Recently, I had the opportunity to handle several JDM Orient Star models because Big Time started carrying them. Apart from those I already own, the Retrograde model is one that I am most interested in.
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Watches I Saw – Seiko Presage and Orient Star
Here are some JDM Seiko and Orient watches I saw at Big Time on 15th Feb 2014 (Saturday). Shown above is the Seiko Presage SARW011. Those who missed the 100th years of watchmaking limited edition SARW005 may want to consider this piece. It is powered by the 6R27 movement.
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SOMES X Orient Star Semi-skeleton – DK02002F
This time round, I had the opportunity to handle the international edition Orient Star SOMES (DK02002F). There are three colour variants of this model available in the Japanese market but only two were made available in the international market. The other variant besides the green one shown above would be the black dialled (DK02001B)
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Watches I Saw – Orient Stars at Big Time
The new Orient Star Somes Semi Skeleton is now an international model and made available in Singapore via the distributor, Big Time. Shown above is the black dialed DK02001B and below is the green dialed DK02002F.
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Seiko Presage – SARX015
Here is a recent Japan domestic Presage model that I handled. This model is powered by the 6R15 movement and comes in black and whte dial variants.
Many Seiko watches out there are considered poor man’s Grand Seiko but I think this model is really the true PMGS. Here are my reasoning:
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Seiko Kinetic Diver – SKA579P2
This time round, I had the opportunity to handle this Seiko Kinetic diver which was released a few months ago in Singapore. This watch looks familiar because the standard black, pepsi, yellow and orange variants have been released a few years ago and have been nicknamed “BFK” aka Big Freaking Kinetic by collectors online. These BFK variants were powered by the 5M62 movement while the latest variants came with the newer 5M82 movement.
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Orient Pocket Watch – DD00002W
In case you haven’t notice, Orient has released a new variant to its mechanical pocket watch line. The new variant features full Roman dial and comes with Sapphire crystal on both front and back.
Here’s a picture of the new variant next to the previous Arabic dial variant, DD00001W.
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Pictorial Review: Orient Classic Automatic – EZ09003B
For those who like elegant looking watches with sub-dials, Seiko has the SARC/SARW models and Orient has the Orient Star Retrograde models. For something more affordable, there are a number of Orient Classic Automatic models to consider and here is a recent model. It comes with power reserve, date and second hand sub-dials, and is fitted with Sapphire crystal. This model also appears on the Orient 2014 calendar (December page).
Here’s a quick photo review.
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Orient 2014 Calendar
In this first post of the year, I would like to share with you the watches featured in the Orient 2014 calendar. Clearly, these are not their up and coming watches for 2014 but watches that were released in 2013 or earlier.
I’m proud to say that most of these watches have been featured on this blog. Let’s take a look.
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