Orient Star delivers for watch collectors and enthusiasts who want a playful version of the rare ed open-worked, or semi-skeletonised in this case, mechanical watch.
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From left: Classic Semi Skeleton (RE-ND0017L) S$686, Modern Skeleton (RE-AV0120L) S$1,133.

Burgeoning watch collectors and enthusiasts are often frustrated by the lack of accessible complex mechanical watches; even dyed-in-wool collectors of means have the same problem, believe it or not. If you want to experiment with the very specific look of a skeletonised watch, for example, there is little you can do but to accept the situation. Well, Orient Star goes a long way towards providing a solution here, and although the Japanese watchmaker does offer a full skeleton watch, we are going to start here with the semi-skeleton offerings in the Contemporary and Classic collections.
Our reasoning is this: if you find you like the look and feel of an open-heart watch on your wrist all day, then a semi-skeleton will work for you. The following three watches are all suitable for daily wear (not true of all full or semi-skeleton watches), for men and women, so they will work very well for our purposes. They are the Modern Skeleton (41mm, with small seconds, equipped with a bracelet), the Semi Skeleton (slightly smaller at 39.3mm, with central seconds on a leather strap) and Classic Semi Skeleton for her (the smallest of the lo...