Seiko 7A38 - by the numbers

This ultra blingy Yema N81W63 listed on eBay in the States last week wasn't exactly hard to spot (or should I say hard to miss). 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390516046096

YEMA Paris calendar Chronograph n81w63 no reserve

A Stainless Steel Gold Plated Wristwatch, YEMA Paris, with gold plated dial, black Roman numerals, sweep second hand, three subsidiary dials, day and date , tachometer, quartz movement, water resistant, serial  # 1843 YEMA N81W63 Paris, the case measures 38.6mm.

The strap has been replaced. This is running well, keeping time, chronograph works fine. 

Pity about the badly notched (butchered) replacement strap fitted. Sorry, I couldn't resist; the plating on this one is better than my own.

Seiko7A38 at November 29, 2012 at 6:26 PM

And finally ....

After initially listing his Yema N8 Flygraf on LeBonCoin at a ridiculous 450 Euros back in June and  ....

re-listing it over and over umpteen times using borrowed stock photos of my (ex-Louis-Eric Beckensteiner of Yema) Flygraf ....

Mon ami Philippe has finally managed to take some photos of his own watch at last - and it actually doesn't look half bad. 

http://www.leboncoin.fr/montres_bijoux/400007777.htm?ca=1_s

Montre yema chrono

Mise en ligne par philippe le 29 novembre à 11:21.

 

Prix : 190 €

Ville : Quincy-Voisins

Code postal : 77860

Description : 

montre YEMA chrono FLYGRAPH 

MARQUE ORIGINALE YEMA.

IL NE S'AGIT PAS D'UNE CONTREFACON. 

Modèle inspiré de la Breitling Navitimer

Mouvement Quartz 

Parfait état de marche

Bracelet Breitling

In fact, although a shade on the expensive side, given the apparent condition, I'd say he's finally arrived at around the 'right price'. 

Especially when compared with that rough ex-Filipino Yema Flygraf offered by Timely_Classic - currently bid to a ridiculous £410 ! 

Philippe has re-listed his Yema Flygraf - now reduced to 180 Euros: http://www.leboncoin.fr/montres_bijoux/412226611.htm?ca=1_s

Seiko7A38 at October 23, 2012 at 11:13 AM

Slightly but still Yema N8 related ....

Should anyone be interested (possibly any members who have recently purchased one of those NOS Yema Spationaute III's) ....

A Canadian eBay seller is offering (multiple copies) of that 1989 Yema L'Heure des Héros advert, featuring the Spationaute III:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400331539533

YEMA Y1115 SPATIONAUTE III MENS WATCH 1989 PRINT AD

Might make a nice back-drop for a photo with your 'new' watch. 

Just checked out this ad.

Same seller also has an ad for the Yema Flygraf. IMO, both ads would make great backdrops for photos with the actual watch.

YEMA FLYGRAF YM061

Here's an ad for the Yema Flygraf from the same ebay seller as for the Spationaute lll referenced by Paul.

I agree with Paul, it might make a nice back drop for your new watch.

Seiko7A38 at January 7, 2013 at 3:25 PM

Yes Mike, but the Yema Flygraf advert he is listing is not from the same 1989 L'Heure des Héros series, featuring the Yema N8 '7A38' Flygraf, but a much later advert (possibly from 1995) featuring a Seiko 7T34-powered Flygraf. I'm looking for the 1989 Flygraf advert.

You are correct Paul.  Here's a quick photo of my new arrival.

Here's a US eBay auction for a tidy-looking JAZ Paris N8YZ669 chronograph 'chronometer' (sic), complete with original box and tag ....

(but I suspect, from the style, no longer fitted with the original leather strap) which ended in the early hours of this morning (UK time):

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181055631320

Jaz Paris Chronograph Wrist Watch Quartz Movement Works Great Chronometer

Jaz Paris Watch Chronograph

Quartz Movement

Comes with Original Box & Packaging

Gorgeous Leather Strap- Glued, Sewn, and Padded.

