Please note that the watches on my site are not for sale. This is my personal collection. Thank you!
Welcome to my Orient Watch web page. In the past year Orient has become my favorite watch brand. I really enjoy the bold, fun and exciting style of these very affordable watches. My goal is to collect as much information about Orient watches as possible. Please enjoy these pages, and if you have any information to add, by all means contact me. Thanks!
I finally found the Rosetta Stone for Orient movement information, and I'm in the process of creating an Orient Watch Movement Database. I still need information from you to grow this database. Please send me your Orient watch information. I need the following for my project: The markings on the case back, the functions of the watch and the dial layout, and the number marked on the rotor. Thank you for your help! Click here to email your watch info to me.
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I'm working to find some information on the history of Orient watches. There's not a lot in English in the Internet at this time. The following is from the official Orient Watch Co., Ltd web site:
Orient Watch was established in July 1950 in Tokyo as a manufacturer of wristwatches. Its predecessor dates back to 1901, when Shogoro Yoshida, the founder, opened a wholesale store of watches in Ueno, one of the commercial districts in downtown Tokyo. For more than 50 years since our foundation, we have tried to do our best to make the Orient brand disseminated throughout the world by emphasizing global marketing efforts.
The Wikipedia entry for Orient Watches contains the following information:
ORIENT Watch Co. Ltd. (オリエント時計) is a Japanese watch company, established in 1950. In 1985 Orient and Seiko established a joint factory. Orient produces a range of automatic and quartz watches ranging in price from reasonably inexpensive (about 50USD / 50Euro) to very expensive (7000USD). Orient Star and Orient Star Royal are the middle and high-end brands, respectively.
Mid-priced Orient watches are perceived by enthusiasts as offering very good value for money. Orient manufactures its own movements, which is quite unusual. Most manufacturers outsource this aspect of their business.
Orient watches are not popular in North America, but appear to be popular elsewhere in the world. North American purchasers can find Orient watches on the usual auction sites. Orient Star and Orient Star Royal watches are quite hard for North American purchasers to find out.
I would love to get some information on manufacturing sites, production volume, and distribution of Orient watches. If you can add any information please email me. I would greatly appreciate it.
Orient watch links:
Higuchi Inc sells higher-end Japanese watches. This page has links to Orient watch catalogs
Email me at Dan.the.WIS@gmail.com with questions or comments
