[HazChrono]

Hi again guys,

went to a couple of fleamarkets yesterday with a fellow WIS and picked up this very interesting mechanical orient watch:





It has '17 jewels water resistant' on the dial
'all stainless steel water resistant' on the back as well as 'OS 215' (cal. no.?)

unfortunately i havent yet been able to open the caseback however when i do i will update this post with the relevant information

Any comments/info welcomed

Thanks in advance,

Hazchrono

 

[anzac1957]

Nice pick up.. Perhaps the OS stands for Orient Star apart from the standard logo on the dial..

 

[HazChrono]

ok I managed to open the caseback. it says:
'ORIENT 48320'
JAPAN
17J





Thanks,

Hazchrono

 

[Claud]

Wow, amazing lucky find!! These are very rare and a real collector's piece! These sell for a large amount of money, I saw one sell for $1000 and that was cheap. You are officially in the money now!!!






(Joke, I don't know how much it is worth or anything about it, but it does look interesting inside, nice find! ;-))

 

[HazChrono]

lol you almost had me there, anyone any ideas about the approximate age? the movement seems to be high quality

 

[nhoJ]

interesting. its a handwinder.

water resistant marking gives some dating estimate to at least the 70's. the case back looks nicer than I would have expected.

 

[HazChrono]

yes, i have serious doubts as to whether the caseback is original to the watch it has OS 215 on the back, which as anzac pointed out could refer to orient star, which it probably isnt.

 

[MACz13]

the likelihood of someone having an orient star caseback of the exact same dimensions and bothering to put in on a watch which is most likely worth less than any orient star is pretty slim. especially in hungary. come on harrison, pensar!