Chronometer Sets up at Eight instead of Twelve, but Runs Perfectly.

Feel Free to Email Me With Any Questions.

Purchased Brand New @ 1995.

Watch Will be Supplied With a Brand New Battery.

I was going to have a punt at it myself, but then I noticed someone had already placed a bid on it (thereby removing the Buy-it-Now option for $150). I recognized the bidder's ID immediately, as one belonging to a collector who regularly bids on 7Axx's, but doesn't often have much in the way of luck - until recently. A man I know simply as 'Don', from trading the odd eBay message with him. It was he who had first told me of the existence of the JAZ '7A38's a couple of years ago. So it seemed the decent thing not to outbid him. Fortunately nobody else did. 

Here's a dressy Yema '7A28' model # N71X33 which was listed on eBay in the States last night, if anybody's interested:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121051221528

YEMA PARIS MENS CHRONOGRAPH - STUNNING - RUNNING - NEW BATTERY - YEMA BAND

YEMA PARIS MENS WATCH - STUNNING CHRONOGRAPH, YEMA PARIS, NEW BATTERY, RUNNING AND LOOKING WONDERFUL, YEMA BAND, THE DR HAD SUCH A VARIETY, THIS IS A MODERN WATCH AND IT LOOKS GOOD...LOOKS LIKE IT WAS WORN A FEW TIMES FROM THE BAND HOLE BUT IT SHOWS NO WEAR, 38MM STEEL BACK CASE GOLD TONE BEZEL...BID TO WIN, IT IS A LOOKER...

SHOULD BE A 15 JEWELS JAPANESE QUARTZ MOVEMENT, THESE ARE VERY WELL MADE...\

YEMA SIGNED DIAL, CASE, BAND AND BUCKLE...

TIME SET CROWN IS ON THE LEFT, NOT VERY COMMON...

The last sentence in the seller's description made me chuckle ! 

Pretty awful photos, but what potentially could be a very nice example of the N71X33. See Mark Mills' thread on SCWF:

http://www.thewatchsite.com/index.php/topic,20575.msg113951.html (which I'd previously mentioned on the first page).

The auction ended last night - the Yema N7 '7A28' sold cheaply, as I'd expected: for less than $60 bucks (approx £37.50) after 9 bids:

I spotted this dressy Yema N81W43 in a bizarrely titled for sale advert on the French watch forum, Forumamontres this afternoon:

http://forumamontres.forumactif.com/t139049-vends-yema-echiquier-line-quartz  [Vends] Yema "Echiquier Line" Quartz

The advert's been posted for a couple of weeks and although it's NOS, I suspect it'll go unsold a while longer at the 200€ asking price.

A Yema N7 'Americas Cup' - well spotted by Arpad.   I'd missed it when I ran searches on eBay France, a couple of days ago. 

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/251215171036

I'd seen one of these before though. See this thread by Mark Mills on SCWF: http://www.thewatchsite.com/index.php/topic,20600.html

I know I'm getting to sound like an old scratched record, but this may be your last chance to grab yourself a NOS Yema Spationaute III:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121058550950

I have negotiated a small discount for members of this forum - regardless of the winning bid price for this eBay auction (their previous listing in December 2012 ended at $357). They will sell direct to confirmed members for $225 + shipping. If you want one, you don't need to bid on this auction. Send an email direct to the seller (a lady named Leanne): support @ watchfactory.com (without the gaps).

You won't regret it. 

I spotted this Yema N8 Flygraf in need of a a new battery (and a bit of T.L.C., from the looks of it) listed on eBay France, yesterday:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290857069991

MONTRE YEMA FLYGRAF OCCASION POUR COLLECTIONNEUR

MONTRE YEMA MODELE FLYGRAF 3

ANNEES 1988-1990 - VENDU EN L'ETAT POUR COLLECTIONNEUR OU REPARATEUR

JE N'AI PAS CHANGE LA PILE MAIS LA MONTRE FONCTIONNE AVEC PILE NEUVE

POUR UNE REMISE EN ETAT PARFAITE IL FAUDRAIT FAIRE :

Changement de la pile, joints d'étanchéité, vitre en parfait état mais pas d'origine, réparation aiguille petit cadran à droite.

