Skeleton watches are clearly a big part of Orient Star . Between the sporty Avant-Garde Skeleton , the more refined Orient Star Skeleton in the brand’s Contemporary Collection, and now this new Orient Star M34 F8 Skeleton Hand Winding created for the brand’s 75th anniversary, the Japanese brand has built a broad range of openworked watches over the years. The M34 collection also plays around space-inspired themes, something we again saw with the Orient Star M34 F8 Date Meteorite 75th Anniversary released earlier this year. Sitting closer to the top end of the Orient Star catalogue than most, this latest M34 F8 Skeleton takes that same dreamy-space idea and gives it a darker twist with meteorite-like textures and a sharp skeletonised display. But there is more going on here than just the styling. Like some of Orient Star’s higher-end skeleton watches, the hand-wound movement uses a silicon escape wheel – not so common in Japanese mechanical watches around this price range.…