I got this earlier in the week from my near neighbour Nathan, he lives about 4 hours north of me
Another great transaction. The Orient Star has the feel of a much more expensive watch. It's reminiscient of a 1960's style Rolex. The casework is lovely, with polished sides and brushed finish on the lugs. The movement hacks and winds. The watch wears larger than the older styled watch, and I find it a nice size on my 7 and a half inch wrist.
Here are the pics. It's really nice to wind this and watch the power reserve hand creep up to the 40 hour reserve.
Here are the contestant. They are rare to the sense the Rarest Seiko like 6217-8000 small crown, 6139 sunrise teal dial & 7018-5000 Monaco would deem EASY to obtain.
They are that rare. & Each of them's mkt px is over US$1000, upto US$3000.
Enough is enough. I have built myself a 60's Seiko...
I presently own two Orient watches. The first is an Orient Solar Chrono. The watch is 42mm, has a green dial with gold hands, 100m WR, and is hard to fault. My second is a MK1 Mako XL with an orange dial. This is a stunning watch, however technically not very good. The hollow end links are...
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This is a watch I looked long and hard at before buying.
For me the rather avantgarde look with power reserve and datewindow at 9 o´clock took a lot of getting used to.
When the chance came for buying one I didn´t hesitate though.
I bought it from the original owner LNIB and...
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