@@leyay7540 the more i read about the movement the more i dont see how its mostly an eta clone. I just wanted to know if i would have to send it to them to service. They said any competent watchmaker would be able to service the movement.
Stay away from the watch/brand/movement. I bought the Navygraf, on the 15th day the watch died, I couldn't return the watch. Contacted the customer care, asked me to send back for 'repair' on my expense. On the way back the watch got stuck in French customs(in the package I mentioned returning watch for repair). Yema didn't bother to retrieve it from the customs. It is a very expensive lesson learned about this French brand. Imo the movement is not up to the mark, and the customer service is pathetic.
This is a gorgeous piece!!! The thin numeral style on the bezel is unique as opposed to competition. Its understatement is effective and unique. I want this NOW! Great video, brother!
Just bought this one. Customer service was great, and I appreciate the heritage of this brand and the fact that they had the balls to create an in house movement. Its brands like Yema that need your support. Keep an eye on this company, I expect to see more great things from them in the future.
A real in-house movement and a good one at that, great finishes, 39mm, for that price is a steal. Other unknown brands are selling average Sellita based watches which is just an ordinary clone of an ETA (no different than Seagull and Hangzou) for twice the price. This watch is amazing to be honest, really tempted to get one.
This IS a handsome timepiece. Yes, kind of unbelievable to offer such spec'd watch WITH actual in-house movement. It's very cool. I know I've seen and been most aware of the Superman model. It's priced a bit higher (I believe), but still pretty cool with its unique bezel lock apparatus by the crown. Speaking of cool revival brands (which may be a great topic for another video some day, your top favorite revival brands), and another French one, I really like Triton. Super-cool design.. and if you look back at this somewhat obscure brand from the 60's, it has some cool heritage and significance to the thriving dive watches of the 60's. I'm sure there are maybe a couple others, but that's one that comes to the top of my head. YEMA, send Mark some more watches for review! Would love a closer look at more YEMAs and Mark has a fantastic review style.
Great review, thanks. I own the Superman Lagoon, and am very happy with the watch, but this Navygraf really has me excited. It's a beauty, and the no date is also a bonus. The orange hands also makes the dial pop nicely. Will be saving up for this, for sure. Cheers.
Great review as always!! :) I’ll love the specs of this watch...What a bang for your buck! And without date...perfect! Actually just orderd this with bracelet and extra Brown leatherstrap.
I own the 40/20 drilled Mysterious Blue with the in-house movement; 48 L2L, mineral crystal, and aluminum bezel; I love the watch, however, it appears YEMA is stepping up their game!
YEMA proving to be a great brand ATM or revival, just purchased the collaboration bronze diver from them. It looks much bigger than 39mm, I have a 7.5" so 40mm is as small as I go to wear, but also buy to collect as well.
aff i love your chanel and look time to time and what surprise i plan buy yema and you make video abaut them thank you it great you concentrate on smal brends but very intrestink
Drilled lugs 👌. And with that top hat bezel turning it is a breeze. Many watches have thin bezels that you can't grab turn. Example: Lorier Hydra and Seiko Samurai on SS bracelets.
I bought a Navygraf, I wanted to like it. I believe Yema has some quality control issues. The lume pip at the 12 marker on the bezel is off, so it makes it look like the bezel alignment is off. I brought this to there attention via there chat option. I was told that because these watches are made by hand that they could have this issue, and that even the photos of the watch on the website had the same issue. I get it. But then I saw a piece of black something stuck to the inside of the crystal just by the 11 marker on the dial. Still waiting to hear back from them about that. I’m not trying to be picky the lume pip I can partially understand but the debris inside the watch is an issue. I’ll post back what there response is. Update: the debris on the inside of the crystal was paint from the dial that had chipped off. Yema has still not received the watch, it is currently July 15th. Apparently sending anything to the EU is an issue. Hopefully soon it will all get resolved.
