About Orient:

Founded in 1950, Orient Watch has been providing the world with unique and distinctive timepieces. Today, the Orient brand is cherished by customers in more than 70 countries and continues to hone its craft by developing the mechanical movement. To date, Orient has developed over 40 unique mechanical watch calibers, and its factories in Northern Japan produce over 1.1 million watch movements per year.

Orient prides itself on the premise that its timepieces are a “watchmaker’s watch”– a no frills mechanical watch that is robust and trustworthy. Our online reputation suggests that an Orient watch is reliable out of the box, and our use of a ball bearing system in our automatic watches ensure that the watch will start running with little effort. All of this can be attributed to Orient’s undying dedication to the mechanical watch. The implicit value of possessing an Orient watch is that the only way to enjoy its tremendous quality is through ownership.

Mechanical watches are considered to offer a number of advantages:

• Interesting and artistic features in which time the time ticks off through the combined work of precision parts.

• Efficient capturing of the energy of motion generated by daily activities.

• Functionality for an extended period through part replacement, with an added emotional value through successive generations of families passing down valued watches.

The Nami is our refreshed take on a classic diver design. Compared to the rest of the diver line, it stands alone stylistically: We’ve opted for longer, rectangular hour markers and a straightforward set of pencil hands. The chapter ring is numbered in lieu of hash marks. And instead of using a sloped bezel like the Mako and Ray, the Nami employs a flat bezel. The interesting thing about the glossy transparent aspect of the bezel insert is that it’s also slightly transparent, which allows it to really glow in natural light. The Nami’s 46mm case is also noteworthy for a number of reasons. “Nami” is the Japanese word for “wave”, and it’s only fitting that the case supports 200m of water resistance (which is perfect for swimming, snorkeling, and surfing). Like last seasons’ M-Force Bravo, the Nami does not feature crown guards, which paves the way for an even cleaner design. Now, the lugs are a completely different story. They’re sloped and heavily angled, with each surface alternating in brushed and polished metals. The lugs are sloped at a steeper angle for a reason: although the watch is relatively large, the combination of a sloped lug and fitted strap provides additional comfort and a more natural look on the wrist.