Orient Men's Bambino Small Seconds Japanese-Automatic Watch with Leather Strap, 21 mm

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The original Bambino measures over 41 millimeters, and it looks like it’s every bit of it. That’s too large for many guys, so the 36-millimeter case size is refreshing. There are three versions (I, II, and III) available, each of which we’ll specifically cover in the next section. Added Features for the Second Generation

On the other hand, the second-generation Orient Bambino watches, including the “Small Seconds” version, feature an F6722 movement, an evolution of the 48743 with 22 jewels and 42 hours of power reserve.

Apart from the two generations and five versions, the Orient Bambino comes in a few other size and visual variants as well. All of these “special” versions seem to be based on the baton-marked Version V template. Bambino Open Heart In 2001, Seiko Epson became the majority shareholder of Orient Watch, effectively putting Orient under the Seiko Group’s control. In 2009, it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Epson. The Orient Bambino Small Seconds keeps everything simple and practical in time-telling. Besides the small seconds subdial, it has easy-to-read hour markers and a date window. There are also special versions within each generation that combine features from the main versions with new design elements, such as the “Bambino Small Seconds” and the “Open Heart” generation.

IT DOES IF you want a timepiece that strays from the traditional design and anything LESS than ordinary.

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The V is just ornate enough that the open heart doesn’t look out of place on its design, but also minimal enough that it isn’t overly busy either. And finally, we rest our case with this. It’s so affordable you could send your kids to college easily even if you bought it RIGHT NOW! The key lies in the water resistance, specifically in the phrase used to indicate it. In the first generation, it is displayed as “Water Resist,” while in the second and subsequent generations, it appears as “Water Resistant,” with the exception of the “Smart Seconds” series, which does not include this phrase.

With all the outstanding features in each Orient Bambino watch, you might expect that these models would be expensive in the first place.

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Watchmakers have a way of taking a good thing and not necessarily ruining it, but making it unnecessarily difficult. And that applies to the Bambino 36mm. The strap width on this piece is 17 millimeters. For example, there’s a dark blue dial with a murky deep ocean aesthetic and an almost metallic gray version ghostwirter with sharp texturing. It was a skeletonized watch with a beautiful movement underneath — a design style that would become popular in the following years.

The Orient Bambino is possibly one of the best affordable dress watches that can be found on the market today. It is highly regarded even by the most discerning collectors, despite not being a high-value gem.Instead of numbers, you can see thin, clean lines around the dialwith thin indexes displaying the hour markers. Its sunburst dial spices up things in the Orient Bambino watch series. The sunburst dial offers the following dial colors: blue, green, and grey. The Bambino 36mm has some seriously classy looks, and it’s an excellent dress watch. There are two variants that come on metal bracelets, but the classic good looks on the leather strap are hard to beat. This is a CLEAR DISTINCTION between Version 1 and 2. While Version 2 has Roman numerals, Version 1 doesn’t. It used miniaturized parts, tight clearances between the gears, and a single-piece case to create its slim profile. From 1969 and on, Orient began adding more watches to the lineup, including a Nonscratch model with a scratch-resistant design.