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# The New Orient Kamasu GMT Is One Hell Of An Affordable Diver Made For Travel
- URL: https://www.itsabouttime.email/the-new-orient-kamasu-gmt-is-one-hell-of-an-affordable-diver-made-for-travel/
- Published: 2026-10-26T14:43:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-26T21:08:23.000Z
- Author: Vuk Radic
- Tags: News

Cheap GMTs tend to be desk divers with 100 meters of water resistance and a bezel for show. The Kamasu GMT, however, goes a bit harder, with a water resistance rating to 200 meters, which makes it one of the few under $500 you could actually dive with. The Kamasu is Orient’s mid-priced steel diver, around since 2019, and this is the first version with a second time zone. Is a GMT diver the perfect everyday watch? This one might be, if you have the wrist for it.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/98/15/981552fd-1b67-4d3c-8ad7-fc38a52bf9fb/content/images/2026/10/orient-kamasu-gmt-2.webp)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/98/15/981552fd-1b67-4d3c-8ad7-fc38a52bf9fb/content/images/2026/10/orient-kamasu-gmt-3.png.jpeg)

The steel case measures 42.8mm wide, a millimeter up on the regular Kamasu, and 13.4mm thick. That sounds like a lot, and it is a lot. Add to that the 49.5mm lug-to-lug and the size disqualifies it from being a perfect daily watch. But it's pretty close. On top is a sapphire crystal, which is more than you get in a similar watch from a competitor. You still get the crown guards, which are the same as on the regular Kamasu, and the crown screws down to give you 200 meters of water resistance.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/98/15/981552fd-1b67-4d3c-8ad7-fc38a52bf9fb/content/images/2026/10/orient-kamasu-gmt-4.webp)

Very little on the dial has changed, which is just fine. You still get a sunburst finish, applied geometric markers, arrow-tipped hour and seconds hands and a sword minute hand. The new GMT hand also ends in an arrow and changes color by reference: red on the black, green and blue dials, gold on the orange, and blue on the limited dark blue edition. The old day-date window is gone, replaced by a framed date at three o’clock, and the minute track now sits on the rehaut.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/98/15/981552fd-1b67-4d3c-8ad7-fc38a52bf9fb/content/images/2026/10/orient-kamasu-gmt-5.webp)

Inside is the calibre F6P22, an in-house automatic built from Orient’s F6922\. It beats at 3Hz, has 22 jewels and stores 40 hours of power. ~~This is a caller style GMT, so the GMT hand is the one you set on its own while the local hour hand stays fixed to the minutes. For keeping an eye on a time zone away, that's a perfect solution. If you cross time zones a lot, resetting local time on arrival takes longer than on a flyer GMT.~~ Turns out, I was way too quick looking this over and I got a bit ahead of myself. Sorry for that. This is not a GMT movement at all. It's just a 24 hour hand with a GMT bezel, with no way to independently adjust any of the hands. I wasn't expecting a watch named GMT in 2026 to not actually use just a 24 hour hand. That's not good. Not good at all. The three-link steel bracelet has Oyster-style Y-shaped links, hollow end links and a folding safety clasp.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/98/15/981552fd-1b67-4d3c-8ad7-fc38a52bf9fb/content/images/2026/10/orient-kamasu-gmt-7.webp)

The Orient Kamasu GMT is available now for $495\. Black, green, blue and orange are regular production; the dark blue version is limited to 4,300 pieces. See more [on the Orient website](https://orient-watch.com/en/orient/collection/sports/diver-design-gmt/?ref=itsabouttime.email).