Thought I would give SF a heads up on a brand many might not know, that has served me well. All movements are made in house, by a company well regarded in the industry (owned now by Seiko IIRC).

I just got done cleaning and regulating my 6 y/o Orient Mako watch, and I continue to be amazed by its reliability, and accuracy; +2 to +3 seconds a day, utilizing positional variance at night. Beat rate seems A-OK, and she looked real good inside, when I removed the 46963 movement. Paid $100 for it back then, and even today, they are an absolute steal.



They DO NOT look or feel like a cheap watch, and I would be proud to give one as a gift to anyone.

The new Mako USA II automatic is simply amazing for the price, if its size suits your wrist/personal style. This new movement is hand-wind/self-wind, hacking, sapphire crystal, great lume, 120 click bezel, with solid end links. Orient USA runs promos all of the time, and can be had for a lot less than list price:



https://orientwatchusa.com/sho...-watches/saa0200bd9/

I really like their Flieger style, and wish this new movement was in it:



No shill for the company, just a happy owner of a few, and will be buying more.

Yes, very solid watches. A definite competitor to Seiko. Possibly better styling.

RMD

I don't care for their designs too much, but Orient is well known to watch enthusiasts as a very good value.

what you need is a smaller pic size

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Originally posted by Deqlyn:
what you need is a smaller pic size

Sorry about that. The bottom two hot-linked "large", and my photo was 'upsized' by postimage, even when I said to not resize? Made blurrier too.

Glad to see other folks know of them. It has been a long time since I had a light faced watch, and this MAKO USA II, looks a bit jaunty, but easy for these tired eyes to read:





I really need a much larger watch, to match my wrist size, and wish they had this model in say a 45/47mm.

My Orient is my work beater.Its been dropped hard enough that I have had to opened up and reset the regulation and without equipment I have it at about the same loss as you.Very good watches.

Nice looking watches. I hadn't heard of them before.

they are nice, but what do they do that my Seiko 5 can't? that's the only thing that keeps me away.

I've been eyeing one with a green face and multifaceted crystal, very nice looking and less than $100 seems like a great deal. Your post will now make me order the watch.

Got this Orient Trooper on my wrist right now. Automatic, see-through caseback, Sapphire crystal, solid end-pieces and only $127 through Massdrop.

I like watches, but haven't worn one in years. That one reminds me of Rolex. Is it heavy?

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Originally posted by Oz_Shadow:
I like watches, but haven't worn one in years. That one reminds me of Rolex. Is it heavy?

That was my thought as well about the similarity to Rolex. I was almost hoping it has the bubble magnifier.

I have an Orient Mako. The band didn't last a year, but I didn't expect much for $120!!

It's a pretty solid mechanical watch. Accurate and really good-looking as well. Just needs a new band to go back to my daily wear.

My only issue is that they are clearly becoming more popular, because they are now up to $190.

I say buy one before they charge full-retail!!

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Originally posted by rduckwor:
Yes, very solid watches. A definite competitor to Seiko. Possibly better styling.

RMD

Orient is owned by Seiko.

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Originally posted by Oz_Shadow:
I like watches, but haven't worn one in years. That one reminds me of Rolex. Is it heavy?

My Mako tips the scales @ about 6 oz.

I'm drawn to automatic watches.....I just wish they were smaller in diameter.

I have small hands and wrists and the larger watches just look goofy on me....

Any suggestions ?? mike

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Originally posted by mike28w:
I'm drawn to automatic watches.....I just wish they were smaller in diameter.

I have small hands and wrists and the larger watches just look goofy on me....

Any suggestions ?? mike

Mike, head to Amazon or similar, and input something like 35-39mm for diameter. This would put you in the small side of mens watches, and what was very popular years ago. You will find a ton of choices.

This is very nice:

https://www.amazon.com/Seiko-S...Canvas/dp/B002SSUQFG

Such a simple , obvious suggestion ...but I had never thought about it that way !! Thanks !!

You may have just cost me some $$

I also have small wrists and hate the 42mm watches. I bought one of the Seiko 5's like the one linked and I am very happy. I wear it everyday and it works great. I find it loses about 1-2 minutes a month, which I don't think is too bad. Every month I just pull up the NIST time on my iPad and tick it ahead a few.