New "little" friend...Orient from 1974-1975

[simone]

Ciao a tutti amici....a new friend arrived today.A very chunky Orient mod. H64118-40 with serial number 51960 : a very early one i suppose...
The module is a 64100....i must say that this early orient lcd are very great,very well built....impressive.The watch is in mint conditions
Very simple: hour,minute,seconds,date and light.....only one problem:the light works fine but the button don't make contact,is too hard to push it (any tips?).Anyway the watch works fine.I suppose that this came from January 1975 (the serial number are the same of seiko year-month-xxx???)
Here some pics as the same.....

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[Kasper]

yeah...that a high quality watch..very nice one.

just get the small clip off the back of the pusher...beware..the like to jump away then get the pusher out..there maybe sand in there..so clean it, then a little oil and reassembling.

[simone]

yeah...that a high quality watch..very nice one.

just get the small clip off the back of the pusher...beware..the like to jump away then get the pusher out..there maybe sand in there..so clean it, then a little oil and reassembling.

ciao kasper....well it's the first time for to disassembling a button
which is the clip?sorry for the elementary question

[Kasper]

thats the clip on the inside of the pushers..clip it off to get the pusher out of the case.

[simone]

thats the clip on the inside of the pushers..clip it off to get the pusher out of the case.

Ok...
i remove it....clean it but nothing to do....don' t touch....the light it's ok
it's a contact damn!

[Kasper]

you can bend the metal a bit more..but be very carefull here not to break the metal.

[simone]

you can bend the metal a bit more..but be very carefull here not to break the metal.

i'm trying....

[simone]

that's ok!!!!!! i bend the metal and now the button works.....thanks for the precious tips friend....there's always to learn eh eh eh

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[70's_gal]

Very nice! In both digital and mechanical watches, Orient was (and is) a highly under-rated brand.

Ciao a tutti amici....a new friend arrived today.A very chunky Orient mod. H64118-40 with serial number 51960 : a very early one i suppose...
The module is a 64100....i must say that this early orient lcd are very great,very well built....impressive.The watch is in mint conditions
Very simple: hour,minute,seconds,date and light.....only one problem:the light works fine but the button don't make contact,is too hard to push it (any tips?).Anyway the watch works fine.I suppose that this came from January 1975 (the serial number are the same of seiko year-month-xxx???)
Here some pics as the same.....

IMG_1162.JPG

IMG_1169.JPG

IMG_1159.JPG

[simone]

I wrong the date....Orient write me this mail:

Dear Mr. Fiore,

Thank you very much for your inquiry on ORIENT model H641118.

We are glad to know you have made it alive again, but we are very sorry to tell you we have no data or printed manual of the said item in our hand.

We would like to inform you it was produced in Japan in 1976.

Hopefully the ORIENT LCD Watch would be cherished by you as long as it works good.

Sorry again for any inconvenience caused.

Best Regards,

Orient Watch Co., Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Customer Relations
http://www.orient-watch.com/
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