Orient Men's Japanese Automatic / Hand-Winding Stainless Steel 200 Meter Diving Watch

4 and a half stars if it were an optionThis is an aweaome timepiece, looks good and makos(and of course rays) keep great time once they've settled inI personally have 3 beefs with these watches.First, the crown on the new makos and rays is definatly too small. Hard to grip and a pain in the neck to screw in becuase its so small. Not a deal breaker, but should certainly be addressed when (if?) They ever decide to come out with a mako/ray 3.Second, the bezel on these watches looks great, and I dont mind that they're a bit stiff, I actually kind of prefer that, as it won't accidentally move. However, because the watch crystal isn't sapphire, I think the bezel should be tall enough to create a buffer for the crystal, 2 or 3 mm taller and it would greatly reduce thw chance of scratching the glass.Third, I know they make a 'usa' version that addresses this, but. The watch braclet and the crystal. The end links on the braclet alone could be so much better, presumably for not too great a cost to orient. I'd gladly pay an extra.. Say 10 or 20 bucks to have that improvement. The same applies to the crystal. Call that 30. Really amazing at 150-170 bucks, could be mind boggling at 200 -230. The lume isn't amazing either, but the ray has chunky hands amd indices, making that not really even a problem.I own several makos, and this is my first ray. My work watch for the last few years was a black dial mako(original) on a leather cuff/band. I still runs great but the crystal is scuffed to the point I allmost want to buy a crystal press and attemt a repairThe ray (in blue) is now my work watch, and I'm gonna try to remeber to take it off if I get into anything particularly rough going forwardDon't take me wrong though, I would highly recomend this watch, it's pretty, it's low cost, and remarkably well built, especially for the price. It can dress up or down well enough for 95% of most peoples day to day lives. I just see that a few details can be improved upon, and in my mind, the first 2 alone would make this watch the last I would want to own.Last thing, why doesn't Amazon carry the USA Version?

This is my first automatic watch and I must say I have mixed feelings about it.The thing is that you should consider if automatics are for you, cause they are not for me.For the uninitiated this is not your typical mall boutique watch. This is NOT a quartz watch which means there is NO battery. It holds mechanical energy in a spring that is wound up by either wearing the watch or by manually winding it using the crown. This also means that the watch will only work for so long as the sprint has tension on it. This is referred as the power reserve. This watch has about 2 days power reserve in my experience. So you should expect to find the clock "dead" after a few days of not wearing it. THIS IS NORMAL every mechanical watch works like this, not matter if is an Orient, Citizen, Omega or Rolex. Of course some watches have longer power reserves, but purely mechanical watches usually only hold a few days of power.Automatic watches such as this are also way less accurate than your $10 chinese quartz watch. Yeah you read that right a $10 chinese no brand quartz watch is way more accurate than a $9,000 Rolex Submariner. This is just part of how the technology of the 2 differ. You should NOT expect a mechanical watch to be sure accurate. Even Omega and Rolex high end models are only about +/-5 seconds a day. This Orient has about +/-40 seconds and is under $200 which is pretty amazing. You should also keep in mind that every watch has a slightly different deviation in accuracy so you model could be +/-8 secs a day while mine is +/-30 secs a day. You might find it almost as good as some watches worth 10 times more.For me it's a pain to have to rewind the watch every 2 or 3 days.I have several watches and I constantly change between them in the week, but I notice I tend to use my battery quartz watches and my citizen solar way more than this specially when I'm a bit late in the morning and I notice the watch died in the middle of the night and doesn't have the correct time or date.For those used to large watches I would say that you should first make sure the size is good for you. Coming from slightly bigger watches this feels like it needs 1 or 2 more millimeters in the diameter department for my taste.::Looks of the watch::The watch looks amazing, the details on the orient logo, the crown logo, the finishing in the bevel coinage, everything is spot on. I must say the logo on the dial is specially amazing. The details and size and how is applies amaze me every time I look at it. However while the dial looks nice I would say there is nothing special about it, while also nothing wrong, it just doesn't wows anyone.The band of the watch is not bad by any stretch for this price range but nothing amazing. Everything works well, there is almost zero rotor noise unless you can hear a needle dropping this won't bother you.It was a screwdown crown, hacking and manual winding. The crown action is very satisfying and every step is clearly defined. The bezel action is magnificent and I really meant it. The bezel has a 120 click action and is rock solid not a chance it moves by accident. Too be honest is a little hard to move but it also means it has zero and I mean zero play in either direction, the bezel action is amazing every click is very satisfactory. However the aluminium insert is a bit underwhelming since it's like a matte color it doesn't pops.

After seeing this brand show up on so many "Must have" lists, I decided to make this my first automatic watch purchase. I am a newbie and know nothing about watches other than the fact that I wanted a diver without a battery. I love this watch because it is heavy, fits right (I have a "normal" size wrist), and is BEAUTIFUL to look at. I love the deep blue and the starburst face. It is not black but not really bright blue either. It is a perfect classy blue that looks great with a t-shirt or a suit. The splashes of red in the second hand and the SUN day indicator is an awesome touch too. You will love the weight of this watch and the lume is super bright and lasts about 5 hours.I noticed about a 4-8 second jump every day in the accuracy. And the power lasts less than a weekend. I can't let it sit for more than a day and a half without the power clicking away.Now, I have had it for about 6 months and now maybe I am ready to already move into a ceramic bezel. As my photos show, I have banged it up without realizing it. I am a weekend DIY guy and after wearing it for some little house projects, the bezel and the crystal got pretty banged up (pics 1 and 2). I didn't notice it at first but just be careful. The metal is soft and the paint does not really last if scratched. Realize this is not a $2,000 ceramic bezel watch and you will be OK. That is why people get ceramic bezels. If I do get a black one, I will keep better care of it.I recommend this watch, but be gentle. It is not a fashion watch. This one is for real.