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<\/a><\/div>\n1964 was a busy year in Japan, with the Olympic Games taking place and The watch was still part of the Olympia lineage, and used caliber LCW, a The Calendar Auto Orient was also sometimes referred to as Calendar Auto The model was relatively short-lived, as it was released toward the end Recently, I have added a lovely sample of this model to my collection: a 19-jewel Calendar Auto Orient, featuring a silver dial and metallic bezel, in fine cosmetic It is worth mentioning that while I sometimes buy such pieces from Some numbers: the watch case is approximately 39mm wide, excluding the crown, but visually it measures 40mm due to the overhanging bezel. Like many of Orient’s The lume in the hands and markers is obviously no longer luminous, but it The bezel rotates smoothly in both directions, without clicks. It is Turn the watch around to examine the rather interesting case back.
\nall. And Orient, in particular, was working up a sweat: that same year the
\nbrand introduced its first diver’s watch, the Olympia Calendar Diver; the
\ncompletely bonkers Grand
\nPrix<\/a><\/span> 100; the Flash<\/a><\/span>;
\nand, still in the same year, its first automatic dive watch, the Calendar Auto
\nOrient.
\nvariant of the Olympia family’s L-type
\nmovement<\/a><\/span>. The specific movement inside the diver was renamed caliber
\n670, possibly to differentiate it from the elaborately bejeweled
\n“676” LCW inside the Grand Prix 64, and you will see publications
\nreferring to it by either name. <\/a><\/div>\n
\nDiver. Peculiarly it had acquired an additional nickname: “19 Diver”
\nor “21 Diver”, depending on its jewel count, since that was the
\nwriting on the dial.
\nof the life of the Olympia line and the L-type movement. It was probably only
\nproduced until 1965. During that time a number of versions were made, having
\neither a white\/silver or a black dial, a metallic or black bezel, and a few
\nvariations of the markers and hands.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\ncondition and excellent working order.
\nprivate sellers, this one came from a respectable store in Japan. They took
\ntheir time cleaning and servicing the watch, and it shows: the thing winds
\nsmoothly, keeps ticking an entire day after I put it down (not common with old
\nmovements), and is accurate within a few seconds per day.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nvintage divers, it is a perfectly wearable size by modern standards. Lug to Lug
\nlength dimension is 47mm, and thickness is about 13mm \u2013 of which, nearly a mm
\ncan be attributed to the plexiglass extending above the height of the bezel. By
\nthe way, I’m always a bit cautious when measuring the thickness of a watch with a tall
\nacrylic crystal, not wanting to scratch it, hence the “about”\u2026
\nhas by now taken on a lovely vintage hue. I do hope no one in a sound mind
\nwould ever think of repainting such hands! This color just looks so good
\nagainst the silvery dial.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\neasy enough to turn but offers sufficient resistance to any accidental
\nmovement.
\nFirst, you’ll note the flying fish engraved in the center, a symbol of this
\nwatch, and its reference: T-19735A. The large text above \u2013 Olympia Calendar \u2013
\nalso reveals its family origins.<\/a><\/div>\n