Orient Mechanical Sports 41.5mm

TLDR: A great watch for the money.

I have two of these, the blue dial and the black PVD version and I don’t intend on selling either of them. At least not yet, after about 7-ish years of ownership on the PVD version and about 3 for the regular blue dial one.

It’s a nice-looking dive watch, nothing too interesting but also not quite boring. The dial has a nice subtle sunburst effect on the colored versions but stays plain black on the PVD version, adding to the stealthy vibe of the watch.

The bezel/bezel insert is not completely round, it has some notches between the numbers adding a bit of visual interest to it. Unfortunately, the blue one has a slight misalignment, hard to notice due to how the triangle at 12 is designed but still noticeable if you pay attention to it. The PVD one sits a bit better on the matter so I guess it's a matter of luck how you get yours.

The bezel action is where I have some more criticism, the shape of it makes it quite hard to grab and slippery so it's quite difficult to use. I’m hoping the newer versions fixed this in particular but I haven’t checked them out yet.

The lume is good, if I wake up in the middle of the night I can still read the time. Nothing to complain about here.

The bracelet doesn’t taper much so it feels a tiny bit chunky but I don’t mind as the overall watch is slim enough. I also think it would’ve worked better with a 20mm lug with instead of the 22. The end links are female and the lugs are short so the real lug-to-lug is short making it very wearable for small wrists even though the diameter might make you doubt it.

The bracelet design also has a bit of visual interest with 2 polished lines that run across the whole thing so it doesn’t look too plain but not too complex either.

In conclusion, I would say this is a balanced design, great for small wrists, and great for the price if you are not expecting the world for 200 bucks.