Orient Japanese Automatic/Hand-Winding 38mm Dress Watch Bambino Version 7

Wonderful Timepiece, very close to perfection, especially for the price!
What can be said for this truly wonderful timepiece that already hasn’t? I’ve wanted to own an Orient timepiece for a while because of their classic styling, but they were mostly too large for my wrist. After learning about the 38mm Bambino and researching it, I couldn’t wait to see it for myself. I love clean classic design, and this watch does not disappoint. Upon receiving the beautifully packaged watch, one look and it became clear to me that this Orient Bambino 38 exceeded my expectations.This is a truly wonderful watch. The size is perfect, and the face is elegant and clear. the ivory dial is not exactly matte — it has a very slight subtle sheen, not to reflect light, but to make it elegant and give it a little richness. The markers glitter all day and play with light, and hands are a sharp sparkling deep blue that are easy to see against the creamy background. The movement is lovely, and the sweep of the second hand is gentle and soothing. So far, my watch has been keeping astonishingly accurate time.The hand winding is crisp and clean, with nice feedback and a large enough crown to get a good grip as you wind, and the automatic movement is great, with the exhibition back giving you a good view of the movement that is designed more for function that decoration, but it’s still a wonder to see the gears of little precision machine on your wrist, and fun to view the feedback as you wind.The leather band is much better than other reviewers have led me to believe it would be. it’s a little stiff and squeaky at first, but I wore it as I waited for the replacement bands to come in, I began to see its charm. The chestnut color is perfectly chosen to compliment the watch face, and the leather breaks in quickly, taking away the squeaky quality. I tried the other bands, and kept the OG band! it was charming, comfortable, and classic — and lends the watch an air of proper playfulness.The case is elegant, graciously proportioned bezel and lugs, and there is a good mix of brushed and polished surfaces. It looks rich. The watch easily looks 3 times the price or more.And this is something I feel passionately about: I love their 2 lion and crest logo, I know that others have bristle at it, but for me, it speaks to the classic old fashioned charm, and gives this understated masterpiece a level of charm and flourish and feels timeless and retro and fresh all at once. It makes me smile.My strongest criticism is the same as other people have reported: I would pay extra for sapphire crystal. The domed crystal is gorgeous, but my love of this watch compels me to wear it as my daily go-to, and I would be able to do so with less stress if I had the assurance of the durability of a sapphire crystal.Overall, the look and feel of this watch is one of a classic timepiece, but with a subtle playful air of elegant proportions and a feel for never becoming outdated.All said, the value of this watch is beyond exceptional, but the watch is wonderful not only because it’s a good value, The Orient Bambino 38 is wonderful because it it a beautifully designed timepiece with thoughtful proportions that will look great on everybody, and a vibe that has a sense of classic history. High recommend. Now, Orient needs to make a special edition 38mm with sapphire crystal and screw down crown!

Excellent, elegant watch
At 38mm it’s not gigantic on your wrist. Such a beautiful watch. Keeping great time. First Orient watch and I’m impressed with everything at this pricepoint. I may get a fancier band one day but for now the standard one works just fine.

A beautiful watch
This is my first automatic, it’s gorgeous and comfortable. Can’t take it off and I sleep with it. I’m monitoring it’s performance via watch accuracy meter app and it started at +9s/d and has been settling down, now it’s running at +5s/d after 3 days of use. Date change completes at midnight but you’re seeing the transition since 11pm. Internally it actually happens between 8pm-2am according to the manual. The strap is very comfortable too and I haven’t had squeaky sounds as other stated, both the strap and movement are very quiet. It seems the buckle has a pin too so once I need to replace the strap I’ll be able to keep the Orient labeled buckle, that’s nice: strap goes 20mm at lugs to 18mm to buckle. The biggest concern I had prior buying online was the visibility of the black dial, but once it arrived I was able to confirm that’s not an issue at all. The artifacts that some videos show are produced because how reflective the hands are: if you point a flashlight at it at the dark you’re actually reflecting black from the dark behind you and that’s the only artificial situation that has compromised visibility. I actually found it much clearer than my (also non lume) white dial quartz at night with just a TV on: hands are so reflective that the bare light from a TV at night reflects back from the wall behind me and contrast so gratefully with the black dial. At sunlight no issues neither at office, so basically visibility is good in all normal scenarios. Wanted to point out that it came in a beautiful cube like box with a pillow, was worried to receive it in the large pen like box instead. Also worth to mention that it dresses thinner than the actual 12mm height since almost half of it comes from the domed glass, haven’t found it thicker at hand than my 7mm quartz.

Llegó antes de la fecha de entrega y todo en orden, llega en una caja de cartón con el logo de Orient y dentro viene el estuche rígido. El reloj trae sus plásticos en ambas caras y en la correa. También viene la garantía de Amazon y manual. El reloj se ve y se siente increíble para el precio, el único “detalle” es la correa qué es mu ruidosa al manipularla (espero mejore con el tiempo). Mi muñeca mide 18 cm. y queda perfecto.

For 200-300$ you can’t find a prettier watch. Keeps great time and is nicely finished.

The 38 mm size with the lug width which is common to straps available in the market says it all.