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Win it: The New, Vintage Look Orient Bambino

November 25, 2013 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.

Orient Bambino FER2400BW0 – $156.00 w/ EARLYBLACKFRIDAY ($260)

Code is good for 40% off and free ground shipping through today, Monday 11/25/13.

Like an inheritance piece without the unfortunate demise of a relative. There are plenty of instances in the men’s style retail world where a brand has something terrific, they try and tweak it, and it ends up a mess. This is the exact opposite of that all too-often “it wasn’t broke but we fixed it anyway” scenario.

The original Bambino is still in production, and it hits all the right marks for a minimalist timepiece. A clean dial, sharp looks, and a domed crystal that gives it a bit of a vintage feel while still remaining modern. The new Bambino styling turns the clock back by a century, while almost certainly pushing their sales ahead even further. They took something that was great, and made it better in the eyes of plenty, all without abandoning the previous design in the process.

That appears to be a win-win-win. Win³.

Orient Bambino Vintage Close

The logo, date placement, case, crystal, & movement are all the same. Just some of the window dressing has been changed. 40.5 mm case diameter that wears a bit smaller. More intricate looking minute markers + arabic numeral indicators every 5 minutes busy up the outside ring of the dial. Roman numerals replace the geometric indices on the even-numbered hours, with “I” showing up the odd number hours. That’s a bit different, but Scout’s honor… I didn’t even notice all the extra “I”s until BA pointed it out in the comments over here. The hands have been thinned down quite a bit, and gone is the plain crown of the original Bambino, and instead there’s a nicer looking onion shaped crown at 3 o’clock.

Orient Bambino Vintage Domed

They’ve made four case + dial color combos in this new vintage-look, with the blue-hand / cream dial once again selling out this past weekend. Up for grabs here is the white dial, silver case, and rose-gold accent option. Usually $260 retail, ($182 with the usual 30% off), now a steal at $156.00. Or, plain old larceny at “free” if you win the random drawing…

Enter here to win The Orient Bambino FER2400BW0. One entry per person. Deadline for entry is 11:59 pm ET 11/26/13. Thanks to Orient for providing their newest model. Good luck!

UPDATE: Congrats to William H. who won the drawing for this Bambino. Thanks again to Orient!

Orient Bambino V Win It

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Comments

  1. C. Hill says

    November 25, 2013 at 4:27 AM

    Beautiful.

  2. fash1on says

    November 25, 2013 at 5:27 AM

    beautiful watch. brand new with a vintage look. if i am correctly recalling what the last version looked like, i’d say this newer version looks even older.

    because i enjoy guessing the backdrops, am i correct in saying that is the console of an Audi in the last pic?

  3. Noah Fleming says

    November 25, 2013 at 6:24 AM

    Nice car. I have the same one.

  4. Patrick Patro Lind Lino says

    November 25, 2013 at 7:04 AM

    Which car is it? been trying to figure out ha.

  5. Emoses14 says

    November 25, 2013 at 7:23 AM

    Code isn’t working, fyi. At least not at shopping cart stage prior to entering all of your information.

  6. Judson M says

    November 25, 2013 at 7:24 AM

    “win-win-win. Win³.” I seriously laughed out loud!! Love it!!
    Thanks for another awesome giveway!

  7. David_07 says

    November 25, 2013 at 7:25 AM

    Beautiful Orient. The only Orient I own is a Ray and the build quality is superb for an automatic under $200. Orient makes some of the best watches in this price bracket along with Seiko. Thanks for the opportunity to win this piece, a Bambino would make a fine dress timepiece.

  8. RJC says

    November 25, 2013 at 7:40 AM

    I believe it’s an Audi. A4 I think?

  9. Hugh Harris says

    November 25, 2013 at 7:47 AM

    That’s a sharp looking one there!

  10. TJ says

    November 25, 2013 at 8:20 AM

    Absolutely beautiful watch. I’m planning on picking up one of the original bambinos.

  11. BA says

    November 25, 2013 at 8:32 AM

    Didn’t work for me either. Maybe they know I’m they guy who can’t tell 3 from 4.

