Orient Men’s ‘Sun and Moon Version 3’ Japanese Automatic Stainless Steel and Leather Casual Watch, Color:Brown (Model: FAK00003T0) Review

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.

If you’re wondering how we could ever improve upon the Sun and Moon, let alone the Version 2, we’re with you. Aside from the insertion of our new caliber F6B24, aesthetically, there are a few subtle differences. The day and sun and moon sub-registers of the Version 3 have been shifted to be concentrated on the left two-thirds of the dial. Additionally, the print of the Roman numeral hour numbers has been lifted, making them appear a tad larger and bolder. The dial conveys the same level of depth as the previous version; however the concentric and guilloche detailing seem to be more pronounced and crisp. In short, the Sun and Moon Version 3 picked up where it’s predecessor left off, and became even more refined. Dimensions-wise, the Version 3 has remained unchanged. It still sits at 42.5mm across, and 14mm thick. (which is attributed to its domed sapphire crystal).