According to the Orient Place Blog, the Orient Matic is one of the more mysterious Orient divers of the 1960s. It was quite an impressive piece, capable of withstanding 30 bars or 300m depth – way above other Japanese divers at the time. And yet it has no mention in Orient's historical records. It's not even clear when exactly it was produced, but the use of the lion logo indicates it was the late sixties – possibly 1967 or later. [Source : http://orientplace.blogspot.com/2020/06/]
The author’s guess is that the model was intended for export, with a 21 jewel version for Europe and a 17 jewel version for the US (where more jewels equaled high duties paid). The case might have been sourced from a Swiss case builder as it appears similar to Swiss Skin-Divers of that time (Titus calypsomatic, Technos etc ). It was around 37mm wide (38 with the bezel).
However, my Orient Matic is 30 Jewels. Is it made for the local Japanese market?
I am slowly building my collection of vintage Orient diver watch.
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