ORIENT Men's Kamasu Stainless Steel Japanese-Automatic Diving Watch

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Orient is owned by Epson and Epson is part of the Seiko Group. Seiko Group is a holding company that also owns the appropriate companies that are responsible for Seiko Watches. However, the two brands don’t have any shared corporate direction or any type of related nature. They’re totally different companies that happen to exist under the same Holding group. An example for comparison would be how Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company that owns GEICO auto insurance and Dairy Queen – they share a holding company but have no shared corporate structure that impacts their day to day decisions or large scale creative direction. Slapping it on a NATO and now a perlon strap and pulling it up just a bit higher on my wrist has eliminated the lug concerns. The positives just keep on coming: nice polished/brushed case, GORGEOUS dial, framed day/date comp., applied indexes, applied logo, great lume, sapphire crystal, accurate (in my experience) in-house movement, 22mm lug width makes it a true strap monster. Plus, for slim wrists like mine, the deployant underneath is relatively short so that it doesn’t poke out from one side of my wrist. With a height under 13mm and modest lug to lug, it’s a good all-arounder. All in all, we aren’t talking about a watch that feels exactly like a multi-thousand Euro watch, but it feels a lot better than it should given its price. The dial comes in a beautiful burgundy gradation on a textured finish. All the other features are the same as the rest of the range such as the day/date cutout that is surrounded by a polished frame as well as the hands and indices.

It’s one of my cheapist auto watches but it’s the one that gets the most compliments from the ladies.They don’t sell them in the UK so I got mine from Japan for 210 pounds but the extra money and made in Japan with the Kanji days if defiantly worth it. When I first got the watch I was very worried about afters ales parts as they don’t exist but now when mine goes bad I can just get a replacement movement but keep the Kanji date wheel. My movement keeps +1 or 0 maybe +2 a day but if I position it at night correctly I can get 0 or +1 oddly enough the beat error on phone mic tomography shows it as being near 2.0 but it’s hard to trust a phone app.

I have an eye on the Kamasu for quite a while, because I think the execution of the watch and the value proposition is great. The newer kamasu watches with the faded dial look good but for me the Red or the green sunburst all day. I had ignored it up until now because the 47mm lug-to-lug scared me and my scrawny 6-inch wrists away, but when I saw it on sale for the price of a nice bracelet, I asked to try it on and was asking to be rung up within seconds. The watch is 20ATM. This means the watch is suitable for diving. The watch comes with 2 Year Warranty. The day and date window is nicely framed and presented on the Orient Kamasu. Also, the Orient logo, with its splash of red, blends in nicely with the dial.With the Orient Kamasu, we have a serious contender for best inexpensive automatic diver. It just so happens that this watch, like the Seiko SKX007 and Citizen NY0040, also hails from Japan, where making affordable bulletproof divers seems to be an everyday affair. Orient, up until very recently, was seen more as the oddball/insider’s choice when compared to its better known Japanese rivals, but better marketing and watches are changing that standing. So, does the Kamasu have what it takes to dethrone either of the two icons? We once looked at the SKX007 versus the NY0040 in this popular article, but it’s time to bring in the greenhorn. With this Summer Special, we take a look at the Orient on its own and then briefly position it against the old guard. Anything could happen! If they hadn’t bizarrely left out the lume dot on the bezel (no pip!) and the useful minute gradations in the first 15, for god knows what reason, I’d be wearing it now. I actually use my timer all the time, and besides it just looks silly not meeting the ISO and JIS requirements for something so simple. I do have a Mako 1.2 or “XL” , which has the “60” in place of the triangle, and that is just enough out there for it to be its own animal that it doesn’t bother me. But omitting it and leaving a blank triangle….. yeah I’m ocd, but I think it looks cheap. He not only does not criticise the lugs, he specifically points out that the end links on a bracelet (not even specifically criticising this bracelet, but in general) hide the lugs and that when paired with an aftermarket strap without end links it shows off the lugs well. And he also specifically say “I did not find this to be the case” when pointing out that some people have criticised the smooth finish on the crown making it hard to grip. Found this in a Tokyo dept. store on sale at an insane markdown. More than 75% off msrp and 50% below what it is usually going for online.

Loved the review. Could agree with you more on the dial color and finish. I have the Ray II in blue and it’s one of my favorite every day wear. Love the size and color. I am looking to buy the Kamasu in either the green or the red but looking at your pictures and that rubber band combo, it is a KILLER! As Seiko continues to reposition itself in the market, I think it is time to pass the crown of the value king to a different Japanese brand: Orient Watches. Let me introduce you to one of their impressive offerings. For the price even pre-discount, you get a reputable brand with decades of watch making experience, incredible build quality and finishing for the price, a sapphire glass crystal and a proven in-house movement. I’d be hard pressed to find a better value than this.Kamasu is a very fast predatory fish that can swim upwards of sixty miles per hour and can reach up to five feet in length, although specimens used for sushi are much smaller and usually only weigh less than a pound. The best kamasu comes fromKanagawa prefecture just south of Tokyo. This Orient watch has a Steel silver case 42 mm in diameter and is fitted with a Metal strap. Inside the case lies a Orient movement and the watch features a Sapphire crystal. I don’t religiously record the performance of the movement on a daily basis but I have spent enough time with quite a few of these and can tell you that I am getting a pretty good accuracy of between +6 to +12spd across the board on these movements. There exists a small space in the world of mechanical watches, a space that is occupied by only a handful of brands that are able to deliver solid build quality from a reputable manufacturer at a reasonable cost. Orient is one of those few brands, and the Kamasu expertly exemplifies those abilities. These are the important elements that really matter, and this is how a watch can earn its “cred”, not from shady marketing or murky sourcing. The Kamasu reminds all of us cynics of one thing: sometimes you can believe the hype. About the author

Fibaly orient is selling this caliber aftermarket as the S. Epson YN56A the movements are the same size and are interchangeable with the nh35/36 but they are made in Japan and cost less, even If you don’t do anything you don’t need to wind it. Also, Fratello once again devotes too much space to a non-issue, in this case swapping the bracelet for no reason beyond aesthetics. And again, complaining about the lugs… There’s a pattern here. I think Fratello has an axe to grind with Orient (Star) and always finds something minor to write (too much) about. It comes in 4 designs, 3 standard models in grey, blue-green and blue gradation dials and a 2000pc limited edition burgundy dial in a copper plated case. The 3 standard models come on a metal bracelet while the limited edition comes on a vintage style leather strap. On the Orient side of things, this is undoubtedly one of the standouts for 2021. The original Kamasu was already a winner and the second generation refresh brings a whole new aesthetic to the line which is popular among many. This limited edition piece in particular really sets itself apart from the rest of the line style wise and really needs to be seen in person to be appreciated.

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