Slap Dog lol well I shipped the watch back on May 21st, as of June 9th it left a facility in Paris, France but it has yet to be delivered to Yema. Hopefully they will get it back soon or I will have to file a claim with USPS so I can get my money back. I messaged Yema yesterday as one of the customer service reps told me they were gonna contact chronopost but got no reply. I’m sure they are tired of hearing from me. But it is $500.
Just bought the new Superman Heritage 63, stunning watch, waiting for custom chromexcel racing strap from Michael Knapp Leathers. Will get more wrist time than my Tudor GMT.
It’s a cool watch, I was hot on Yema for a while purchasing 2 watches then it all started to go south when they took my money for 10 days for a Heritage 63 Scales bracelet and then they sent me and email to say your Yema Privilege coupon is not valid and we want more money when their website accepted the coupon and my money. I didn’t feel good that they made it sound like I did something wrong so after a few more emails trying to come to a middle ground they said no. I got my money back but i can’t help but to feel I’ve been taken for a fool when they took my money for so many days and didn’t say anything. Yema doesn’t really care about customer retention, I’ve already bought 2 watches and really had my eye on at least a few more. The difference was $108, I was very surprised they would let a lifetime customer go over that little bit of money. I loved the brand but it’s run by very short sighted people who were only looking out for their month end commission check.
Big fan of this watch, I actually prefer it to the Superman. For most watches I think "man, I wish they put less text on the dial" but this (and my Hamtun H2) the text is so well executed it looks awesome. The price is also very good IMHO. On my shortlist.
Thanks for this great review... I have a question about combining the Navygraf with another item you review, the MKS sailcloth straps. In this review of the navygraf you say wearing a 20mm Nato or Tropic strap on the yema's 19mm lugs would be no problem. Having seen the sailcloth strap in person, would you say it would be able to work between the yema's lugs with garden variety spring bars? Or is the material too stiff? It looks like they would be a winning combo together. Thanks!
I have the "Mysterious Blue" dial. It's more "Lagoon" than the "Lagoon" in the light. You might want to check that one. I love mine. These Yemas are pretty damn classy. Especially for the money. Totally worth it.
There should be a law that prohibits odd lug widths... there is no reason on earth to do 19 or 21mm lug openings. Nice measurements 👍it could be nice for a dive watch to have lume 🤷♂️ is it just me or am i the only one to see the hour indices 😂😂😂 thanks for a good vid!
Got the watch, its been keeping good enough time overnight. Unfortunately, a few complaints (major for me). The first is that the indices do not line up with the bezel. They're a millimeter or so off center and once you notice it you can't un-notice it. I have a lot of watches. I collect what I like, generally speaking. I picked up a quartz Casio MDV106-1A (great watch BTW) that is spot on with the bezel and indices, and I was unpleasantly surprised to see a watch that I paid $700 for couldn't pull of what my $50 beater did beautifully. I reached out the Yema rep that was hot to answer questions before I bought it and gave me a 10% off code too, but strangely I haven't heard a word from Yema since I forked over the cash for it. Resizing the band was unusual too. its got hollow cylindrical pin holders that sit between the 'H' links of the band and if you are not careful they will get lost. It also has micro adjustments at the clasp that you can use to tune in the fit. Theres an adjuster on each side of the clasp, one with 4 positions and the other with 2. The side with 2 positions is not aligned with the closure properly so you cannot adjust that side of it because it will not close. On another note, the manual winding feels weird to me. Theres not a solid feel when you're winding it (firm click feel), so you're kind of unsure if its actually winding at all. It is keeping good time, but I've only had it a day, so I have no idea what to expect in the long run. Quality control seems to be an issue with Yema, and the lack of customer response is underwhelming. If I had to do it again, I would've bought the beautiful Ollech & Wajs P-104 instead of the Yema Navygraffor a couple of hundred more dollars with the time proven ETA 2824-2 movement in it. Last complaint, the 'leather' case feels cheap to me and the stitching around the case looks like it was actually glued down with the stitching as an afterthought. I wanted to love this watch, but after getting it in hand, I would say hard pass. Save up a few more hundred bucks and get you an O&W P-101 or P-104.
