Today I'm wearing... ***NO quoting photos***

Today I was wearing this one again. My Yema Superman "R", quartz, from the late 80's.



I usually wear it on its original steel bracelet, but as recently I won a "Bond" Nato for 3.90 inc postage(late night drunken snipe), I thought after all my years of wearing Nato's I'd come to the party late and slap my Rolex clone onto a a Bond strap.

Actually this watch illustrated to me my previous experience that even relatively modern quartz movements can vary. The original Seiko movement died on my wrist and though they still make said movement today(though the date disk is a different colour) I was able to secure a late 80's NOS stock one on the Bay for under a tenner. :eek: . Anyhoo, the original was about 5 seconds a week out of true, but the "new" one is running at just a smidgen over one second a month out. And this is a one jewel no thermocompensated movement, more plastic than metal.

As I said before in another thread, if you like the "rolex" look avec screw down crown, but cant find the cash and want to go for something a bit different and cool in its own way, you really couldn't go far wrong with a Yema Superman. They made them since 1963 in various guises and they were their top end model. The 60's and 70's automatics are very nice watches. Are much slimmer than a Rolex and others(mine is barely 10mm deep and most of that is bezel and crystal) especially when you consider their depth rating of nigh on a thousand feet down and they have the funky and patented bezel lock thingy at 3 o'clock. OH and the French military have used them at various times and they also supplied a "space watch" for French astronauts.

The best part is that you can get any of them from any time period for under a grand, more like 6-700 quid and the quartz ones for around 200 quid. Can't really go wrong for a vintage watch that is practical and has history behind it.

Man that looks good.

6-800 would be more like it alright TH, if you can find one. They are not a common watch by any stretch, so uncommon they don't appear in literature documenting this period in horology. Introduced in 75 as the world's thinnest quartz movement/watch. It's noticeably thinner than the quartz offerings from Girard Perreguax, Omega, Seiko, Longines at the time. It may also be UG's own in house design too. No one knows much about the movement. UG tended to buy in quartz and electric movements from external sources and treat them to extra finishing on the plates. Bulova for the most part. The UG Unisonic and Uniquartz are Bulova Accutron and Accuquartz movements respectively and they're not exactly common on the ground either. CB's White Shadow is a rare oddball in that mix. And for 36 quid. Don't let anyone say there aren't real bargains and real rarities out there still.