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FrancoThai · 08-03-2019, 03:44 AM

Continuing my Vintage Japanese Brands Collection with Orient, I have based it on my taste for Vintage Divers. In the 60s it started with the Swimmer ( not Diver yet ) and I choose this Orient Weekly Auto Swimmer 21 jewels for its WABI SABI Two Tone looks and the "swimmer" blue print on the dial.
https://www.thewatchsite.com/attachm...1&d=1564818186

Vette Enthusiast · 08-03-2019, 08:46 AM

Nice looking piece. Love the details on the dial.

FrancoThai · 08-04-2019, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Vette Enthusiast

Nice looking piece. Love the details on the dial.

Thank you. More to come...

FrancoThai · 08-10-2019, 10:39 PM

After the beast, now the beauty with an other Vintage Orient Weekly Auto Swimmer 25 jewels with lumed hands and markers.
https://www.thewatchsite.com/attachm...1&d=1565491152

mwadner · 08-10-2019, 10:53 PM

wow. nice looking Orients. beautiful, often overlooked watches.

EDBOner · 08-10-2019, 11:18 PM

Pristine looking Orients you have there...very nice!

squamish5 · 08-11-2019, 02:28 PM

That is a strange looking daywheel! It seems as though it alternates from Japanese to Chinese, is that right?

FrancoThai · 08-11-2019, 10:49 PM

Thank you guys for the nice words. Vintage Orient are increasing in popularity among JDM collectors but you have to select carefully the right models. The fact that after 2000 there are many production from Orient ( Seiko ) for the market creates confusion. The right spot is 60s and early 70s. For the day wheel, from memory it is only japanese on this model.

FrancoThai · 08-17-2019, 10:39 PM

This time with the Vintage Orient Calendar Auto Swimmer. Compared to the Weekly Auto Swimmer ( 40m ), this one has a screw down crown therefore a better water resistance of 100m in blue print on the dial.
https://www.thewatchsite.com/attachm...1&d=1566095905

Steve O. · 08-21-2019, 12:16 AM

I'm also a fan of early vintage Orients, especially divers.

1962 Calendar Auto Orient 40m...

FrancoThai · 09-07-2019, 11:31 PM

Back to Vintage Orient with the Top of the Line, Orient Grand Prix Triostat 100 jewels. Citizen / Orient / Ricoh in the competition of who will have the most Jewels. This is already a preview of my next collection after Orient which is Ricoh.
https://www.thewatchsite.com/attachm...1&d=1567913471
https://www.thewatchsite.com/attachm...1&d=1567913471

FrancoThai · 09-07-2019, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve O.

I'm also a fan of early vintage Orients, especially divers.

1962 Calendar Auto Orient 40m...

Hi Steve O. I recognise you from WUS

Nice Orient you have. Those vintage JDM are true jem.

huangcjz · 09-08-2019, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by squamish5

That is a strange looking daywheel! It seems as though it alternates from Japanese to Chinese, is that right?

Japanese uses Kanji, which are Chinese characters. You might be used to just seeing the first character for the day, which is like when we have "Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun" in English on watches. These just have the name of the same written out in full, so like "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday" - the second two characters are the same for every day, like us having "day" at the end of the name of every day in English (although actually only the last character of the 3 means "day", the second character that's used every day means "dawn" or "morning", but it applies to the name of the whole day, not just the dawn or morning of that day).

FrancoThai · 09-08-2019, 10:32 PM

Thank you for all the comments and input. More to come...

08-03-2019, 08:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
Vette Enthusiast Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: NOVA Posts: 537 Points: 38 (+)	Nice looking piece. Love the details on the dial. __________________ ____________ --John S.--

08-10-2019, 10:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
mwadner Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Metro Seattle Posts: 6,259 Points: 356 (+)	wow. nice looking Orients. beautiful, often overlooked watches. __________________ There's what people want to hear, there's what people want to believe, there's everything else, then there's the truth …. (from "The International")

08-10-2019, 11:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
EDBOner Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: SEA Posts: 391 Points: 33 (+)	Pristine looking Orients you have there...very nice! __________________ EDBOner "Begin with the end in mind."

08-21-2019, 12:16 AM	#10 (permalink)
Steve O. Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Atlanta OTP Posts: 769 Points: 2 (+)	I'm also a fan of early vintage Orients, especially divers. 1962 Calendar Auto Orient 40m... __________________ "If you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill

08-11-2019, 02:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
squamish5 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 114 Points: 4 (+)	That is a strange looking daywheel! It seems as though it alternates from Japanese to Chinese, is that right?

08-11-2019, 10:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
FrancoThai Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Bangkok Posts: 129 Points: 3 (+)	Thank you guys for the nice words. Vintage Orient are increasing in popularity among JDM collectors but you have to select carefully the right models. The fact that after 2000 there are many production from Orient ( Seiko ) for the market creates confusion. The right spot is 60s and early 70s. For the day wheel, from memory it is only japanese on this model.

09-08-2019, 10:32 PM	#14 (permalink)
FrancoThai Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Bangkok Posts: 129 Points: 3 (+)	Thank you for all the comments and input. More to come...

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