Got a Superman Lagoon 40mm inhouse movement on bracelet for $490, great watch for the money and don't see it anymore, nice stainless and blue dial.. Only downer is mineral crystal, but not rough with my watch nor a diver, beats spending $690 for similar.
Its probably a copy of anther movement but if not yes its going to be one hell of an expensive service ,I would take the baltic aquascaphe for the miyota movement for a cheaper service
Man this is killing me ive been wanting a new zodiac super seawolf but this watch is making me believe those are grossly overproced at 1k+ how does this watch compare to your zodiac?
Impressive review but the watch, ehh not as much. How come watches at these price ranges do not have applied indices? Also the seconds hands deserve more love from designers. Great vid though!
You really do great reviews, but I cannot watch you wear watches that low on the wrist. It really creeps me out. I find myself moving my own wrists about just to shake off the feeling of the watch pinching your movement.
It's SO CLOSE. 19mm is annoying. And would prefer 40mm. And then there's the movement..who's gonna service that? At $750 just put in a Miyota9015 or SW200.
I bought it and the quality control is horrendous. The bezel was terribly misaligned to the point where it's not pleasant to look at the watch. When I inquired to Yema about this they said this is normal for divers. Then they lied about when I'll get a a return label for them to fix the watch. I am very disappointed with the whole experience, not only with the watch itself but their apathetic customer service. Don't expect a return label or swift refund. Avoid the headaches.
Poor design in the end link-lug connection. The fact that they don’t drape completely makes it a no go for me. And they spent a lot of money on a movement that doesn’t have a micro-adjustment screw in the regulator. They should have saved their money and continued to get eta or sellita movements . Their movement is arguably inferior and more rudimentary in design.
In house movement less than 1k and their eta models are more expensive dead give-a-way that's some sort of Chinese manufacturered and assembled in France knock off. There's a reason it's still in stock.
Why does lume have to be white? This doesn't look vintage to me, it just looks like an aesthetic choice for a color palette. Not every watch needs the same old white lume. I'd forsake lume all together for interesting design choices. Watches aren't tools anymore, they are design statements
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In-House movement details>>> en.yema.com/pages/yema-mbp1000
I emailed them about this movement and its 90% ETA-2824. No idea what the %10 difference is...
@@jaredhill1021 At least it has a decoupling design for hand winding.
@@leyay7540 the more i read about the movement the more i dont see how its mostly an eta clone. I just wanted to know if i would have to send it to them to service. They said any competent watchmaker would be able to service the movement.
@@jaredhill1021 Theoretically all mechanical movements should be able to be serviced by any competent watchmaker, isn't it? 😅
Stay away from the watch/brand/movement. I bought the Navygraf, on the 15th day the watch died, I couldn't return the watch. Contacted the customer care, asked me to send back for 'repair' on my expense. On the way back the watch got stuck in French customs(in the package I mentioned returning watch for repair). Yema didn't bother to retrieve it from the customs. It is a very expensive lesson learned about this French brand. Imo the movement is not up to the mark, and the customer service is pathetic.
Can't believe I missed this .. you did this review in 2019!? And I can't believe this watch hasn't caught the eye of more people!
This is a gorgeous piece!!! The thin numeral style on the bezel is unique as opposed to competition. Its understatement is effective and unique. I want this NOW!
Great video, brother!
Great review, I’m impressed by the Navygraf. Would love to see a review on the Superman.
Just bought this one. Customer service was great, and I appreciate the heritage of this brand and the fact that they had the balls to create an in house movement. Its brands like Yema that need your support. Keep an eye on this company, I expect to see more great things from them in the future.
Thanks for watching and sharing your feedback!
Just bought a YEMA Superpman Lagoon.......Fantastic watch.
Does this watch have a phantom date setting?
@@AreaCode4hoe8 Yes, I am told that it does. Its sitting in my mailbox as of today so I haven't got hands on it yet, but will in a few hours.
