Orient Pro Saturation Diver, la recensione

Giovanni Di Biase10 Agosto 2018
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Orient Pro Saturation Diver, la recensione

3 Commenti

  1. David

    I’ve had this watch since Feb 2013, when I first got it, the hands were not aligned properly at the hour, so I sent it back to Orient Japan, and they fixed it. They fixed the hands and replaced the rotor, which I guess they tested and found out was not working correctly. But when they sent it back the dial inside was a bit loose. It had some play when ever I pulled the crown and adjusted the time. So I sent it back to them once more and they sent the watch back working perfectly. This back and forth took up about 5 months. I was annoyed with the experience because I had to send it in two times. But both times they returned it with all the paper work showing what they checked and what they changed.
    Here is the good news: I’ve worn it everyday for the passed 2 years on a Zulu strap much like yours. I work in an industrial environment. Part of the reason I bought the watch is because I wanted a tool watch and this one has enhanced shock resistance and a thick sapphire crystal. Not to mention excellent lume and a big display with big hour markers.
    It is a true tool watch. I wear it every day and I’ve gotten lots of compliments on it, even from friends that own Rolexes and Bremonts. Before buying it, I looked around a lot, and came close to buying a MarineMaster, but couldn’t justify paying more than $1500 USD for a watch with a Hardlex crystal, and no shock resistance. I found the Orient to be a better looking watch, with better features suited for a tool watch. I still love the MarineMaster, but I’ll wait until Seiko begins putting sapphire crystals on them, like they do on their Grand Seiko diver.
    I think that the design on this watch is perfectly executed, for a dive watch. It is the best looking diver watch in the market. I love it. I’m also considering investing in the red dial version.
    I know my initial experience may scare some, but Orient Japan did not hesitate to service the watch and got it up to standard.

  2. Tommy

    Nice review. I’ve had my white dial OSD for nearly a year. Rather than a nato strap I went the other way and put on a hefty Super Engineer bracelet to balance out the top-heaviness of the case, with good result. I noticed depending how the watch is sitting and how active one is that my OSD variance can be as much as 15 spd… when new it would lose between 5 and 20 seconds a day. I had Orient regulate my watch… hard to say whether that variance tightened up… but now it is either + or – 0 spd so over time it does a much better job of netting out near perfect time keeping. This watch does feel indestructible and as such I wear it when doing rough and tumble activity. A couple times I’ve considered flipping it but I cannot bring myself to do it because it is really good looking and is the quintessential tool diver in every regard… any other diver that would replace it would be more dainty, short of the Rolex Deep Sea. Hope you enjoy it. I know I still do.

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