Orient Sporty-Automatic Open Engine Sports CDB02004B model

The Japanese brand has started selling its new Orient Sporty-Automatic Open Engine Sports CDB02004B self-winding watch sporting a birds-eye view at its engine.

The new timepiece features a trendy “open heart” dial design.

A small cutout at 8 o’clock provides a good view at the Orient caliber 46A40 automatic movement, or, being more precise, at its balance wheel with hairspring.

As it often happens with “open heart” designs, the OES’s dial looks unbalanced with nothing to compensate the dominating window.

Even if it was technically unfeasible to modify the movement in order to turn it 30 degrees counterclockwise, the watch’s logo could have been moved to 2 o’clock. Not brilliant, I know, but certainly better than the actual layout.

Photos: Orient

Orient Sporty-Automatic Open Engine Sports CDB02004B watch specification

Price range: N/A
Movement: Orient caliber 46A40, made in Japan, automatic, 21 jewels, 21600 vph
Complications: N/A
Power reserve: 40 hours
Case material: Stainless steel
Bezel material: Stainless steel
Case shape: Round
Transparent case back: Yes
Case size: 41.0 mm
Case height: 11.2 mm
Dial: Black
Hands: Stainless steel
Water resistance: 50 meters
Strap: Stainless steel bracelet
Crystal: Glass