jaguar Focus dial, its own contribution to the growing global trend of colorful watches. A couple of years had passed and someone over at Orient's design department...
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