... Before I thought better of it and moved it here where it rightfully belongs. Not just because, by coincidence my last salutary warning post at the bottom of the previous page also concerned a franken 38mm reduced Yema Spationaute III, but this one (stupid pricing apart) is more likely to catch out an unwary punter. It was listed yesterday evening, by the aforementioned French eBay seller, as a 7-day auction with a ludicrously over-optimistic opening bid price of 600 Euros, which hopefully should prove enough of a deterrent to all but the most foolhardy.Seiko7A38 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:44 amI suppose I should also mention the other Yema Spationaute III, listed by the same French eBay seller pierrotlunaire54, around the same time yesterday evening - because compared to his NOS example, it's something of a frankened horror ! According to him it's in “très bon état” !
For those unfamiliar with Yema Spationaute III variants, this is a particularly deceptive franken / bitza. The case-back and white dial (which appears to be in poor condition) are from the two-tone 38mm reduced version, model # N80A696. The blue inlaid bezel, case with stainless pushers, crown and polished stainless hour, minute and sweep hands are from the blue dialed 38mm reduced model # N80A66. The ensemble is topped off by a cheap and nasty olive NATO strap.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/montre-YEMA- ... 4472115170
Here's a very quick side-by-side comparison shot of the two 38mm reduced variants that this franken is comprised of:
Left: N80A66, right: N80A696. Rather appropriately, I just happened to have my two worst condition examples handy.
Admittedly not the best of photos, but note the polished stainless vs black outlined hour, minute and sweep hands.