Customer Reviews

Orient Men's CEV09002W Wide-Calendar White Automatic Watch

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This is my first experience with an automatic watch, and I think it was an excellent choice. I'd read good things about the Orient brand, and it was certainly inexpensive enough to make it worth a try. It's a very sharp looking watch, without an overly "busy" face distracting you from its main function: telling you the time, day and date. It's also been rather accurate, from what I understand about automatic watches, gaining about 4 seconds in the first week I've had it.

I'm very pleased with the overall look, feel, fit, and finish of this watch. It seems to be of very high quality compared to other automatics in this price range and an outstanding value compared to glamour or vanity brands.

My only quibble, and which keeps me from giving it a 5th star, is that the face is not actually white, as stated. It's a very light silver, done in a very subtle checkerboard style. It doesn't make it any less attractive, but the contrast between the silver numerals and other hour markings is not as stark as it would have been against a plain white background and makes it minimally more difficult to read at a glance. You can't tell from the pictures of it here or any other website I've seen, so if you really want a white dial face, this ain't it.

I'll definitely be trying out some of their other models, and would certainly recommend them. I've got my eye on their yellow-faced diver's watch next. If you are choosing between Orient and another brand, I would enthusiastically recommend you give Orient a try. Their blue dials are stunning, and I've read many reviews about the Blue Mako model that rave about it.

I have this watch, can't say enough good things about it.
Most importantly, it keeps great time. After a week, I would estimate +3-5 seconds per day, compared to clock at time.gov.
Aesthetically, the watch looks very classy, and the silver checked face is beautiful. Subtle, but enough to distinguish it from a plane jane watch. I think the face makes the watch special, I don't think I would like it nearly as much.
This is my first watch with a full day calendar, and I think the reason I like it is that the day is at the 6 o'clock position and doesn't dominate the watch. The date is also easily visible.
Not great night visibility because the hours are only illuminated by tiny dots, but not a big issue.
The band is very nice, fits comfortably, but note that it is a bit shiny. It has grown on me.
Overall, for the price, I really don't think you can find a better watch of this style. Only improvement I can really suggest would be a screw down crown.
Also, I've seen a picture of this watch with a metal band and it looks very sharp, so it is versatile if you ever want to change the band.

The quality and reliability of this watch are most questionable. As also the commitment of Orient to honour the guarantee on repair. Mine lasted three months at which point the day function jammed, and won't free up. In New Zealand where I live (I bought the watch from a US retailer, payment via Amazon) I find, in seeking repair, there is no Orient service repair agent, as also there's none in Australia. The watch's failure so early on signals a poorly made mechanism assembled poorly, far from the quality claimed of it by Orient. As for servicing, Orient hasn't responded to questions how it might be repaired; indeed they have not responded in any way at all to the issues raised with them. I do regret buying the watch, that it is an Orient, that its guarantee wasn't qualified with limits, and is worthless where I have the problems with it, and that I've wasted time and money on it all round. Perhaps others can learn from those lessons.

Watch itself looks fine. Less than two days of power reserve, so be ready to reset the time if you don't put it in a watch winder and you don't wear it over the weekend. The band is an ugly orange. You can almost certainly get a better deal if you go direct to the website and use a widely available coupon code.

I have had a few hundred watches and this is the best watch currently available for men at this price point. Similar to fine Swiss watches that could be purchased cheaply years ago. If this watch were made in Switzerland today, it would not be sold for less than $2000., which is why no one can afford better Swiss watches anymore. Kudos to Orient and Amazon for this fine offering. This watch will merit cleaning and overhaul years down the road, even if it costs two or three times the cost of the watch, in my opinion.

I was looking for an automatic watch with a date and day of the week display and found this one. Very good price for the quality! I've had the watch for less than a day now and love it. It's very beautiful and feels very solid. I'm looking at wearing this watch daily so I'll be looking at getting a metal band after a while. The leather band it came with is a bit too orange in color for my liking. The face size is just right too. It seems as though watches made now have huge faces of which I hate. I would have to agree with the other reviewer, the only con I can think of is the watch doesn't have a screw down crown. It says it's "water resist" so I won't be deep sea diving with it on but a screw down crown would give me a little more confidence in it's water tightness. Not too concerned about it thought. I would highly recomend this watch to anyone.