Orient Mako or Ray

ny325 · 02-08-2019, 09:10 PM

Both models get good reviews. However. For budget friendly dive watches, they fly under the rader. The Mako USA 2, white dial caught my eye. Reviews have it better than the most talked about Seiko SKX009/007. It just doesn’t have the history of the SKX models.

overcoil · 02-08-2019, 10:15 PM

Do both watches have the same lum and hacking second hand?

ny325 · 02-08-2019, 10:29 PM

I don’t know. I just saw them compared to the SKX, and they got decent reviews. If I were to purchase one, I then would do more research on the specifics. Most reviews still have the SKX as the more popular, better beater watch.

Maynard · 02-09-2019, 05:06 PM

I always thought the difference was the faces, not the movements.

CTSean · 02-10-2019, 10:49 AM

According to stats, they are the basically same watch a with different hands and faces. A key for me, if i were buying one, is the larger font on the Ray's bexel and well as lume on the second hand *(Mako doesn't have a lumed second hand)

Here's a vid showing them side by side, including a lume comparison a minute later.

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ny325 Brigadier General 898 Rep 3,140 Posts Drives: Jet Black E90 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Gridlock iTrader: (0)	Orient Mako or Ray Both models get good reviews. However. For budget friendly dive watches, they fly under the rader. The Mako USA 2, white dial caught my eye. Reviews have it better than the most talked about Seiko SKX009/007. It just doesn’t have the history of the SKX models. Last edited by ny325; 02-08-2019 at 09:39 PM..
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overcoil Major General 3121 Rep 5,582 Posts Drives: M235i 6spd Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Mid-Atlantic iTrader: (0)	Do both watches have the same lum and hacking second hand?
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ny325 Brigadier General 898 Rep 3,140 Posts Drives: Jet Black E90 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Gridlock iTrader: (0)	I don’t know. I just saw them compared to the SKX, and they got decent reviews. If I were to purchase one, I then would do more research on the specifics. Most reviews still have the SKX as the more popular, better beater watch.
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Maynard Colonel 4197 Rep 2,957 Posts Drives: 228iX & M2C Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Upstate NY iTrader: (1)	I always thought the difference was the faces, not the movements.
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CTSean Lieutenant 343 Rep 403 Posts Drives: LCI BSM MT M2 Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: CT iTrader: (1)	According to stats, they are the basically same watch a with different hands and faces. A key for me, if i were buying one, is the larger font on the Ray's bexel and well as lume on the second hand *(Mako doesn't have a lumed second hand) Here's a vid showing them side by side, including a lume comparison a minute later.
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