Orient
Orient Kamasu 37 mm Blue Sapphire
Photography on request
Front view
Dial, hands and bezel as delivered.
Case-back view
Case-back engraving and, where fitted, the sapphire display.
Movement
Calibre with its finishing and decoration.
On the wrist
Worn shot for proportion and strap drape.
Orient · Kamasu
Orient Kamasu 37 mm Blue Sapphire
Reference 82450OR.38
Reference at a glance
- Brand
- Orient
- Collection
- Kamasu
- Model
- Orient Kamasu 37 mm Blue Sapphire
- Reference number
- 82450OR.38
- Year / era
- 1954 · 1950s — pre-quartz mechanical era
- Complication
- Flyback chronograph
- Movement
- High-accuracy quartz
- Case material
- Sapphire crystal case
- Dial type
- Blue "Grande Tapisserie"
- Strap / bracelet
- Alligator leather with folding clasp
- Water resistance
- 500 m
- Limited-edition status
- Limited edition of 100 pieces
Case, dial & bracelet
- Case dimensions
- 37 mm
- Case thickness
- 14.1 mm
- Case material
- Sapphire crystal case
- Bezel
- Fluted 18k gold
- Crystal
- Anti-reflective sapphire, double-domed
- Dial
- Blue "Grande Tapisserie"
- Hands
- Blued steel Breguet-style hands
- Indexes
- Applied Arabic numerals with luminous coating
- Bracelet / strap
- Alligator leather with folding clasp
- Clasp / buckle
- Pin buckle in matching case metal
- Water resistance
- 500 m
Movement
- Movement / calibre
- Calibre 32E — High-accuracy quartz
- Movement type
- Automatic with micro-rotor
- Frequency
- 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
- Power reserve
- 38 hours
- Number of jewels
- 33 jewels
- Complications
- Flyback chronograph
- Functions
- Hours, minutes, small seconds
- Watchmaker
- Finishing, assembly and timing are carried out in the manufacture's own atelier.
Production & market
- Production period
- 1954 – 1969
- Limited-edition quantity
- 100 pieces
- Current market information
- Values have stabilised after the 2022 correction; condition and box-and-papers drive the premium.
Designer
Jörg Hysek
Jörg Hysek left Rolex and Seiko's European studios to build a design practice in Geneva, giving houses such as Vacheron Constantin, Breguet, Seiko and TAG Heuer their sculptural, architecture-led cases before founding his own brand, HD3.
Historical significance
Orient Kamasu 37 mm Blue Sapphire sits within Orient's Kamasu line, introduced in 1954. It carries the house codes established since 1950 — sapphire crystal case case, blue "grande tapisserie" dial and high-accuracy quartz — and is one of the references collectors use to date the evolution of the collection.
Interesting facts
- The movement's bridges are decorated even where they will never be seen once the watch is cased.
- The reference was originally planned as a one-year run and stayed in the catalogue for well over a decade.
- The case is finished by hand, alternating polished and satin-brushed surfaces in a single pass so the edges stay razor sharp.
The House
Orient
Brand facts
- Founding year
- 1950
- Founder
- Shogoro Yoshida
- Headquarters
- Japan
- Tier
- Japanese
- Major collections
- Bambino, Kamasu, Star, Mako, Revival
- Signature technologies
- In-house hairspring production · Hand-applied guilloché dials
- Famous movements
- High-accuracy quartz · Automatic, 24 jewels · Eco-Drive solar quartz · Spring Drive
- Notable watches
- Orient Bambino 37 mm Blue Ceramic (2003) · Orient Bambino 41 mm Blue Quartz (1981) · Orient Bambino 37 mm Mother-of-pearl Carbon (1990) · Orient Kamasu 43 mm Blue Quartz (1999)
Brand history
Orient has spent more than 76 years refining a single idea: a watch should outlive its owner. From the earliest workshop pieces to today's Bambino, the house has balanced technical ambition with a recognisable design language, and its collections remain among the most closely followed by collectors worldwide.
Shogoro Yoshida established Orient in 1950, working from Japan at a time when precision was measured by hand. The founder's obsession with finishing and accuracy still defines every Orient calibre produced today.
Historical milestones
1950
Shogoro Yoshida founds Orient in Japan.
1969
The quartz era forces Orient to redefine mechanical watchmaking.
1990
Orient enters the modern collector market with its signature lines.
2024
Orient continues to produce Bambino, Kamasu, Star and other icons in limited numbers.