Kamasu Returns, Mako GMT Arrives and Bambino Goes 36mm: Orient Autumn/Winter 2026

Orient’s Autumn/Winter 2026 collection starts with a return many enthusiasts will recognise straight away. The Kamasu-style Mako is back, bringing with it the sharp handset, broad indices and day-date layout that made it a fan favourite, now across four new colours, including a white version exclusive to WatchNation.*

But this is not a collection built around bringing back old favourites. Alongside the returning Kamasu comes the first Mako GMT, powered by a new Orient automatic movement, while the Bambino moves in the opposite direction with a new 36.4mm no-date case.

Three launches, then, but three quite different ideas. One brings back a favourite. One adds a new function to the Mako. And one takes the Bambino closer to traditional dress-watch proportions.

The Kamasu Returns

There are certain Orient watches that have become much more than their reference numbers, and the Kamasu is one of them.

Officially, Kamasu (Kamsasus?) sit within the wider Orient Mako family as the Mako III, but the Kamasu name has become the familiar way enthusiasts distinguish this particular design. The formula is easy to recognise: broad bar-shaped hour markers, the distinctive Mako handset, a day-date display at 3 o'clock and a case that feels substantial without becoming oversized. For Autumn/Winter 2026, Orient is bringing that design back in four new colours.

It is also worth putting the return into some context. The wider Mako story goes back to 2004, when Orient launched the sports watch that would eventually pick up the Mako nickname. Orient describes that original model as combining 20-bar water resistance with a design intended to work just as comfortably for everyday wear.

The returning Kamasu-style models measure 41.8mm across, 46.8mm lug-to-lug and 12.8mm thick. Water resistance is 20 bar, the crown screws down and the bezel is a 120-click unidirectional design.

Those dimensions are part of the appeal. At 41.8mm it still has the presence expected from an Orient sports watch, but the relatively short 46.8mm lug-to-lug measurement keeps it from spreading too far across the wrist.

Underneath it still sits the Orient F6922 automatic movement, with a 40-hour power reserve and quoted accuracy of +25 to -15 seconds per day. So the story here isn't a new case or movement. It's the return of a design people already liked, with a completely new set of dials.

Four New Kamasu Colours

Colour makes a bigger difference to this Mako than you might expect. The Blue is the most familiar of the four. Blue has always made sense on an Orient sports watch, and here the metallic treatment runs from the dial into the bezel rather than feeling like colour has simply been dropped into an existing case.

The Orange is much less restrained. On a dial with markers and hands this large, orange gives the whole watch a very different presence without affecting the legibility that makes the design work in the first place.

Then there is the Purple. This is the limited release of the four and uses a graduated purple dial against a black bezel. 

The White Orient Kamasu. Exclusive to WatchNation

The Orient Kamasu in White is available exclusively through WatchNation.*

And we're proud of that, because white suits this watch particularly well.

There is already a lot happening on a Kamasu dial. Large applied markers, a broad handset, minute track, day-date display and plenty of lume all need room to breathe. Removing the strong dial colour puts more emphasis on those shapes instead. The black bezel frames it, the darker hands and marker surrounds provide the contrast, and the small red details around the day-date display and seconds hand stop the watch becoming too monochrome.

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The Mako Finally Gets a GMT

GMT watches have become a much bigger part of the accessible mechanical-watch market over the last few years, but Orient has taken a fairly straightforward approach here. Rather than building a completely different watch around the complication, the GMT has been worked into a recognisable Orient Mako to give us, believe it or not, the Orient Mako GMT.

The case measures 42.8mm across, 49.5mm lug-to-lug and 13.4mm thick. There is 200m water resistance, a stainless-steel bracelet with solid end links and a rotating 24-hour bezel surrounding the dial. The extra hand is easy to pick out. It uses an arrow-shaped tip and a contrasting colour, with matching GMT text sitting above 6 o'clock. The bezel does some of the work too. Its two-tone 24-hour scale gives a visual division between halves of the day while also allowing another time zone to be read.

It is recognisably a Mako. There is just more information available when you need it.

How does the Mako GMT Work?

The new Mako GMT uses classic first-generation GMT functionality, with the rotating 24-hour bezel forming part of the way another time zone is tracked. The hands themselves cannot be moved independently.

