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Cloaca
1906
Oct 31, 2017
I've recently posted a couple of Orient Star Retro Future enthusiast watches that I own, but here's one that I don't have, the Car Model. You can see a hint of a speedometer and over the balance wheel window a steering wheel (more obvious in other colorways of this model).

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WatchDoctor
847
Oct 31, 2017
CloacaPretty cool. Thanks for sharing.
aristoxi
18
Oct 31, 2017
CloacaVery fun watch and also, seems to be very accurate! Mine is about +2-4 sec/ day. It's my daily wear. I cracked my crystal on it and it took some searching but I found a place to replace it with perfect match.
Cloaca
1906
Oct 31, 2017
aristoxiAre you trolling me? 😕
aristoxi
18
Oct 31, 2017
CloacaNo. In fact. here's photo- I just snapped. and you can see a small blemish in bottom left where the new glue seems to have picked up a speck when the crystal was replaced.
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Cloaca
1906
Oct 31, 2017
aristoxiWow. O.K., I guess I have to buy one of these now. How did you get it? Are you in Japan?
aristoxi
18
Oct 31, 2017
CloacaI actually got it as a gift 5 years ago and I know it was purchased on Amazon. They used to carry them directly. I think the only retro future I've seen left on amazon these days is the retro future airplane. I'm keen on finding the Turntable Retro future because it looks just like a vintage audio technica, but I'm not sure about the tonearm on the watch face. I'll keep my eyes open if I see the retro future Car again. It's a heavy watch but it's still very comfortable. Apart from the time that I had to have it repaired (it took over two months), It's been very reliable and it really doesn't blemish or get marked up too easily.
Cloaca
1906
Oct 31, 2017
aristoxiI'd never heard of the airplane model, but I was able to find it. I guess it makes sense, except that civil aviation is not really a big thing in Japan. I did know someone who got his license in Guam and rented planes from time to time.
There's a turntable version at auction now from a pawn shop, with a high Buy it Now:
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r214538054

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Cloaca
1906
Oct 31, 2017
I'm in a prefecture adjacent to Tokyo, where I've successfully introduced the custom of trick or treating in my neighborhood: 94 kids came by this evening.
aristoxi
18
Oct 31, 2017
CloacaNice. very tempting. Here's a car retro future for sale from Japan to UK. Pricey. Wish i was heading to japan soon but not until spring. hope you find the one youre looking for. https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Orient-Star-Retro-Future-Sports-Car-Design-Watch-WZ0131FH-Limited-Edition-/191950292538
Cloaca
1906
Nov 1, 2017
I had hoped to start a trend and get other Japanese houses in the neighborhood to give out candy, but that doesn't look like it's going to happen. But more and more of the kids are going to the trouble of wearing simple costumes, apparently just for us.
Cloaca
1906
Nov 2, 2017
aristoxiCan I ask you a question? Is the movement in the car model hand windable and hacking? The camera model is, but the bike model isn't. Specifically, the FH and FR movements are not hand windable and not hacking, while the FJ and DK movements are.
There's a car model at auction now at a ridiculously low price because the seller thinks it's broken since it doesn't hand wind.
c0rnelius
1060
Nov 11, 2017
CloacaFYI - Orient USA is selling the Retro Future Motorcycle for $1250 and Airplane for $825, among other recent back catalog watches at the moment. Dunno if this is well known, but for the last few weeks they've been selling limited quantities of new old stock watches direct on their website. They're calling it "owning a piece of Orient history". The weekly watches are posted on their blog and I have been getting the links to buy via their email newsletter.
Cloaca
1906
Nov 11, 2017
c0rneliusWow, thanks, that's weird. That airplane one is really rare and I haven't seen it on an auction site. The orange one is kind of cool looking. But no way am I buying at those prices.
Are they selling in-store demonstrators or what, I wonder. The text says, "Please note that this is a vintage watch and may be over 10 years old. It may feature a few minor scratches, but will arrive in brand new, unworn condition. Additionally, select pieces may come with their original gift box (while supplies last) and warranty."
A week ago I got a second Retro Future Camera edition in a different colorway. This is my favorite of the bunch, and I figured I could piece together the bracelets to get one that fits me. It came with a bracelet and the removed links and the box and documentation, but ...
-- The bracelet is a different bracelet (which is big enough for me)
-- The watch face is structurally, not just colorwise, different, with a single larger cutout over the stem
-- And most bizarrely of all, the movement is different. The white face has a non-screw-down, hacking, hand-windable movement, which the black face watch has a screw-down, non-hacking, non-hand-windable movement. Without looking to check, I think the black one has an FH movement while the white one has a DK movement. Taking a photo of them, I see that the screws in the watch face are in different positions, hinting at different movements.
I put them on different NATOs, with a central blue stripe for the white one that has blue hands. At some point I may put the black one back on the bracelet. I want to clean and ultrasonic the sucker first.
I like these Retro Futures because they are not as assertively eccentric, and they are on the small side, 38 or 39 mm, but thick, which for this kind of watch works better for me, even though normally I like larger watches.
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c0rnelius
1060
Nov 11, 2017
CloacaStrange, but then again Orient never ceases to surprise. Some pretty funky pieces available, like the circle in a rectangle ( CNRAF001B0 ) and some really classy pieces like the Prince and Dignitary.
Sounds like they could just be NOS condition pieces. Kind of a collectors dream, eh? Would another major watch company sell off their "found" old stock and make little fanfare about it?
Here is the link to what we are talking about for others reference: https://www.orientwatchusa.com/own-a-piece-of-orient-history-pt-x/
Cloaca
1906
Nov 11, 2017
c0rneliusI don't think that NOS stuff would come without boxes, as they say some of them do.
I have a couple of fur felt hats, fedoras, from the 1960s, Adams Executive brand, that I bought at a forum NOS auction. Some guy showed up in the forum with a tale about how he had bought the stock of an elderly, retiring Maryland haberdasher. It sounded fishy, but two trusted forum members jumped on planes and met the guy and it was for real, about 200 vintage hats after accounting for moth damage. The clothing was sold to a Hollywood costumer in a bulk sale, but the hat forum auctioned off the hats. I got two, but in retrospect I wish I had bought a dozen. And they were cheaper than new handmade hats. But completely different, done with a lost technology and a long-gone skilled workforce.
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