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Adamantinepiggy
82
Dec 30, 2016
Just got my red one. It is quite blingy in the face (which I wanted as I have no other red watch). If you have ever seen shiny red anodized aluminum, it looks just like that. While I love the red color, I now realize my older eyes need a higher contrast than white print on a red background to see easily without my reading glasses on.. Still think the red is awesome though. I do wish they went with a easier to read thicker font in the date window though, but again, that's my age speaking! The only lume is on the hour and minutes hands, but it seems decent enough. The 3d effects on the dial are very nice in the light as are the applied markers since they add depth to the dial. I do wish it had a signed crown that was lined instead of knurled since the rest of the watch design says "military dressy" and the knurled crown looks too industrial.
The movement is rather plain with only the rotor having any embellishment with simple purloining (sp?). I'm OK with that at this price range although I do wish the non-finished areas could be shinier instead of so matte. This movement is supposed to be robust. It's too soon to know accuracy, but I have watch tools I can use to open and adjust it if it's too far off, so not really a concern to me as long as it's consistent. Setting the day of week hand is a bit finicky. You turn the time adjustment until the hand flips to the next day of the week, then back time past 11 and go forward again until it flips again and again until the day of week is set, then set the time and date. As far as I can tell, the 24 hour dial is slaved to regular time, so this is not a two time-zone watch (I guess I could read the manual, but that's too much work).
The overall quality is great. The end pieces (the part the that fills the gap between the lugs) are solid machined pieces, as opposed to the stamped thin sheet metal end pieces normally seen at this price range. The lugs themselves are drilled through versus a dimple only on the inside. Makes it MUCH easier to compress the pin and change bands if you'd like. The band links are all solid with a mix of brushed and polished areas. It uses split pins, but I'm OK with split pins, not as strong or precise as solid screw in pins, but you don't see screw in link pins until a MUCH higher price point, and split pins are very easy to adjust and replace. The clasp is also very nicely machined and closes solidly with the Orient logo, however one side of the clasp where the bracelet attaches has a bit of a gap between the last link and the clasp. Orient should have made the top of the clasp 1/8 inch longer to cover this. Not a deal breaker by far, but annoys me because I can see it.
I am quite happy with the purchase price vs quality and the lustrous red makes me feel all pimped out!