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Orient Watch Giveaway – September 2011

September 1, 2011 By Joe | Heads up: Buying via our links may result in us getting a commission. Also, we take your privacy rights seriously. Head here to learn more.

The 12 Months of Orient: Vintage Automatic – $212.50 w/ DapperedSeptember ($425)

The Orient Watch Company has a dedicated following for good reason.  They’re the only watchmaker whose foundation is a wide range of incredible looking affordable automatics, & now they’ve partnered up with us to give away a different watch for each of the next 12 months.  Every month we’ll review and give away a different featured watch, plus you’ll also get a new promo code good for 50% off ANY watch at OrientWatchUSA.com for that month.

UPDATE: As of late February 2012, Orient has decided to no longer honor codes that delivered 50% off. Those codes are now worth 30% off. This is a new regulation that affects all of their promotional agreements.

Comes with a push button deployment-type claspA lot of us don’t like the look of gold watches and/or we don’t have the skin tone to pull one off.  Most of us stick to black dial or silver dials, with a few splashes of color thrown in for good measure.  A watch with the color scheme of Orient’s Vintage Automatic is a dead square perfect way to warm up your otherwise cold black & silver watch collection, all while avoiding the potential cheesiness that can sometimes come with gold.

The blue hour, minute, and power reserve hands set against the mid-tone cream dial help carry its vintage moniker.  Same goes for the uniform hour markers.  Only Roman numerals would have been more antique looking.

It’s one of Orient’s more dressed up watches (part of their “executive” series) and comes with a skeleton caseback and sapphire crystal.  The 40mm diameter is the bulls-eye for dress watches, and while it’s not Skagen skinny, it easily slides under a shirt cuff.  Which in a way is too bad, since it looks much more expensive than it’s actual cost and you’d like to see it as often as possible.

But as nice as it looks, don’t go hyper-Italiano and start wearing it on top of your shirt cuff.

Here’s how to win the Vintage seen here:  Send an email to contests@dappered.com with the subject: Orient September.  One entry per person.  Deadline for entry is 11:59 pm ET on 9/2/11

UPDATE:  Congrats to Turner C. who won the drawing for this month’s Orient watch.  Eight more months to go…


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Comments

  1. mdnicley says

    September 1, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    That’s a sharp watch. The power reserve is a nice feature on a mechanical watch, and it keeps the dial from being too plain.

  2. Metoyou says

    September 1, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    12 months of 50% off promo codes!!! Looks like I’ll be adding to my Orient collection.

  3. Kirby says

    September 1, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    I am loving this Orient partnership, Joe – I dove in with a Brown/White Maverick last month and am over the moon for it.  I’ll be picking up something a little more dressy this month and the Vintage looks like a good choice. 

  4. anthony says

    September 1, 2011 at 12:15 PM

    is it ok if the subject line is OrientSeptember with no space?  That is how it’s populating when clicking the link, thanks.

  5. MnO says

    September 1, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    out of stock?

  6. Lee says

    September 1, 2011 at 1:41 PM

    The watch is sold out on the Orient site. . . Looks like the only way to get one is to win one 🙂

  7. Joe says

    September 1, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    Yep.

  8. Joe says

    September 1, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    It wasn’t.  Man, those sold quick.

  9. Anotherjames says

    September 1, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    Gold watch faces on dark leather straps completely avoid the cheesiness risk. It’s the gold watch chains that scream “No body walks away. Everybody drives today!”

  10. Beej says

    September 1, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    If the case silver colored or kind of tinted gold?  I can’t really tell from the pics on the site.  Whats the story here?

  11. Cedar Tree Commando says

    September 1, 2011 at 2:51 PM

    Beautiful watch, and it’s not huge either. Really wish I had the money for one of those.

  12. Halfie89 says

    September 1, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    anyway they will let u order and then they will ship when there are more?

  13. Joe says

    September 1, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    Silver

  14. Matt Court says

    September 1, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    Great looking watch. Been looking for a dressier, brown leather strap watch for a while. Would be nice to win it because I sure don’t have the money to buy one right now. Also, just started reading last month and Dappered has become part of my daily routine. Keep up the good work!!

  15. TheMeInTeam says

    September 1, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    This is probably my favorite watch in the entire Orient collection.  If I don’t win, it probably won’t be a long time before I end up buying it.

  16. jAmEsFrOmNoLa says

    September 2, 2011 at 12:01 AM

    I would totally buy this watch if it was in stock… and I weren’t so poor :(. College blues today. Hope I win it.

  17. Thejohnp says

    September 2, 2011 at 12:35 AM

    Orient does sell through now and again, but seems to restock fairly quickly.  So keep checking back.
    One thing I will say is that the dial will look so much better in real life than in the pics.  Had a similar version and it looked like it was worth 3x more than what they were charging for it.

  18. Jim A. says

    September 3, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    I just used the code to purchase a CET05001W (Orient Sky). Such a beautiful watch…at a steal for $102.50! I figured having the metal band to swap in and out with my leather and NATOs would be handy. I’m looking forward to its arrival. 

  19. Jim A. says

    September 12, 2011 at 9:25 PM

    Just as a follow-up… I just got my Orient Sky in the mail…wow! Beautiful! My wrist is on the smaller side of average and this watch fits me perfectly. The face and band both look great. (Oh, and it looks fantastic with a NATO too!)

    Thanks, Orient and Dappered, for coming together to offer such a great deal.

  20. Anonymous says

    September 21, 2011 at 1:17 PM

    Def one of their best looking watches.  Orient in general gives you great bang for your buck.

  21. Mark says

    October 2, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    Where is the October giveaway? I’ve been looking forward to trying my luck!!! 🙂

  22. Joe, Esq. says

    February 24, 2012 at 12:03 AM

    What color is the band?  And is the backing transparent?

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