Orient Men's FEM0401NN Tri Star Green Dial Standard Self Winding Automatic Watch
To find a specialized watch company that uses in-house movements selling its watches at prices that are affordable to most people is truly refreshing. Most of the watch companies that do make in-house movements are big name specialized watch companies such as Patek Philippe whose watches ranges from tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars. It is unusual today to find a watch company that makes its own movement selling watches at prices offered by Orient. What sets Orient apart from other watch companies is really the fact that Orient has always been focusing on making its mechanical movements better and more reliable. For its quartz models, it uses Seiko's quartz movements. Orient, however, continues to make its own mechanical movements. Today, Seiko owns a controlling stake in Orient. In the 70s, when mechanical watch companies faced hardship from the mass introduction of inexpensive quartz watches, Citizen and Seiko took the path of mass producing quartz watches, Orient stuck with what it did best, making mechanical watches. Orient Watch has always focused on mechanical watches, primarily automatic watches with its own in-house automatic movements Orient was once part of the "Big Three" watch companies in Japan along with Citizen and Seiko. However, the history of Orient Watch really dates back to 1901, when Shogoro Yoshida, the founder of Orient, opened a wholesale watch store in Ueno, Japan. About Orient: Orient Watch was formally established in July 13th, 1950 in Tokyo