Sponsored: The “Stars” of M Collections Pay Tribute to the Proud History of Orient Star
Photography by Masahiro Okamura
Text & Editing by Yuzo Takeishi
Article first published in the November 2024 issue of Chronos Japan
It’s been one year since Orient Star launched M Collections, a design collection seeking to reconfigure the brand’s high-end line. Over the past year, models sequentially released under this concept have reiterated the brand’s excellent watchmaking technologies and design sensibilities. This season’s new releases are no different: all models are creations worthy of the origin of Orient Star’s name – the desire to create “shining star” watches.
M Collections was launched one year ago to serve as guidepost indicating the direction of the Orient Star brand, and consists of models starting from 100,000 yen categorized into different design themes. The three design collections comprising M Collections are named M45, M34 and M42 after the Messier Catalog, a catalog of nebulae, clusters and galaxies created by French astronomer Charles Messier. The concept, befitting of Orient Star, draws on myths associated with each catalog number to inspire the corresponding collection’s designs.
The M34 F8 Skeleton Hand Winding will serve as the flagship of the new releases. By adding a blue gradation outer ring on the dial and a grey ion-plated bezel to the sharp skeleton model that was released in 2022, the new release further emphasizes the image of the deep cosmos and M34, the Messier number representing the Perseus constellation.
Meanwhile, the release of a special version of the M42 Diver 1964 2nd Edition F6 Date has been announced for the M42 Collection. This new model from M42, named after Orion, the son of Poseidon, god of the sea, continues on with the divers’ watch theme while introducing gold-colored accents to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Orient’s divers’ watches and add a vintage feel.
Fortunately, for anyone in the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, United States, United Kingdom, France or Germany, it has never been easier to buy Orient Star watches from the new M Collections thanks to the brand’s online stores.
For customers in the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the United States: with ORIENT STAR (Orient Star Official Online Store) (orientstar-watch.com).
For customers in the UK, France, and Germany will have each respective sites.
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