“I always wanted an Orient and once I got my hands on this watch, I was blown away. The blue is rich when it needs to be, but not offensively vibrant. It’s the right balance. The lume is responsive and super fantastic. Evenly coated and legible throughout the night if I wake up in the middle of the night. IMO, the lume is as good as Lumibrite but with a slightly different hue of green. Very nicely executed and the perfect size.
After regulating it, I’ve gotten it to run near COSC specifications, with my last measurement over 12hrs coming out to +5.3. Great great watch and I’d own another.”
“The watch wears small so if you're looking for something big on the wrist then try a looking for something else. The quality of the stainless steel is brushed and polished giving a super clean aesthetic. The time keeping is very accurate and as you'd expect, it gains about 15 seconds a day, which honestly for this pricepoint is amazing. Lume works as it should. This is the second Orient I've purchased from Marc, one for myself and one as a gift. Orient is a company for the people. Automatic, in-house movement, sub-$200 pricepoint, you can't go wrong.”
“This watch is gorgeous. I love the water resistance, the rotating bezel, the option to hand-wind, the hacking, and the beautiful blue face. With the white indices and hands, it's very easy to read the time. The luminescent hands and indices glow all night. My only gripe about it is that the crown is difficult to unscrew. The crown guards (a nice feature) do make it a little hard to get a good grip on the crown. Other than that little quibble, I'm happy with this watch and I wear it almost every day.”
“This Orient is sweet in every way , destined to be a Classic collectable and very wearable, the blue sunburst dial is awesome and really sets the watch off, the new upgraded F69 caliber is smooth and accurate and hacks, runs sweet, the band is solid and comfortable, matches the watch in every way, good to go on that, needs no upgrades, great investment, excellent quality, can't beat the price points with Marc's discount at Long Island Watch, don't miss out buy one of these !”
“I started collecting Orient automatics when I discovered Marc's site. I'm not a dive watch guy but I bought this for the practical purpose of having a shock/water resistant watch for hiking, kayaking, fishing, driving, etc. I bought it with a navy blue 5-ring NATO strap and replaced the SS band with the NATO strap immediately upon receipt. I would recommend converting it to NATO straps just because it looks so cool - - like something a naval officer might wear.
It fits the outdoorsman bill 100%. Also....
The watch is gorgeous, durable, obviously well-engineered (like all Orients I have encountered) and has a weighty, balanced and substantial feel to it. I really like that. I've been wearing it to work more and more often due to positive compliments I have gotten.
As always, it is a pleasure buying watches from Marc. Marc's service is excellent. New York to Arizona in under 48 hours - - wow.”
