Quality wise, the Orient star line is pretty comparable to the Seiko SARB line. What you get over the standard Orients is better finishing on the case and dial, usually a nicer bracelet, and a hacking movement. There is some overlap though. I bought an Orient partial skeleton a couple of years ago that has an absolutely outstanding bracelet and the M-Force series have the same movement though the bracelets aren't anything to write home about.


Will

 

Quality wise, the Orient star line is pretty comparable to the Seiko SARB line. What you get over the standard Orients is better finishing on the case and dial, usually a nicer bracelet, and a hacking movement. There is some overlap though. I bought an Orient partial skeleton a couple of years ago that has an absolutely outstanding bracelet and the M-Force series have the same movement though the bracelets aren't anything to write home about.

Will

Yup. I would also add that Orient Star's movements are better decorated than the usually plain movements in the standard Orient line--they also seem to be better adjusted and slightly more accurate, at least from my experience.

For European delivery, you might try Watches88, out of Malaysia, or some of the Japanese website sellers.

 

I like Orient Star but I prefer the normal Orient logo.

 

Orient Stars are a notch above the regular Orient lineup. I have two of 'em and want another. That said, I also have a Sarb017 and can tell you the finishing on the case is better than the Orient Stars.

 

There are also models that used to be part of the Orient Star lineup, but when the next generation comes out with an updated movement, it actually gets billed as regular Orients. A good example of this would be the Saturation Diver watches. My WV0041EL has the updated 40N5A movement (much better IMO, although some would argue about the importance of such features on professional diver watches) which comes with manual winding and hacking, but is now a regular Orient as opposed to its Orient Star predecessor.

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On the dive watch segment the Orient Star is a step up from the mako/ray lineup. Although I think the Orient Star logo is no longer officially being used on new production Orient 300M.

 

A Royal Orient for those who haven't seen one...