Orient Brings Back the Super King as the Integrated-Bracelet Flusso With Its Own Movement

Orient has spent decades making the best mechanical watches you can buy for the price of a slightly lavish dinner. But for a while, they seemed to stagnate, basing everything on a couple of models that worked for them. Well, it seems that there are some changes in the Orient leadership because they are fixing a lot of the stuff that could have been criticized, while also expanding their offering. Their latest release is a brand new collection, an answer to the post-PRX integrated-bracelet boom, based on the 1970s Super King, the new Orient Flusso.

The steel case is 39mm wide, 10.9mm thick, with a lug-to-lug of 47mm. That's properly compact for this category, where 40mm and up has become the default. The lug-to-lug could use a bit of a shave, but we'll live. It's a tonneau shape, with a thin, round polished bezel, and the four small notches cut into its corners are the nod to the old Super King's exposed screws. It also has brushed surfaces, polished bevels, a squared-off shoulder by the crown for easier grip. On top is a sapphire crystal, you get 100 meters of water resistance, and out back is a screwed caseback with an engraved logo. Nothing fancy.

Three sunburst dials in silver, dark gray and blue make up the core range, plus white on a gold-colored case and bracelet. There's no date, but there is lume on the hour and minute hands, and very little else. There's also a ruby-red gradient limited edition, taken from a vintage SK colorway and cut with wide grooves and a fine crosshatch. It has twice the personality of the standard dials for negligible more money. Try to get that one if you can.

Inside is the new Orient calibre F6522, na automatic movement with hand-winding and hacking seconds, beating at 3Hz with 40 hours of power reserve. Orient quotes +25/-15 seconds a day, which is loose, but these movements usually work better than advertised. The bracelet is integrated, the lugs running straight into the first link, and it closes with a push-button folding clasp.

The Orient Flusso costs €299 in steel, €335 for the red limited edition of 4,000 pieces and €360 in gold tone, available from December 2026. See more on the Orient website.