A real in-house movement and a good one at that, great finishes, 39mm, for that price is a steal. Other unknown brands are selling average Sellita based watches which is just an ordinary clone of an ETA (no different than Seagull and Hangzou) for twice the price. This watch is amazing to be honest, really tempted to get one.
This IS a handsome timepiece. Yes, kind of unbelievable to offer such spec'd watch WITH actual in-house movement. It's very cool. I know I've seen and been most aware of the Superman model. It's priced a bit higher (I believe), but still pretty cool with its unique bezel lock apparatus by the crown.
Speaking of cool revival brands (which may be a great topic for another video some day, your top favorite revival brands), and another French one, I really like Triton. Super-cool design.. and if you look back at this somewhat obscure brand from the 60's, it has some cool heritage and significance to the thriving dive watches of the 60's. I'm sure there are maybe a couple others, but that's one that comes to the top of my head.
YEMA, send Mark some more watches for review! Would love a closer look at more YEMAs and Mark has a fantastic review style.
Very nice piece! I like the Superman too, they have some on sale for $549 with bracelet and in house movement! Not too shabby! Thanks 🙏
Beauty piece , solid packaging! Thanks for the review! I’ve been checking Yema for a while now with those specs.
this watch is aweome! gonna have to pick one up.
Great review, thanks. I own the Superman Lagoon, and am very happy with the watch, but this Navygraf really has me excited. It's a beauty, and the no date is also a bonus. The orange hands also makes the dial pop nicely. Will be saving up for this, for sure. Cheers.
Very cool piece & awesome review!!
Interesting watch, thanks for the review 👍
IWC has a very similarly styled diver from the early 2000s. I believe it is the Aquatimer reference 3536.
This beats the IWC by miles in my opinion.
Great review as always!! :) I’ll love the specs of this watch...What a bang for your buck! And without date...perfect! Actually just orderd this with bracelet and extra Brown leatherstrap.
Just ordered one too. What are your thoughts on it so far?
I own the 40/20 drilled Mysterious Blue with the in-house movement; 48 L2L, mineral crystal, and aluminum bezel; I love the watch, however, it appears YEMA is stepping up their game!
YEMA proving to be a great brand ATM or revival, just purchased the collaboration bronze diver from them. It looks much bigger than 39mm, I have a 7.5" so 40mm is as small as I go to wear, but also buy to collect as well.
aff i love your chanel and look time to time and what surprise i plan buy yema and you make video abaut them thank you it great you concentrate on smal brends but very intrestink
Very nice watch....thanks for sharing. Wish this watch was a tad less expensive, but still nice nonetheless
Why isnt this watch more popular? These killer looks and dimensions at this price, should be everywhere. What am I missing?
Drilled lugs 👌. And with that top hat bezel turning it is a breeze. Many watches have thin bezels that you can't grab turn. Example: Lorier Hydra and Seiko Samurai on SS bracelets.
I bought a Navygraf, I wanted to like it. I believe Yema has some quality control issues. The lume pip at the 12 marker on the bezel is off, so it makes it look like the bezel alignment is off. I brought this to there attention via there chat option. I was told that because these watches are made by hand that they could have this issue, and that even the photos of the watch on the website had the same issue. I get it. But then I saw a piece of black something stuck to the inside of the crystal just by the 11 marker on the dial. Still waiting to hear back from them about that. I’m not trying to be picky the lume pip I can partially understand but the debris inside the watch is an issue. I’ll post back what there response is.
Update: the debris on the inside of the crystal was paint from the dial that had chipped off. Yema has still not received the watch, it is currently July 15th. Apparently sending anything to the EU is an issue. Hopefully soon it will all get resolved.
Any updates?
Slap Dog lol well I shipped the watch back on May 21st, as of June 9th it left a facility in Paris, France but it has yet to be delivered to Yema. Hopefully they will get it back soon or I will have to file a claim with USPS so I can get my money back. I messaged Yema yesterday as one of the customer service reps told me they were gonna contact chronopost but got no reply. I’m sure they are tired of hearing from me. But it is $500.
Awesome watch.
