A symphony of Time and Technology has Inspired a New Era in Complicated Timepieces.
The origin of Orient dates back to 1901 when Shogoro Yoshida opened a wholesale shop of watches in Ueno, one of the commercial districts in downtown Tokyo. The wristwatch manufacturing company was founded later, in the 1950s, and has been producing watches non-stop ever since. The Orient name may not be as well known as some of the other Japanese watch giants, but with some dramatic new models, the stability of over half a century of history and a reputation for offering excellent value for money, the company has everything to make itself heard in the international brand arena. Orient manufactures and distributes more than two million watches a year, over one million of which are mechanical watches with in-house movements. The latest figures from the brand show that 55 percent of its overseas exports and 63 percent of its Japanese sales are mechanical watches. Add together all the mechanical watches that Orient has ever produced and you get the astronomical number of 80 million. So how does the company do it? The movements are manufactured in Orient's Technical Centre and it is thanks to the brand's 50-year experience in micro-precision technology that the centre is able to produce such large quantities of quality mechanical movements. This technology started with the brand's watch manufacturing business, but has also enabled Orient to expand the scope of its activities to other industry segments such as IT-related products including printer components, quartz oscillators, silicon wafers and other electronic devices.
POWER RESERVE INDICATOR UP TO 40 HOURS, ON THE 12 HOUR POSITION.
MARINE BLUE DIAL, COMES IN ORIENT GIFTBOX.
**All Automatic Watch will gain / lose time:-
All automatic watch including a Rolex will gain or lose time when they are new or not worn on the wrist all the time.
According to Orient Watch Corporation, the timekeeping accuracy of their Automatic movement is +-15 s/day. It has been known that this movement typically runs fast for a few weeks when fresh from the factory sometime get as far as +45 to -35 s/day. Also it keeps better time when worn on the wrist all the time. If you're not wearing the watch for more than its 42 hour reserve, you'll have to rotate it to keep it going or reset the date/time. The watch will "settle down" to a more reasonable accuracy level after being worn for a couple of months.
If your watch loses or gains a few seconds per day, you can take it off at night and :-
1. Lay the watch flat with the dial uppermost (To gain a few seconds if it is slow).
2. Lay the watch vertically with the winding-button downwards. (To lose a few secs)
3. Lay the watch vertically with the winding-button uppermost. (To lose more secs)
(This is reproduced from Rolex instruction manual)
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