A l'origine montre avec bracelet en requin bleu

PAS SERIEUX S'ABSTENIR - ENVOI SOIGNE ET RAPIDE

Could do with the main hands re-luming (to match the batons); the errant 1/10s chrono' hand re-fixing and a new battery, but one wonders what else it might possibly need. Given the condition, the opening bid price of 99.00 Euros is probably a bit optimistic. 

This Yema Spationaute III came up in my eBay saved favourite search notifications this morning. Though it wouldn't have been hard to spot, because it's listed with worldwide visibility. Plus I'd had some forewarning one might be appearing soon, from the number of incoming google searches on Yema Spationaute III, from France, that I'd noticed earlier this week in the forum stats package:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261170437009

Rare Yema Spationaute III Aragatz

Yema Spationaute III Mission Longue Durée Aragatz numérotée 4-862. La montre fonctionne parfaitement. Le changement de pile et l'étanchéité viennent d'être effectué. Elle est entièrement d'origine avec son bracelet Yema en requin véritable ainsi que sa boucle ardillon. La montre est en excellent état général. A noter une légère rayure sur le verre qui doit pouvoir s'effacer avec du polywatch ou autre. Quelques micros rayures d'usage. le bracelet est en trés bon état de conservation.

Frais d'envois à charge de l'acheteur : 9,10euros en colissimo

Paiement : Paypal, chèque,...

Vous avez des photos pour plus de détails. N'hésitez pas si vous avez des questions. Le paiement doit être reçu immédiatement aprés la fin des enchères si paiement via paypal. Merci pour votre compréhension.

It's a late production model (a 4 prefix serial number denotes a year of manufacture of 1993), with the 'minimal' dial - without PARIS nor QUARTZ. Note also that the case-back engraving is much lighter on these later versions; 'Aragatz' being in outline only. All looks very original, including the later style Yema navy blue shark strap (produced by Fleurus for Yema). Pity about the scratched crystal (which I can assure you won't buff out with Polywatch) and the typically over-ambitious opening bid price of 350 Euros (approx £300.99). 

Very remiss of me not to have checked before ....

But the same Yema Spationaute III was listed on Chronomania's Coin des Affaires 2 days ago:

http://cda.chronomania.net/forum_entry.php?id=81882

[VENDS] Yema Spationaute III Aragatz - 320€

posté par oyster64, 14.02.2013, 13:46

Same photos, same description, but with a slightly lower asking price of 320 Euros. Rien de change, plus c'est la même chose.

By the way, I had noticed .... yesterday, somebody actually paid the seller's 350 Euros opening bid price (against the first re-listing). 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261175364320

This Spationaute III, listed on eBay in France earlier this evening, might not be so easy to spot, because of the mis-spelt auction title:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190809886690

montre yema spasionaute 3

Très rare montre yema spationaute 3 numéroté fonctionne parfaitement édition limite montre de jean Louis crethien a ne pas rater

Bonne enchère a tous

As spotted by Chris  - subsequently re-listed with the price now reduced to 200 Euros: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190813102690

Belated edit: Sold three days later for 202 Euros:

A couple of eBay auctions in the States for 43mm diameter Yema N8's ended over the weekend.

The first was Leanne's (Watchfactory.com) latest listing for a NOS Yema Spationaute III, which finished around 7:00pm on Sunday:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121083872138

This one made $319 after 4 bids - and if I'm correct about the winning bidder's ID (check the mega feedback number 65,814) ....

it belongs to a Japanese proxy bidding company, whose name escapes me, so that one will be presumably heading to Japan.