Just bought the new Superman Heritage 63, stunning watch, waiting for custom chromexcel racing strap from Michael Knapp Leathers. Will get more wrist time than my Tudor GMT.
It’s a cool watch, I was hot on Yema for a while purchasing 2 watches then it all started to go south when they took my money for 10 days for a Heritage 63 Scales bracelet and then they sent me and email to say your Yema Privilege coupon is not valid and we want more money when their website accepted the coupon and my money. I didn’t feel good that they made it sound like I did something wrong so after a few more emails trying to come to a middle ground they said no. I got my money back but i can’t help but to feel I’ve been taken for a fool when they took my money for so many days and didn’t say anything. Yema doesn’t really care about customer retention, I’ve already bought 2 watches and really had my eye on at least a few more. The difference was $108, I was very surprised they would let a lifetime customer go over that little bit of money. I loved the brand but it’s run by very short sighted people who were only looking out for their month end commission check.
This watch is so cool! Really digging the vintage aesthetic. Thanks for the review. Maybe take a look at the Superman Heritage GMT.
Big fan of this watch, I actually prefer it to the Superman. For most watches I think "man, I wish they put less text on the dial" but this (and my Hamtun H2) the text is so well executed it looks awesome. The price is also very good IMHO. On my shortlist.
Great watch 👍🏻
Thanks for this great review... I have a question about combining the Navygraf with another item you review, the MKS sailcloth straps. In this review of the navygraf you say wearing a 20mm Nato or Tropic strap on the yema's 19mm lugs would be no problem. Having seen the sailcloth strap in person, would you say it would be able to work between the yema's lugs with garden variety spring bars? Or is the material too stiff? It looks like they would be a winning combo together.
Thanks!
Nice review and cool watch. Why did they have to put patent pending on the bottom of the dial? I'd rather have that off... cool anyway though.
I would love to see a review of Yema's Lagoon model
I have the "Mysterious Blue" dial. It's more "Lagoon" than the "Lagoon" in the light. You might want to check that one. I love mine. These Yemas are pretty damn classy. Especially for the money. Totally worth it.
@@richdubbya Picked up the Superman lagoon.......incredible watch.
Richard Wentz is it friction pin, pin and collar or screw links when sizing it?
what's with the "Patent Pending" printed on the dial?
Jessie James Deocaris indeed ridiculous.
This was on the original obviously the patent was granted so they have added it to represent a faithful reissue.
Hi, i think they've never stopped production or only for a very short laps of time (the company has been in trouble in the early 2000)
There should be a law that prohibits odd lug widths... there is no reason on earth to do 19 or 21mm lug openings. Nice measurements 👍it could be nice for a dive watch to have lume 🤷♂️ is it just me or am i the only one to see the hour indices 😂😂😂 thanks for a good vid!
If a Glycine Combat Sub mated with a 5517 milsub.
Got the watch, its been keeping good enough time overnight. Unfortunately, a few complaints (major for me). The first is that the indices do not line up with the bezel. They're a millimeter or so off center and once you notice it you can't un-notice it. I have a lot of watches. I collect what I like, generally speaking. I picked up a quartz Casio MDV106-1A (great watch BTW) that is spot on with the bezel and indices, and I was unpleasantly surprised to see a watch that I paid $700 for couldn't pull of what my $50 beater did beautifully. I reached out the Yema rep that was hot to answer questions before I bought it and gave me a 10% off code too, but strangely I haven't heard a word from Yema since I forked over the cash for it. Resizing the band was unusual too. its got hollow cylindrical pin holders that sit between the 'H' links of the band and if you are not careful they will get lost. It also has micro adjustments at the clasp that you can use to tune in the fit. Theres an adjuster on each side of the clasp, one with 4 positions and the other with 2. The side with 2 positions is not aligned with the closure properly so you cannot adjust that side of it because it will not close.
