New Models Now Released On The Japanese Market

Orient first announced its 75^th anniversary models and MY2025 Orient Star watches, earlier this month, as global market editions. Orient Japan now caught up with the announcement, presenting JDM versions for most (though not all) of the new references.

 

75^Th Anniversary Models

The anniversary models announced for the Japanese market now include the following items.

Bambino 38mm (time and date) references:

• RN-AC0023E has a green dial and brown leather strap;
• RN-AC0024L has a dark blue dial and blue leather strap;
• RN-AC0025N has a beige dial and grey leather strap;
• RN-AC0027S is the special anniversary model, indicated by its use of Orient’s cursive logo, and is limited to 1,200 pieces.

Bambino Sun and Moon references:

• RN-AK0807R has a burgundy dial and brown leather strap;
• RN-AK0808S is the anniversary model, limited to 750 pieces.

Solar-powered Bambino references:

• RN-WK0002E has a light green dial and white synthetic leather strap;
• RN-WK0003G has an ivory dial and brown synthetic leather strap;
• RN-WK0004L has a black dial and brown synthetic leather strap;
• RN-WK0006S is the anniversary model, comes with a real leather strap and limited to 300 pieces.

Orient also launched a new page on its website, dedicated to the brand's anniversary.

 

Orient Star Models

Orient Star's 75^th anniversary only takes place next year, in 2026. So the following are not "anniversary" models, just nice new color variants.

Orient Star M34 Avant-garde F8 Skeleton references:

·         RK-BZ0004B has a black case, bracelet and dial;

·         RK-BZ0005G has a golden case and dial, steel bezel and brown nylon strap, and is limited to 200 units.

Layered Skeleton references:

·         RK-AV0B10G has a golden dial and brown leather strap;

·         RK-AV0B12E has a mint-green dial, and (unlike the global version) comes with both a steel bracelet and leather strap. It is limited to 400 units.

Contemporary Standard references:

·         RK-AU0107E has a green dial;

·         RK-AU0108G has a copper dial;

·         RK-AU0109L has a blue dial;

·         RK-AU0110N has a grey dial;

·         RK-AU0111R has a red dial, and is exclusive to Orient's online store.

Note that whereas special editions, like this red beauty, used to be "Prestige Shop" exclusive, they now tend to be Online Store exclusive – for obvious reasons.