Customer Reviews

'Stunning blue watch!' Review by Harry

Rating

I've bought Orient watches before and had good luck. I was looking at watches because one can never have too many. I decided I wanted a square/rectangular case model. I was looking at this one and noticed The Wide-Calendar was interesting. I saw that the blue model was considerably cheaper than the black or white face model so I took a chance. Besides, I've never had a blue watch before.

The watch arrived a few weeks ago. When Orient calls this a "Wide-Calendar" watch, they aren't kidding. It is big! I didn't quite expect it to be that size but I like it. The blue is not nearly so black-looking as it appears online. The color is very attractive. I particularly like the face. Very stylish, particularly the magnifier portion of the crystal. The date and day jump out at you. The curved case and crystal are also a very distinctive touch.

Despite its size, the watch is not heavy to wear as some diver models are. The band is comfortable and quite compatible in appearance with the rest of the watch.

As for accuracy, it's pretty typical of a self-winding watch. It gains 5-10 seconds per day. You can adjust this somewhat by laying the watch on the edge opposite the crown overnight and it will be pretty much right by morning. To me that's part of the charm of a mechanical watch. If you want super accuracy, buy a Timex or Casio. (I have them too but I always end up wearing my mechanical watches.)While you can't hack the second hand as with more expensive mechanical movements, if you let it run down, you can stop or reverse the second hand with the crown by turning the hands counterclockwise and adjust it to an atomic clock to set the seconds.

In summary, it's a good looking watch, it looks much more expensive than it is, it's reasonably accurate for a relatively inexpensive mechanical movement, and it has a day/date display like no other watch.
(Posted on 5/19/11)