On another note, the manual winding feels weird to me. Theres not a solid feel when you're winding it (firm click feel), so you're kind of unsure if its actually winding at all. It is keeping good time, but I've only had it a day, so I have no idea what to expect in the long run. Quality control seems to be an issue with Yema, and the lack of customer response is underwhelming. If I had to do it again, I would've bought the beautiful Ollech & Wajs P-104 instead of the Yema Navygraffor a couple of hundred more dollars with the time proven ETA 2824-2 movement in it. Last complaint, the 'leather' case feels cheap to me and the stitching around the case looks like it was actually glued down with the stitching as an afterthought. I wanted to love this watch, but after getting it in hand, I would say hard pass. Save up a few more hundred bucks and get you an O&W P-101 or P-104.
Got a Superman Lagoon 40mm inhouse movement on bracelet for $490, great watch for the money and don't see it anymore, nice stainless and blue dial.. Only downer is mineral crystal, but not rough with my watch nor a diver, beats spending $690 for similar.
Michael Paris I got the same watch and at the price I was very happy.
Nice review.
In-house on such a brand?..I would be super afraid of it, it might be SUPER expensive to service /fix :O
Its probably a copy of anther movement but if not yes its going to be one hell of an expensive service ,I would take the baltic aquascaphe for the miyota movement for a cheaper service
Is the L2L 47mm or 46mm? Their site shows 46mm
Check I could be wrong but I think it’s 90 click bezel
i have one.
Bracelet looks like my H link on my. SINN 104
Man this is killing me ive been wanting a new zodiac super seawolf but this watch is making me believe those are grossly overproced at 1k+ how does this watch compare to your zodiac?
I see what you mean. Personally, I think this watch is a steal now in terms of value as opposed to the Zodiac SS. Good luck on that decision, man...
11:37 for hamfist.
Great review! Handsome watch, just not a fan of patent pending
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Impressive review but the watch, ehh not as much. How come watches at these price ranges do not have applied indices? Also the seconds hands deserve more love from designers. Great vid though!
the not very famous in house movement is nicely decorated and a little bit an elabore' 2824. It is based on a ETA 2824, but still a nice piece.
it runs slow out of the box
You really do great reviews, but I cannot watch you wear watches that low on the wrist. It really creeps me out. I find myself moving my own wrists about just to shake off the feeling of the watch pinching your movement.
I dig it only thing are those 19 mm lugs would have to get custom straps made for it like my El Primero
@The Watch Lounge Come on! I make 20mm straps fit perfectly.. It is a non issue..
It's SO CLOSE. 19mm is annoying. And would prefer 40mm. And then there's the movement..who's gonna service that? At $750 just put in a Miyota9015 or SW200.
I bought it and the quality control is horrendous. The bezel was terribly misaligned to the point where it's not pleasant to look at the watch. When I inquired to Yema about this they said this is normal for divers. Then they lied about when I'll get a a return label for them to fix the watch. I am very disappointed with the whole experience, not only with the watch itself but their apathetic customer service. Don't expect a return label or swift refund. Avoid the headaches.
It looks like an eta2824 they've probably'modified' by rebranding it, unless I'm seeing the wrong thing
Does this have a phantom date setting ?
Is already hacking ?
Yes, it does offer a hacking seconds hand
Poor design in the end link-lug connection. The fact that they don’t drape completely makes it a no go for me.
And they spent a lot of money on a movement that doesn’t have a micro-adjustment screw in the regulator. They should have saved their money and continued to get eta or sellita movements . Their movement is arguably inferior and more rudimentary in design.
Their watches with eta movements cost more than this. The heritage with the eta 2824 is $1100
In house movement less than 1k and their eta models are more expensive dead give-a-way that's some sort of Chinese manufacturered and assembled in France knock off. There's a reason it's still in stock.
weird yellow hands. Not a fan of "vintage lume" fake stuff.
Why does lume have to be white? This doesn't look vintage to me, it just looks like an aesthetic choice for a color palette. Not every watch needs the same old white lume. I'd forsake lume all together for interesting design choices. Watches aren't tools anymore, they are design statements
You sound drunk
Unknown movement, a printed dial and no applied indices, and only for €749,00!
Nope hard pass for me.