Customer Reviews

'Cool watch, great price' Review by Ernest

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i had read a lot about these Orient mako watches, enough to get so curious to the point i had to get one and see for myself.
Price was great and delivery by Amazon US( via UPS ) was as fast as it could be! :) Great service from Amazon as always!

It's light enough to wear without feeling you have a weight in your wrist and keeps good time so far. Still, too new to make any conclusions about accuracy.
The day it arrived i had left home to beach so sadly it didn't go with me that day but will do so someday.
However i trust it will hold it's own below water without any problem unless you really want to go deep.

Watch face makes light reflexions on it's blue face, great and has to be seen( Youtube has some videos where you can watch this reflexion quite well ).
Mineral cristal makes some sun reflexion effect that i found weird at first but no problem at all and even seems curious, looks like it has spherical reflexions in some angles.

Looks more expensive than it is and seems to be a great value for such a nice watch so i do recommend it also.
I also like the yellow or orange faces but who knows, at this price maybe i'll get one of those later on.
Also available in black but since i already had a black diver Citizen automatic watch and no blue watch in my collection, this came perfect! ;)

My girlfriend liked it too and we're now thinking of giving one to her nephew as a present, at this price it's a great choice and maybe then i'll think about that yellow or orange model for me! :D
(Posted on 5/19/11)

'HIgh Quality' Review by Marvin

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Very nice watch, great price from Amazon. I'm a fan of Orient watches now, this being my first one. I was surprised how dark the blue is, looks black from 2 feet or more away, the picture on the Amazon listing is much lighter blue than it really is. So far, I'm getting 36 to 48 hours reserve time if I lay it flat on the dresser or table, keeps very close time otherwise. I could do without the blue dolphins on the band, will order a plain black band soon. Haven't gotten it in the water yet, might head down to Cozumel soon and see how it does.
*NOTE; the owner's manual states that it is not for SCUBA diving ! Only skin diving / snorkeling. This is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. In my opinion, if it says 200m, it doesn't matter whether or not you have a tank on your back, it's a 200m DIVE watch. Know any blue water / free diver's / snorkelers hitting 200m ??? Me neither.....
(Posted on 5/19/11)

'One of Best Watches I Own' Review by Gary

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I have heard a lot about this watch and just had to have one. I had one person say the bezel was hard to turn. Well use it a while and it is actually smoother than my Rolex GMT Master and that is a fact. The night illumination is on par or better than the Seiko Orange Monster and time can be clearly seen all night long.

I believe the rubber strap with the Blue Mako Shark on it looks better and is more functional than the steel watch band model.

The in-house 21 jewel movement keeps great time and is on par with the Seiko 5 movement.

The watch face is beautiful and looks even better than the Omega Seamaster for my taste.

It is very useful with the 200 meter water resistance as a dive watch and with the bezel great for other activities like aviation which require a good functional bezel. The one way bezel prevents it from being accidentally turned after set for timing.

Good day of week and date windows.

If you have a chance and the money to purchase one do not hesitate. I have over 70 watches last count from great Timexes to Rolex and this is a great watch period.
(Posted on 5/19/11)