H-30 automatic movement, 80 hours power reserveĭay Date, Exhibition caseback, Unidirectional rotating bezel If you want an automatic watch with many useful features on it (GMT, power reserve indicator, date), then this Orient Star Seeker GMT will be the perfect choice for you =) I really love this feature as it helps us to know when the power reserve will be empty so that we can either pick it up and use it or manual wind it. In addition, this watch also has a power reserve indicator – hands down the best feature an automatic watch could has. I must say the red accent used in the “GMT” signature and its hand is a nice design on this watch. On top of that, there’s the useful GMT function and date display. While it retails above $1,000, you can get it for around $800 to $900 depending on seasonality.Īnd for that price, you’re getting a full fledged automatic watch with a stunning design and high build quality. What’s great about the Orient Star is it basically a higher quality automatic watch than the normal Orients, and at such a very enticing price too – especially online!įor example is this gorgeous Orient Star Seeker GMT DJ00002W. While the brand Orient is usually associated with cheap Japanese made watches (though many of it offer great value for money such as the Mako and Ray lineups), little did most people know the brand also has a higher quality sub-brand called the Orient Star. Power reserve indicator, Date display, GMT function 40P53 automatic movement, 40 hours power reserve One “flaw” might be the watch is quite thick at 13-14 mm due to the ETA-Valjoux 7750 engine but that is to be expected from automatic chronos.īut with such a beautiful and thought out design like this, the Bulova Gemini 64C104 is still one hell of a beautiful chronograph with a tried and tested automatic ETA-Valjoux movement! It’s a good chronograph movement – basic I would say, as appropriate at this price range. Inside the watch is ETA-Valjoux 7750 automatic movement with 48 hours power reserve. The use of black dial with gold markers/hands/case and red accent works so well in my opinion. I love how the elements on the watch – from the subdials, to the hands, the triangular markers and the textured dial looks to be just “right” without anything seems off. Props up to the Bulova design team for this achievement. And yet Bulova managed to make it all so refined and looks so good. It still has the usual extra subdials for stopwatch function, and even day & date displays as well. In fact, I’d dare say it’s one of the most elegant chronographs in the market currently! But most of these watches are usually sportier than elegant due to the complicated dial (with 2-3 subdials for stopwatch).Įnter the Bulova Gemini 64C104, about as dressy a chronograph can be. The Caliber RW 4500 automatic movement inside it can give a 38 hours power reserve before needing to be recharged again.Īll in all, the Raymond Weil Maestro Moonphase is a beautiful classic dress watch with a very good value proposition that you certainly should not miss!ĮTA-Valjoux 7750 automatic movement, 48 hours power reserveĬhronograph, Day Date display, Textured dialĬhronograph watches are cool watches that also has an added feature with its stopwatch. There’s also a waffle pattern on the center giving the dial a nice additional element. The date subdial at the bottom is another nice touch which I really like.Īt just 39 mm diameter with scratch resistant sapphire crystal on top, the watch is not too big and can be worn easily – a hallmark of a good dress watch. The other elements of the dial is classic in nature – the roman numerals and the hands. I personally love the blue night color of the moon phase indicator with the surrounding black dial. It also helps that the moon phase brings a nice design element on the watch. But to implement it on a watch – automatic nonetheless – shows how the watchmaker is able to skillfully incorporate it into the watch. Of course, practically speaking a moon phase indicator don’t do much. Just try to find around and you’ll notice no other Swiss/Western or Japanese brands would dare to offer an automatic with moon phase indicator at this kind of price. Click on the link here to get the latest price). I love their Maestro dress watch line up and this Moonphase 2839 watch just seems to bring it further.įor a start, it has a moon phase indicator on an automatic movement – which is just unthinkable for its price (around $800-$900 last time I checked. Starting off this list is a watch that I personally like – the Raymond Weil Maestro Moonphase 2839.Įven though Raymond Weil was founded in 1976, around 42 years ago, which in watchmaking business equals to a young teen, their watches are some of the best in terms of value for money. RW 4500 automatic movement, 38 hours power reserveĭate display, Moonphase display, Exhibition caseback
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