Orient Kano/Big Mako Men's Automatic Manual Winding Mechanical Sports Steel Silicone Wrist Watch - Underwater

Preislich betrachtet spielt diese Uhr in der Liga zahllosen und stillosen Hommage Uhren, die alle dasselbe Vorbild haben. Aber diese Uhr ist eine Klasse für sich: wertige Verarbeitung ohne Makel, ein eigenständiges Design ohne etwas zu kopieren, ein qualitativ hochwertiges Armband, ein fast reflexfreies Glas und ein hinreichend präzises Automatic Werk. Und das alles von einer etablierten Uhrenmarke aus dem Epson Konzern Die Uhr sieht in Realität noch schöner aus als auf den Bildern. Was will man mehr?

Several years ago I was a huge Seiko fan and eventually learned about Orient - small subsidiary of Seiko that used many of the same internal movements and was another very popular watch manufacturer from Japan. I owned a couple of Orient automatic watches and enjoyed each one but then when the smartwatch came into vogue I quickly sold my automatic watches and picked up a smartwatch. The smartwatch was fun for a time but eventually I felt overwhelmed by all the notifications and my own constant checking of my pulse, oxygen saturation, and steps taken during the day. I passed my smartwatch onto my daughter (who's really into these things) and I began looking for a simple, automatic watch - I just like the time and date functions - I have a smartphone and don't need a watch to do all the same stuff for me. This watch looks amazing. I call it the Denver Broncos theme - the blue and orange just looks so sharp and the face has a finish that sprays the light across the face and is just beautiful. The outside bezel was a little tight at first but now it turns when I need it to (old school countdown timer) and the luminescence at night is good. The watch is automatic - it winds while being worn courtesy of a pendulum in the case that swings around and winds the watch as the wearer moves their arms. Being it is an automatic, it will run either a little fast or a little slow. Mine is a little fast - about 45 seconds per week, so I just unscrew the crown and pull it out once each week and let the time (as determined on my smartphone or at time.gov) catch up and then push in the crown and screw it down. I have not worn it in the shower due to anecdotes I've heard about soap and shampoo weakening the seals (so what about chlorine and salt water???) but if it's anything like the other Orient diver I owned, it will be fine. I even had an Orient Stingray that was 5 Bar water resistant and used to shower in it and it was fine, too - no issues with the soap or shampoo. I just haven't worn this one because then I have to remove it to dry my wrist and the back of the watch so why go to the trouble? The strap is very comfortable and the watch looks good with everything from a long-sleeved dress shirt to a t-shirt and jeans. I really like the quality of the Orient watches, and the fact that Seiko has allowed the company to still be its own entity, separate from Seiko. Orient watches are still more affordable than Seiko but I think they're every bit as good.

This is my first Orient watch, and my first diver. The case is rather large at 44 mm, and the length from lug tip to lug tip being just over 50mm. It wears great, however, on my 20.5 cm wrist, and I reckon it would be still be perfect down to about 17-18 cm, your mileage may vary. The case is about 13mm thick which is again, not too bad. The dial has a fairly light sunburst effect that is only obvious in direct sunlight but overall it’s a nice blue tone. Hour markers are applied, although these don’t protrude much. The hour & minute hands are matte while the seconds hand is mirror polished, with an orange triangle tip that complements the colour accent on the bezel. Both the markers and the hour & minute hands are filled with lume, even the seconds hand has a triangle shaped lume tip. The lume is greenish hue, the type that starts with a bright glow that drops quickly, however it maintains a “long burn”, I can easily read it in a dark room 7 hours after. The case has a circular brushed effect on the top of the lugs, with the case sides and back mirror polished, with the inner circle of the case back circular brushed again. Finish is good for the price. The face of the unidirectional bezel looks aluminium, its action feels slightly “smudgy” but it does click and it has definite stops, albeit slightly misaligned which I don’t mind much. The dial is behind a flat mineral crystal which has no scratches after 2 months of ownership, having worn it for about 3 weeks in total. The movement seems to gain approx 11 seconds when worn which is again okay, it’s not chronometer grade after all, and I’ve seen much worse on way more expensive Japanese models. You can feel the rotor moving around when on the wrist but nothing overly pronounced, I like it. The ticking sound however is very faint, I can barely hear it when sticking the case to my ear. The screw down crown on my copy is easy to unscrew and screw back, winding action is good, although isn’t very substantial compared to what I’m used to. Position 1 on the crown sets the date and the day of the week, depending on turning direction. Make sure to not use this function between 9 and 3 o’clock: the date wheel starts to turn 1.5 hours before midnight, and the day wheel 1.5 hours after. Position 2 hacks seconds. The strap is nothing to write home about: a standard, if not mediocre, grainy textured silicone affair. I decided to put on a Swiss 60s style orange silicone strap, and there’s my summer beater sorted! I’ve also a blue FKM rubber strap which suits it better then than the original in my opinion – see photos. Overall, it is fantastic value for a 200m WR diver, provided the somewhat larger size suits well on your wrist. No regrets from my side so far, will update if this changes.

Parfait en tout point ! Préférez le bracelet métal pour acheter ensuite un bracelet caoutchouc… cher si acheté séparément !

Lo ame desde el primer día que lo vestí, muy cómodo, excelentes materiales, buen valor por el precio