2/12/13 Orient 300m professional diver watch - a Brief review

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Orient is a Japanese watch company with a history

dating back to 1901. Orient offer excellent quality

watches at very reasonable price points. In September

2008 Seiko Epson announced its intention to take full

ownership control of Orient. Prior to that it had a 52%

equity stake in Orient.

The Orient 300m Professional diver watch is one of the

larger watches in my collection. It is a real saturation

diver rated to a depth of 300m. It differs from the usual

Swiss design for saturation dive watches in that the

Helium escape valve is omitted.

The watch measures 45.7mm in diameter without crown

and the lug to lug distance is approximately 55mm. At

the side the watch measures 16.6mm thick. As can be

expected from its dimensions the watch weights a hefty

233 grams with the steel bracelet. In case you haven't

noticed this is not a watch to be worn to the office

unless you wish to risk denting the expensive office

furniture or ripping your shirt cuffs off.

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The crown is signed and is located at the 4 o'clock

position, which helps to alleviate the problem of

excessive wrist contact as is commonly experienced

with 3 o'clock crown positions, especially with large

sized watches. Crown guards curve out gently from the

watch casing to protect the crown.

The orange colored dial is protected by a 5.3mm thick

AR coated sapphire glass. On the dial the hour, minute

and second hands, together with the hour markers are

coated with a generous amount of luminous paint which

provide excellent luminosity in the dark. The date

window is located at the nine o'clock position instead of

the more conventional 3 o'clock position. As this watch

is obviously not meant to be elegantly concealed by

shirt cuffs, the date window position does not represent

a problem. The thick and wide bezel rotates in only the

anti-clockwise direction in 60 solid clicks.

Between the 12 o'clock and 2 o'clock positions is the

power reserve indicator. This is not a common feature

on dive watches. The indicator swings in a 120 degree

arc to indicate the amount of energy reserve in the

barrel spring in 10 hour increments.

In addition to the stainless steel bracelet Orient has

supplied an additional polyurethane strap. For those who

find the watch a bit on the heavy side can always strap

on urethane strap for an instantaneous weight loss. As

a nice touch, Orient has also provided a strap changing

tool to simply the task of switching straps. The bracelet

is equipped with a cleverly designed gliding diver's

extension which can be operated without having to take

the watch off the wrist. A push button release is

provided to unlock the bracelet and a safety clasp

prevents accidental unlocking of the bracelet.

Orient is known to utilize the "magic lever" automatic

winding system in their movements. As such this self

winds very efficiently. From a dead stop the watch can

be easily restarted with a few swings of the arm, and

once on the wrist the power reserve builds up with

quickly and effortlessly.

Below are some pictures of my Orient 300m Professional

Diver:

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Frontal view of the watch face.

Laser etched Orient logo on the crown. Notice the

traditional lug hole design which simplify the task of

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strap changing.

Small date window at the 9 o'clock position.

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Laser etched Orient logo on the clasp.

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Power reserve indicator has 10 hour increments.

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The triangle marker on the bezel has a luminous pearl.

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Cleverly designed gliding diver's extension.

Details of the clasp locking mechanism.

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Details of the clasp locking mechanism. Push lever for

unlocking clasp.

Details of stainless steel bracelet with solid links.

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Nicely engraved case back.

Detail of knurled screw down crown.

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Close up of bezel and crown. Notice the knurls on the

crown and coin edge on the bezel which provide firm

grip.

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Close up of dial. Notice the quality dial print work and

the beautiful metallic borders on the markers.

As the pictures above testify the Orient Diver is a well

designed watch with excellent quality build and finish.

Orient could have put a much higher price tag on this

watch but by not doing so have provided one of the

best value for money dive watches available in the

market today.

Technical specifications taken from Orient web site:

i) Mechanical Movement : ORIENT caliber 46N4A Made in

Japan

ii) Self-winding movement (Does not hack nor hand

wind)

iii) Enhanced shock proof

iv) 21 jewels

v) 21600/hour vibrations

vi) Power reserve indicator

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vii) Stainless steel case and bracelet

viii) One-way rotating bezel

ix) Sapphire crystal with anti-reflection coating

x) Screw caseback, screwed-down crown

xi) Special extensible buckle for metal bracelet

xii) Water resistant to 300m

xiii) Diameter 45.7mm

xiv) Thickness 16.6mm</p>

Additional specifications:

Reference no - CFD0C001M

Power reserve - 40 hours

Links and resources:

Reviews:

i) Review by Kew on Orientalwatchsite

ii) Review by Oldecrow on Orientalwatchsite

iii) Information Orient web site

Information on the Magic Lever winding system:

i) Post on Orientalwatchsite by Knightwatchman

ii) Article on Timezone by Rob Berkavicius

iii) Article on PuristsPro by Al

iv) Summary table describing Orient movements

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