Orient Bambino Version 2 Review: Is It Worth It?

A narrow polished bezel leaves almost the entire case face to the dial, which is why the Bambino presents larger and more formal than 40.5 mm suggests. The crystal domes enough to distort the chapter ring off-axis, a vintage effect normally found several hundred dollars higher.

The F6724 is the older, simpler Orient caliber — 21,600 vph, 40 hours, no hacking and no manual winding. Starting it requires wrist motion, and the seconds hand cannot be stopped to set the time precisely.

The case is well polished but built from thinner material than the Kamasu, and the crown is push-pull, which is where the 30 m rating comes from. An exhibition caseback shows a plainly finished movement.

A champagne base with applied roman numerals and a printed minute track, and blued hands that read almost black indoors and turn genuinely blue in daylight. It is the most formal configuration Orient offers in the line, and the reason this reference is the one most people picture when the Bambino is mentioned.

The supplied leather is thin and stiff, and the 21 mm lug width is awkward — most straps are made in 20 or 22 mm. Replacements in 21 mm do exist, and the watch responds well to a softer strap.

At 68 g and 12.2 mm it is close to weightless, though the domed crystal adds apparent height. The 47 mm lug-to-lug is the constraint on very small wrists; the 38 mm Bambino variants exist for that reason.

Orient publishes -25 to +35 seconds per day for the F6724. Because the movement does not hack, the practical setting precision is a few seconds regardless of how well the watch is regulated.