Wednesday, November 12, 2014

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE ORIENT YEAR CALENDAR GENTS WRISTWATCH






BRAND : ORIENT
MODEL : ORIENT YEARS CALENDAR - JDM
ORIGIN : JAPAN
CIRCA : 1970's
CASING : STAINLESS STEEL BACK
MOVEMENT : ORIENT 21 JEWELS AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT
DIAL: DARK BLUE WITH QUICKSET DAYDATE AT 3:00, PERPETUAL DAY, DATE, MONTH
HANDS: LUMINOUS SS METAL
BEZEL: NONE
MARKINGS : DIAL AND CASEBACK
BAND : GENUINE BLACK LEATHER PLATED BAND
CROWN: UNSIGNED ORIGINAL CROWN
LUGS SIZE: 18mm
BAND WIDTH: 18mm - Original Full Lenght
LENS : MINERAL HARDLEX
MEASUREMENT : 35mm without Crown ( 38mm with crown) and 43mm LUG TO LUG
WATER RESISTANT: NOT STATED
CONDITION : GOOD, WORKING AND KEEPING TIME. 
PRICE: USD250 (NEGOTIABLE)
LISTING USD250.00 SOLD USD

BRIEF HISTORY OF ORIENT WATCHES
Orient Watch was founded in Tokyo by Shogoro Yoshida, more than a century ago in 1901. And though the world was a very different place back then, everyone still needed to know what time it was – much like today’s world.

In those early watch making days, Orient Watch had some competition in the watch industry at home. Seiko and Citizen were big names in the watch making industry, and for many years Orient was ranked number three when it came to watch companies.

From the early beginnings, Orient Watch has been focused on making the best mechanical watches that money can buy. The history of Orient Watch is interesting because Orient Watch is a company that started out with a good idea, and never once veered onto a different course. The long years have helped Orient Watch to produce high-quality, long-lasting watches that anyone can afford.

In 1985 Orient and Seiko established a joint factory. Orient produces a range of automatic and quartz watches ranging in price from reasonably inexpensive (about 50USD / 50Euro) to very expensive (7000USD). Orient Star and Orient Star Royal are the middle and high-end brands, with the Royal Orient being their flagship line." - quoted from Orient Watch Company, Wikipedia

Today, Orient Watch is known all over the globe. With manufacturing facilities in Singapore, Brazil, and Japan, Orient Watch today offers more styles and types of watches than ever. Today, Orient Watch offers watches in many designs including quartz, light powered, and of course mechanical.

Mitsuo Mimura, President of Orient Watch in 2006 quoted in Orient Watch website “In the Japanese market, we supply high-quality watches, such as "Orient Star Royal," our prestigious mechanical watch series, which our customers want to carry with them for many years. In overseas markets, our strategy is to develop new outlets for our products mainly in countries and areas with high potential economic growth, and increase our sales of budget-price watches."

For more than a hundred years, Orient Watch has been a well-known and respected name in the watch making industry. Today, many other companies try to reach the success and the high standards that Orient Watch has set. When it comes to mechanical watches, Orient Watch is the first name in the business. For high quality at an affordable price, Orient Watch is one of the better choices in watches. But don’t just take my word for it. Let the history of Orient Watch speak for itself.

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