Orient Wingman ER2D001B on a new Dark Burgundy(?) Leather Strap

Continuing with my extremely poor potato phone cam photos. Yeah, I should go back to macro photography.. but the laziness!

  My Orient Wingman ER2D001B on a new leather strap - very dark, almost deep dark burgundy even. It's almost as if it's returned to its original style, with the leather strap and white stitching, but instead of black leather. I'm just experimenting with straps at this point, but ultimately I think this should go with a leather Nato / Zulu style strap due to its military looks instead. It would also be much easier to swap out.

  Before anyone points out that I got the strap the 'wrong way around', yes that is intentional. Because why not. I just want to change things up a bit, and it's not like anyone else is ever gonna notice it when it's on my wrist. :)

  The this PVD Wingman is one of my favorites - there is so much great about it. It's large, making it very 'aviator'ish looking, it also has this miltary look about it. Even though the lume isn't the best, it's still extremely legible in the dark due to the size of the arabic markers on its black dial. In fact, legibility is its strength - you can tell the time on this watch from space! (Well OK, a good 20-25 feet away - if you have good eyesight in good conditions). At least, no other watch in my collection is this legible. You simply cannot do this with any other watch that isn't made to this style, even considering its below average lume for low light - imagine if they put good lume on it like on the Flight. See my review comparing it to the Flight and Ray Raven.

  The watch is also very affordable, it's great for the person who is looking at his first military/aviator big dial automatic that isn't going to break the bank. It would be awesome if it has hand-winding, but I am nitpicking at this point. I hope Orient updates it to the handwinding movements just like they did with the Ray, Bambinos, and the rest of the lineup. This watch tends to get sidelined in favor of Orient's other models like the Bambino or Ray or Flight, but I think this is one of the best deals from Orient if you are into military/aviator styled watches and don't worry about a 50m water rating or below lume (which is offset by how large the numerals are on the dial in the dark anyway).

If you can find it that is, I think they have discontinued this model (I'm not sure - don't quote me on that!)

  You can buy your own similar leather strap here. Or here. Or here.

This is my favorite watch so far this few months..

The Wingman with the tan leather strap is my favorite watch these months so far. I'm not kidding - the dial is easy to read from 5 miles away, the military-style PVD looks business, and it works. It's not the most expensive watch of the bunch, but it just works. Even with the poor lume, in low light conditions it was still easy to tell time from the big, contrast numbers. imagine this watch if Orient had actually put some decent lume in it! The leather strap is tan on the outside, but dark brown, almost black on the inside - which compliments the watch itself really well. This saw the most wrist time among the rest.

New Leather Strap for my Orient 'Wingman' CER2D001B

Got a new tan leather strap for my Orient 'Wingman' today.

The 'Wingman' gives a very clear and very readable dial, this version with the PVD so it remains readable in bright conditions. You could read the time from a mile away. And many times I have found people trying to read the time off my wrist as a result. Either that, or they are admiraing the Orient 'Wingman' CER2D001B.

The stealthily designed date window lines up with the white line at the 3 O'Clock, so it is not apparent at first glance but is there when you look closer, which is a nice touch.

Is there more nice touches? Yeah. Many in fact, but one stood out that I just found out : when you adjust the time, as you push the crown back after setting the time, the minute falls back to EXACTLY where it is supposed to be accordingly to the seconds hand! E.g. if the seconds hand is at the 30 position, the minute hands falls to halfway between the minute markers!

How about that for nice touches?



Specifications

*Self-winding movement
*21600/hour vibrations
*Date indicator
*Stainless steel case
*Mineral crystal glass
*Water resistant
*Diameter 41mm  (by my own measurements: 43mm)
*Lug width 22mm

"Hegner" Watch 30M Water Resist

  Here's a "Hegner" Quartz 30M Water Resist watch I happened to come across and took this with my cellphone. Unfortunately the case back pictures are too blur (this was taken with indoor flourescent lighting at night) so we only have the front shots unfortunately. Never heard of "Hegner", but I suspect it's just one of those generic Chinese watches.

Longbo Quartz Watch

A Longbo rectangle watch photo I took some time ago, but did not have the chance to put it up on here. This is a quartz model, most likely a Chinese brand - fairly decent watch for what the price it is probably sold at, but nothing really special.

It's a bad photo to be honest, as the lighting that day was not bright enough (overcast clouds) and this is  the reason I did not put it on here for some time. The caseback photo is actually even worse and blurry as to be unusable. :(

It does have an interest sticker with hologram stars on it though. Considering the watch had been very used, the fact that the sticker is still on is somewhat quite amazing!