The other, which I will admit I kept quiet about while it was current (and my fingers very tightly crossed) was for a Yema N8 Flygraf.

The auction ended in the early hours of this morning, selling for the opening bid price of $199. 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300877498907

Hopefully that one will be heading over to England - specifically me, in due course. 

I know what I wrote here: http://www.seiko7a38.com/apps/forums/topics/show/7226478-i-really-didn-t-need-another-yema-n8-flygraf-

But this one is New (unworn) with box, tags and papers - plus it has the cream lume, which was the 'alternate' version I was looking for.

Here's one of those rarer white-dialed 38mm 'reduced' Yema Spationaute III's, model # N80A696 listed yesterday by a French seller:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171018071051

The listing description has 9 clickable (to 1600x1200) images embedded in it, but almost all are slightly out of focus (particularly the 2 side-on views). Probably the sharpest image is that at the top of the listing, where the watch appears to be in good cosmetic condition:

But the 'gotcher' is in the description itself, which follows underneath those embedded images:

Bonjour tres rare montre de plongee diver YEMA spationaute 3 vol longue duree ARAGATZ cccp France cadran blanc

couronne et boutons en or 18 k bracelet cuir d'origine

la montre a besoin d'un reglage les aiguilles chrono fonctionnent toutes mais l'heure ne bouge pas a peut etre besoin de service

vendue comme pour pieces ou reparation elle n'a peut etre rien du tout

Avant d'enchérir lisez bien l'annonce, posez des questions, demandez des photos supplémentaires. Les photos et les descriptions qui apparaissent dans l'annonce sont celles de l'objet mis en vente et donc elles représentent exactement l'état de l'objet. Les objets vendus étant d'occasion, les retours ne sont pas acceptés. 

les photos font partie de la description 

ebayeurs avec zéro évaluation me contacter avant d'enchérir, svp

A quick translation tells you that the chrono' functions work, but the time does not move 'perhaps just in need of a service' and it's 'being sold for spares or repairs (nothing else)'. Indeed, the seller has included other photos showing the chrono' hands in different positions, but the hour and minutes hands haven't moved and seconds sub-dial hand is stuck on '21' in all of them. His statement about the crown and pushers being '18K Gold' is incorrect - like most 7Axx's (be they Seiko or Yema N8's) they're just gold plated.

I could almost have been tempted by this one myself - as a movement swap / re-build project, but bearing in mind that it's effectively a non-runner, the opening bid price of 180 Euros, plus 24 Euros carriage on top, is taking the p!ss somewhat, IMHO - rare or not. 

As mentioned in the Non-Seiko 'Wrong Un's thread, I've noticed a fair number of Yema N8's turning up on Indonesian blogspots lately.

Some good, some not so. Here's a 43mm Yema Spationaute III in dire need of some re-luming work, listed yesterday:

http://bataviajam.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/yema-spationaute-iii-chronograph-quartz.html

YEMA SPATIONAUTE III CHRONOGRAPH QUARTZ FRANCE

Asking price is 950,000 Indonesian Rupiah, which is equivalent to only $98 or £63.50. A lot cheaper than you'd see on eBay France.

I haven't seen much worthy of mention listed on LeBonCoin.fr recently, but this 'iffy' Spationaute III cropped up in my searches today:

http://www.leboncoin.fr/montres_bijoux/463661132.htm?ca=1_s

Montre yema spacionaute 3

Mise en ligne par jms le 19 avril à 08:46.

Prix: 80 €

Ville : Caussade

Code postal : 82300

Description :

Série limitée modèle rare, complète en panne, verre et bracelet à remplacer sinon parfait état

Expédition possible. Vous pouvez également me joindre au 06 51 88 13 50.

Toute mes montres en tapant jmshorlo dans le moteur de recherche du boncoin

Obviously in need of a replacement crystal; screw-down crown and 1/10s chrono hand - hence the 'bargain' price of only 80 Euros.