2020 Yema Superman Armée de l'Air Limited Edition Automatic

Here we have a 2020 Yema Superman Armée de l'Air Automatic Limited Edition 1311/1948, celebrating its founding year. This special line is made in collaboration with the French Air Force, a portion of the original sale went to the French Veterans Foundation, FOSA,  cementing the long history Yema has with the French military.
The 41mm brushed stainless steel case curves over your wrist with tapered flat-ended drilled lugs. Its curved flanks lead to a lug-to-lug length of 50mm and a case thickness of 13mm, giving the watch an impressive wrist presence. A stainless steel bezel has an engraved 60-minute scale filled in black. At 3 o’clock, the bezel-lock system is also present, to release the bezel, unscrew the crown, turn the bezel to the desired position, then push the crown and screw down to lock it once again. The crown, which crown guards protect, is capped with a red, white, and blue Tricolore roundel of the French Air Force. Its box sapphire crystal gives the watch a vintage aesthetic, sitting above a grey dial. An outer minute track surrounds an applied inverted triangle and disc indexes filled with Super-LumiNova marking the hours, a framed coloured match date window sits at 3 o’clock, and a red, white, and blue Tricolore roundel of the French Air Force at 6 o’clock has been used since WW1. Black outlined hands filled with Super-LumiNova are complemented by a black second hand; at 12 o’clock, we have the Yema motif “Superman” printed underneath; at 6 o’clock “, Armée de l'Air” in red “, Automatic 990 Feet” in white completes this limited collaboration timepiece. On the reverse, there is a screw-down solid case back with the details of the watch engraved around the edge and an embossed French Air Force insignia above Armée de L’Air, inside an Automatic Yema Cal. MBP1000, 31 Jewels beating at 28,800 Beats per hour, this in-house movement is designed and assembled in France with the watch. It comes paired with its 19mm Yema H-link brushed stainless steel bracelet, complete with a flip-lock and a vintage Yema logo on the folding stamped clasp, plus an additional 19mm Yema strap and comes with its Yema presentation box and paperwork.

This watch is sold with its original Yema signed case and signed guarantee card. It comes paired with its 19mm Yema H-link brushed stainless steel bracelet, complete with a flip-lock and a vintage Yema logo on the folding stamped clasp, plus an additional 19mm Yema strap. The watch is from August 2020 and is in worn condition, but overall, it is in very fair condition, as you can see. The watch comes with our 12-Months Warranty.

This is the Yema Superman Arme de l'Air limited edition and was made in collaboration with the French Air Force. A portion of the original sale went to the French Veterans Foundation, FOSA, cementing the long history Yema has with the French military. A truly wonderful watch on and off the wrist with great history from an iconic brand. I would not hesitate to add this to your collection today!

Reference : YAA41AMS
Movement : Automatic Yema Cal. MBP1000
Age : August 2020
Year : 2020
Case Size : 41mm
Case Thickness : 13mm
Lug to Lug : 50 mm
Lugs : 19mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box and Papers : Box and Papers
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : 12-Months Warranty
The wrist model's wrist size is 7inch

Yema was founded in 1948 by Henry Louis Belmont after he came to the top of his class at the National Watchmaking School of Besancon in 1931. The legend goes that the name Yema was created by a teenager's imagination who entered a competition run by Henry. 1963 saw the introduction of the Yema Superman essentially made for dive professionals; it had a 300-meter water resistance. Its bezel lock system made it quite unique, and was soon adopted by the French Air Force for its pilots. In the 1960s, Yema became the leading watch exporter in France, selling more than 500,000 watches a year in over 50 countries. In 1982 Yema went to space with Yema Spationaute 1.