In other words, this isn't a so-called traveller's or flyer GMT where you can jump the local hour hand forwards and backwards as you cross time zones. What Orient has built is the straightforward approach: an additional 24-hour hand, a 24-hour bezel and a movement that gives the Mako another useful function without pushing it into a completely different category.

A New F6P22 Automatic Movement

Underneath the new GMT sits the Orient F6P22, which has a 40-hour power reserve and accuracy of +25 to -15 seconds per day.

That matters because Orient's mechanical movements are not an incidental part of the brand. The company has spent decades developing its own movement architecture, and its current anniversary material continues to describe distinctive movements alongside design as central to what separates Orient from its competitors.

Here, the F6P22 allows Orient to add GMT functionality without abandoning the in-house mechanical approach that has become one of the reasons people look at the brand in the first place.

Five Mako GMT References

There are five versions at launch: The black is where the design looks most like a traditional tool watch. Green and blue add colour without changing that character too dramatically.  Then there is orange. The Orange does something similar to the orange Kamasu, but there is more going on around it here. The 24-hour bezel and GMT hand break up the colour, which keeps the dial from becoming one large block of orange. The fifth watch is the one Orient has separated from the rest.

The Limited Edition Mako GMT

The Limited Edition Mako GMT takes the blue option further. Instead of the more conventional treatment used on the standard model, the limited edition gets a graduated blue dial inspired by a clear sky, paired with a blue section on the bezel. The crown is finished in black, while brighter white luminous details stand out against the darker dial. Those are relatively small changes, but together they make it feel like a distinct version rather than another blue reference with a limited-edition number attached.

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The Bambino Goes to 36mm

After two sports-watch launches, Orient has done something much quieter with the Bambino. The new Bambino 36 measures 36.4mm across and 42.2mm lug-to-lug. That is not simply small by modern standards. Those dimensions put it firmly into traditional dress-watch territory, which is arguably where the Bambino has always made the most sense.

The history backs that up. The watch that became known as the Bambino appeared in 2012 as Orient's Classic and Simple Style model, with a traditional dial, domed glass, slender lugs and deliberately delicate case design. The Bambino nickname came later as the model became popular internationally. The new 36.4mm model takes that original idea seriously. It is not trying to make the Bambino sportier or more contemporary. It simply gives the design more compact proportions.

No Date, and Better for It?

The other important change is on the dial. There is no date window. That leaves a completely symmetrical layout of three hands and baton hour markers, which works particularly well at this size. There is less space on a 36.4mm dial, so removing the date gives everything else more room. Orient has also moved to an 18mm strap width and added an extra sizing hole to improve fit across a wider range of wrists.

Inside is the new F6524 automatic movement, with a 40-hour power reserve and the same quoted +25 to -15 seconds-per-day accuracy range as the other new mechanical models. Again, the interesting thing isn't complication. It's restraint.

Four New Bambino 36 Models

The new range begins with four references. White and ivory obviously feel completely at home on this case. The gold-tone pushes the traditional dress-watch side a little further, while the green gives the same proportions a more contemporary character. And that is probably the strength of the new size. A 36mm Bambino doesn't have to be treated as a men's watch made smaller or a women's watch made larger. It is simply a compact automatic dress watch, which opens it up to anyone who prefers those proportions.

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A Strong Autumn/Winter Collection

There is no single theme running through Orient's Autumn/Winter 2026 releases, and for a brand like Orient, that's a good thing. The Kamasu comes back because the original formula still works. Four new colours give it a reason to return, with the white RA-AA0825S giving WatchNation something particularly different within the range. The Mako GMT moves the sports collection forward instead, adding a second-time-zone function, a new F6P22 automatic movement and five references from the outset. Then the Bambino 36 strips things back: smaller case, no date, clean dial.

The approach reminds us why Orient's range has become as broad as it has. The company doesn't need every new watch to do the same thing. Sometimes the interesting move is adding another hand. Sometimes it is taking something away. And sometimes it is simply bringing back a watch people wanted to see again.

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*Orient Kamasu reference RA-AA0825S39B is exclusive to WatchNation in the UK market of authorised retailers of Orient Watches.