Yema Spationaute III Franken (Topic moved)

[jamesam]

This eBay listing for a Yema N8 chronograph has the dial of the Spationaute III but it’s not one.
It lists the model as “Mido Ocean Star”?
So glad it also says "original (not a fake watch)" to clarify things

eBay Item Number 295205829414
https://www.ebay.com/itm/295205829414?m ... name=11011

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[Seiko7A38]

Well spotted James. I hadn't seen that horror myself (yet). It's a complete Franken, based on the dressy model N81W53, which as you said has been fitted with the dial from a Spationaute III and a gold-plated bracelet (this watch like all Yema N8's normally comes fitted with a leather strap). Looks like it's using the N81W53's hour and minute hands, which have been rather gobbily re-lumed. Here's a wrist shot of an unmolested N81W53 that I posted last July. There are actually two versions of white dial used in this model. The Roman numeral dialed variant is relatively common in Indonesia, as is also the 38mm reduced Spationaute III (model # N80A66) which I suspect donated the dial.

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I had to chuckle at how this chancer ended his description:
* SCAMMERS WILL BE REPORTED & INVESTIGATED BY EBAY!

[Seiko7A38]

The Indonesian eBay seller had re-listed that Yema N81W53 / Spationaute III franken (again as 5-day auctions) through September and October, at least 6 or 7 times without success. He last re-listed it on 25th October, as a Buy-it-Now, for the same price - $299. Checking my eBay watching page, he ended the listing as item no longer available yesterday:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295298286770

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eBay.com shows it was sold the day before, as a best offer:

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.... As borne out by the eBay Purchase History:

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Note my screen print shows a Buy-it-Now price of $258, rather than $299. Either way, still too far much to pay for a cobbled together piece of misrepresented junk, like this.