Description
ORIENT STAR SDE00002B Specifications
| Features |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Driving system | Automatic features manual hand winding movement | ||
| Caliber number | 40A50 | ||
| Case material | Stainless steel | ||
| Case back | See-through | ||
| Case color | Silver tone | ||
| Band type | Bracelet | ||
| Band material | Stainless steel | ||
| Band color | Silver tone | ||
| Band width | 20 mm | ||
| Clasp | Fold over with double push button | ||
| Dial color | Black | ||
| Glass material | Sapphire crystal with super anti-reflective glass coating | ||
| Hands | White and silver tone (hour, minute) with silver tone second hand | ||
| Dial markers | Silver tone indexes | ||
| Second markers | Minutes markers around the outer rim | ||
| Luminous | Hands and hour markers | ||
| Bezel | Fixed silver tone stainless steel | ||
| Crown | Screwed down at 3 o’clock position | ||
| Calendar | Day and date display at 6 and 9 o’clock position | ||
| Function | Day, date, hour, minute, second, power reserve indicator at 12 o’clock position | ||
| Accuracy | ± 15 seconds per day | ||
| Drive duration | Power reserve approximately 40 hours | ||
| Water resistance | 10 bar water resistance (100 meters / 330 feet) | ||
| Size | Diameter 39.5 mm x Thickness 14.25 mm | ||
| Lug to lug | 46 mm |
ORIENT STAR SDE00002B Features
The Retrograde inherits the heritage of mechanical watches, while featuring more sophisticated designs and specifications. A new indication for day of the week has been added. The movement of the retrograde mechanism that was developed after a two-year effort offers a unique hand movement function that returns the hand to the Monday position as soon as a week has elapsed. This is a watch fit for diverse life settings, with substantial mechanisms lying behind its subtle, yet sophisticated appearance.
- A retrograde mechanism (day of the week hand). The word “retrograde” literally means a return to the starting point. The unique mechanism makes the hand return to the starting point in an instant, from the Sunday to Monday position, when a week has elapsed
- Incorporating highly visible hour and minute hands. The hour and minute hands have been cut in peak shape and feature different finishes on the two sides : matte and mirror finish. The design further enhances visibility
- Modern rotor design. A see-through caseback panel that enables the movement to be seen on the rear of the case has been adopted. The rotor is also of elegant and modern design, very representative of ORIENT STAR
- Second hand halt mechanism
- Self-winding & Hand-winding movement
- Case Size 3H-9H: 39.5mm
- Case Size 12H-6H: 42mm
- Stainless steel case
- Water resistance 100m
- Anti-reflective coating glass
- Day and date display
- See-through screw case back
- Power reserve indicator display
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About ORIENT STAR SDE00002B
A Star is Born
ORIENT STAR debuted in 1951. The name expresses the aim of creating a timepiece that outshines all others in the universe of mechanical watches. The ORIENT STAR brand continues to live up to its name and captivate watch enthusiasts around the world with genuine mechanical watch excellence. The ORIENT STAR story began with the founding of Tama Keiki Co., Ltd in 1950, rechristened the Orient Watch Co., Ltd. only one year later. After collaborating with Seiko Epson Corporation for over 20 years, the two companies officially merged their business and expertise in 2017. Today Epson’s advanced precision part processing and finishing technologies combine with ORIENT STAR’s passion for authentic quality and craftsmanship to launch a new era of mechanical watches.
History of Orient
Orient Watch is a Japanese watch brand owned by Seiko Epson. Established as an independent company in 1950, it became a functional subsidiary of Epson in 2009 before being fully integrated into the company in 2017.
Until it was absorbed into Epson, the Orient Watch Company had primarily marketed mechanical watches (self-winding & hand-winding), but also produced quartz, light-powered (solar) and radio-controlled models. Outside of the main business, the company produced some moving parts and electronic components that were then assembled into Seiko Epson’s electronic devices.
Currently, Akita Epson Corporation (formally Akita Orient Precision Instruments Co., Ltd.), a group company of Epson, manufactures all of the Orient movements in-house in Yuzawa, Akita, Japan.