  12. Joe says

    November 25, 2013 at 8:36 AM

    Strange. Checking in on this right now. I’ve contacted the fellas at Orient to see what’s up. Thanks!

  13. Adam says

    November 25, 2013 at 8:54 AM

    Definitely an Audi of recent vintage.

  14. iheartubuntu.com says

    November 25, 2013 at 10:01 AM

    I purchased my first Orient watch last week. I choose the Esteem semi skeleton with rose gold and brown leather band. I must say it looks quality. Its just beautiful. I like it so much I’m going to get the same model but in yellow gold with black band… unless, of course I win this one 🙂

  15. Peter Anas says

    November 25, 2013 at 10:22 AM

    Too bad you didn’t have the cream/blue combo up for grabs but this would be a suitable runner up.

  16. Joe says

    November 25, 2013 at 10:30 AM

    Should be working again…

  17. yoyorobbo says

    November 25, 2013 at 10:44 AM

    Aside from it looking like it’s 1 o’clock more often than usual, I like it! A very classy looking timepiece.

    I think the “wears a bit smaller” dealio works well in this *case* (doh). A dress watch that wears too large can look a little odd to my eyes. Divers, aviators, (some) chronos? Sure… size-up. But I think dress watches tend to look cleaner, classier and well… *dressier* when their size is kept more in check.

  18. LL says

    November 25, 2013 at 1:41 PM

    Great looking watch. Been looking to buy another Orient one of these days..

  19. JD says

    November 25, 2013 at 1:48 PM

    Beautiful watch.

  20. jules1968 says

    November 25, 2013 at 3:00 PM

    pretty watch

  21. Dan Haneveer says

    November 25, 2013 at 4:06 PM

    Wedding watch, want it.

  22. Richard says

    November 25, 2013 at 5:02 PM

    Got mine. Thanks, Joe! I have the Orient Blue Ray and have been really pleased with it over the last 10 months. I’ve been looking for a nice white-dial dress watch and here it is!

  23. Noah Fleming says

    November 25, 2013 at 6:21 PM

    OK I take it back. Some manufacturer. I have a Q5. I think it might be an A4.

  24. Yoni Kurland says

    November 25, 2013 at 6:37 PM

    beautiful.

  25. Steve E says

    November 25, 2013 at 9:11 PM

    Any idea when this will be for sale again? I wanted to scoop it up after work and the gym today.. then poof… gone.. what a drag…

  26. pierrot says

    November 26, 2013 at 3:12 AM

    yeah after the weird markers pointed out in the other thread i cant stop seeing it

  27. pierrot says

    November 26, 2013 at 3:13 AM

    Nice but shame theres no white dial/blue hands version

  28. yoyorobbo says

    November 26, 2013 at 7:38 AM

    Ahh… See I thought the fellas were just not digging the extra white space along the outer edge of the dial. But I may have stopped reading somewhere in there and missed the issue with the markers; in the thread I *think* you’re talking about, that is.

    The dial edge doesn’t bother me at all. All of those “I”-looking markers? … Maybe a little, but it still looks like a really classy watch with a vintage vibe to me.

  29. kvkskumar says

    November 26, 2013 at 9:25 AM

    Its fantastic and I love to win it

  30. thesupacoopa says

    November 26, 2013 at 1:45 PM

    Love it… make it in a 38mm though… Thin writs are people too!

  31. madhatter349 says

    November 26, 2013 at 7:52 PM

    Great Watch

  32. Pete says

    November 26, 2013 at 9:19 PM

    lol nice catch

  33. _cruster says

    November 27, 2013 at 11:09 AM

    Just got mine last night, exact same model. It’s beautiful and feels really well made. Love the new crown and it wears a lot smaller than the specs indicate. Only thing I’d throw out is that the band is really, really dark brown – from a distance, it looks black. The gold accents with the stainless case, though…awesome. I have no gold, I wear no gold, I like no gold…but this is just right.

  34. Leroy Hall says

    November 27, 2013 at 3:00 PM

    fairly common on grandfather clocks also

  35. petrac says

    November 28, 2013 at 11:37 PM

    just FYI the blue dial and cream version is in stock right now and code “BLACKFRIDAY” works too.

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