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Orient Caliber F6T22

Orient Caliber F6T22

Automatic
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BrandOrient
Caliber NumberF6T22
In-House?
Yes
Movement TypeMechanical, Automatic
Jewels22
Vibrations Per Hour
21,600 bph
Anti-Shock SystemSeiko Diashock
Power Reserve
40 hours
Hand Windable?
Yes
Hacking?Yes
Lift Angle(Add to comments below…)
Hand Count
3
FunctionsCentral hours, central minutes, central sweep seconds, open balance wheel at 9:00
Country of ManufactureJapan
Known Models(Add your watch to the comments below…)

The Orient caliber F6T22 is a self-winding automatic movement with 22 jewels. This movement time only with 3 hands. The feature that makes this caliber special is the open balance wheel at 9:00. Orient makes their movements in-house in Japan.

Power Reserve

The Orient caliber F6T22 has a power reserve of 40 or more hours. Winding the crown 30 times will wind the spring fully and achieve full power reserve.

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calibercorner
3 years ago

test

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uncleseptember
uncleseptember
3 years ago

Orient F6T22 is used in Orient Helios and Orient Bambino Open Heart and any open heart models above 2017, accuracy is about +20 to -15 per day. Power reserve up to ~43 hours.

similar movement: F6922 (day-date with 22 jewels), F6722 (date with 22 jewels), F6224 (date with 24 jewels)

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As
As
3 years ago

Super. +2s/24h in Orient Bambino open heart.

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Jerry
Jerry
2 years ago
Reply to  As

I’m getting less than +1 on mine. I’m totally impressed with this movement.

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thomas
thomas
2 years ago
Reply to  Jerry

when you guys place your watch down, how do you orientate it?

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calibercorner
2 years ago
Reply to  thomas

Most collectors (myself included) probably place their watches dial up. This is also the natural position for most watch boxes. Although, there are some new style watch cases that display the watches crown up. Will make this question into a poll on the sidebar!

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OldschoolNoobie
OldschoolNoobie
2 years ago

Hi I am a new user for the F6T22 movement. As a matter of fact the orient bambino open heart is my first ever automatic.
I was wondering that is the section displaying the “+” and “-” markers on the back of the case , is that the power reserve indicator?? Because I winded the watch multiple times but that indicator didn’t budge.
Is there something that I am not seeing ?

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EuropeanGuy
EuropeanGuy
2 years ago
Reply to  OldschoolNoobie

Hi there, it was my first too and i’m so far impressed by it regarding that it’s a rather unexpensive (by no means cheap as in lacking precision) automatic watch. I’m by no means an expert on automatic movements, but i believe this to be for calibrating how fast/slow the dials move. I’ve never messed around with this for obvious reasons as i’m getting +10Sek (worst case) in a week which comes down to +1,42sec a day, on my movement. In most instances i set my watch at the beginning of every month -40sec. to the actual time (atomic watch)… Read more »

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calibercorner
2 years ago
Reply to  EuropeanGuy

Hi EuropeanGuy, thank you for sharing your experience with your F6T22 powered Orient watch. Please keep us all updated as you continue to monitor its accuracy 🙂

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Phil
Phil
2 years ago
Reply to  OldschoolNoobie

That +/- is a calibration lever used in the factory to adjust the time keeping (or later if needing the watch serviced and adjusted) and doesn’t move from its set position.

This particular movement does not have a reserve indicator.

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MJ
MJ
1 year ago

In my experience, this movement performs almost perfectly for the price. At worst I’ve recorded +1.39s /day over 30 days. This is after 8 months of ownership. I have personally never experienced a better automatic movement than this in a watch around the £150 – £250 range and rivals movements in far more expensive watches in my collection. Should be talked about more!

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Aaron
Aaron
1 year ago

“ORIENT Contemporary RN-AR0001B Semi Skeleton Mechanical small seconds” watch is listed as having this movement. I’ve recently purchased one, and it actually uses the F6S22 which has 24 jewels instead of 22. What are the other differences?

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Aaron
Aaron
1 year ago
Reply to  Aaron

This is a photo of the movement

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calibercorner
1 year ago
Reply to  Aaron

Hi Aaron, did the seller list the caliber number as being F6T22? Was it directly from Orient? A lot of sellers just use stock pics and copy/paste anything.

It appears that the main difference (aside from jewel count) could be that the F6T22 on this page has a central sweeping seconds hand and the F6S22 has a small seconds subdial at 6:00.

I will create a new caliber listing for the F6S22. By the way, did you take that photo? If so, would it be ok to use it on the new page?

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Aaron
Aaron
1 year ago
Reply to  calibercorner

I purchased the watch from Conteenium, where the movement is mis-identified in their online listing. Honestly, I can’t find a site where it’s identified correctly. I did snap that the photo above, that’s my watch. You’re welcome to use it.

The F6S22 does indeed feature small seconds at 6-oclock, and is designed for open heart applications, but neither of those “complications” seem like they would require two extra jewels in the movement.

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Ben.
Ben.
1 year ago

Hello. I own Orient Open Heart with F6T22 and I was wondering. What type of case back it is. Is is screw-off type or Snap-off?.

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Josh
Josh
8 months ago
Reply to  Ben.

It is screw.

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