Here, I wanted a discreet and old Rolex, without the wart on the sapphire and without a date too;
I lost my parents in 2021 due to covid 19 and with the inheritance money, I was able to treat myself.
So I bought this Rolex air king precision 14000 from 1990 and I bought it from a well-known AD (Maier in Lyon) so I'm sure it's not fake. I love its champagne dial, these little stick indexes and above all it is almost all in polished steel, a size of 34 mm (I love small sizes). It is very comfortable to wear because it is quite light.

An old Rolex goes everywhere.

I always wanted a Yema superman, when I learned that they were going to release it with a "manufacture" movement, it told me biennial launch was on Kickstarter but as I prefer human contact I went to my AD in Lyon to order it.
Ordered mid-February and received at the end of September, a little long but hey.
Once the box was opened (the case is great but hey, it's just a box), I found it magnificent (it's true that photos are always a little misleading).
The only small flaw is perhaps the bracelet which is a little rigid.

The long awaited Superman CMM10...

As previously posted on another review of my vintage Yema, I found this Omega Seamaster 30 manual winding on the Belgian site Sometimes (really excellent), it is from 1964 (so my age).
It has a manual caliber 286 and the ref: 135-003. Movement ref: 21069599.
It is gold plated and has a diameter of 34 mm excluding crown.
Handmade bracelet of very good quality.
Otherwise, sorry for the photos, I lent my macro nikkor 60 mm and I took the photos with a phone.

The watch (with my Yema too) from my sixtieth birthday.

At the beginning of March, knowing that my 60th birthday was coming (August 2nd), I said to myself, why not a watch from 1964 or close to it, in short from the 60s.
So I searched on forums, internet, word of mouth for an early French watch if possible and given the production at the time, I had to find one.
So it was on a Belgian site that I found it; the site; sometimes and it's this Yema automatic with a Swiss ETA caliber.
The site, super serious, watch ordered on a Sunday, received the following Wednesday.
I opened the package, super serious and it is MAGNIFICENT .....
Then I put it aside and opened it again on August 2nd for my 60th birthday.

My 60th birthday.....

This LOV, what can I say, is for me a popular watch, it is one of the watches of my grandfather who was a caretaker of a public primary school in Lyon Vaise, he used it every day to work, with hyper physical activities at the time like putting into service the coal boiler of the school and it was done at the time without any machinery only with a shovel and sweat. Then it remained at least more than 30 years in a drawer and after the death of my parents, I discovered it, well damaged. I took it to my local watchmaker, a Plexiglas revision to change as well as the crown which had taken a shot and roll my hen, it left again immediately.

my grandfather's LOV, a small inheritance from my father...

Sober, classic, reliable and I like all-steel watches, it's not flashy, I wanted a first Swiss watch, for me, I think I made the right choice, it's not Bing bling and can also be worn every day but hey, given my job, it's not really the case, it's a GMT not too visible not like all these GMTs with their multi-colored bezels like its sister the Black Bay GMT or its cousins from Rolex and knowing me, I keep everything, so not about to resell it, that's it, I'm not a big talker and even less a great writer.
Well I don't know what else to say.

My first Swiss

Yema was created in 1948 by Henry Louis Belmont in Besan&ccedil;on in France. It became famous for its sporty and robust watches made in France and in particular the Yema Superman which in 1963 became the first French watch waterproof to 300 meters. After difficult years during the quartz crisis, Yema has regained momentum by promoting its historical heritage and offering in-house movements like its micro-rotor caliber launched in 2022.
The range includes historic models like the <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/yema/rallygraf">Yema Rallygraf</a>, <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/yema/superman">Yema Superman</a>, <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/yema/meangraf">Yema Meangraf</a> or <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/yema/navygraf">Yema Navygraf</a>, as well as more recent models like the <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/yema/wristmaster_traveller">Yema Wristmaster Traveller</a>, equipped with the in-house micro-rotor caliber, or the collaboration with Alpine with the <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/yema/rallygraf_alpine_endurance_team">Yema Rallygraf Alpine Endurance Team</a>. The brand is also an official partner of the French Air &amp; Space Force, the French Navy and the National Center for Space Studies (CNES).
<h2 dir="ltr">How much does a Yema watch cost?</h2>
The prices of Yema watches vary and vary depending on the model. Most cost between &euro; 350 and &euro; 1,200&nbsp;according to the references. Prices also vary depending on the distributor, and promotions sometimes allow you to benefit from a more competitive price. For example, a Yema Urban Field is offered at &euro; 999 on the brand's website.
Yema is a brand owned by the company Montres Ambre SA and produces several tens of thousands of watches per year, all models combined. To choose a Yema that best suits you, Dialicious owners' reviews are a valuable resource for evaluating each of the different models through real customer experience.
Check out the <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/top/the_best_french_watch_brands">Ranking of the best French watch brands</a>, including Yema.
(Updated January 2024)

Yema watch from the early 70s, in new condition with manual winding...with a diameter of 37 mm it fits perfectly on my 16.5 cm wrist...it has an original tropic bracelet...I had it serviced last year and the watchmaker told me that it was an indestructible model. I find it very elegant.

I adore...

Yema YEAU 011, automatic, 40 mm diameter. I think I've had it for 8 years (?) ... I don't wear it... not to my taste anymore. It works very well and is in new condition. I don't know what the movement is, Yema 2000 perhaps? A model without problems that makes me think of an attempt at a revival of the brand. Since then, the evolution is striking and so much the better.

First step for change

I was immediately captivated by this family watch, a vintage rounded rectangular Yema, gold-plated but with a steel case back. 
This watch has a history, and that's what makes it so beautiful... Not only because it comes from the family, but especially because it was serviced by one of the greatest watchmakers in Cairo, who has had his shop passed down from great-grandfather to son since 1903....

A fascinating watchmaker, who also showed me a magnificent Baume et Mercier chronograph engraved in full gold in Arabic on the case back in honor of a high-ranking officer from the time of the great Nasser...

It was this Yema, bequeathed by my uncle, that got me into watchmaking. The beauty of a timepiece, its history, its precision mechanics are worth more to me than the precision of an atomic clock!

The most beautiful of all...

La marque Ollech &amp; Wajs a &eacute;t&eacute; cr&eacute;&eacute;e en 1956 par Joseph Ollech et Albert Wajs &agrave; Zurich en Suisse. Albert &eacute;tait charg&eacute; de la conception, de l&rsquo;ing&eacute;nierie et de la fabrication des montres, tandis que Joseph s&rsquo;occupait du marketing et de la vente au d&eacute;tail. Avant de cr&eacute;er leur propre montres sous la marque Ollech &amp; Wajs, ils ont commenc&eacute; leur activit&eacute; en 1954 en fabriquant des bracelets en acier pour d&rsquo;autres marques.
La marque est connue pour avoir distribu&eacute; des montres &agrave; des unit&eacute;s de l&rsquo;arm&eacute;e am&eacute;ricaine pendant la guerre du Vietnam et pour avoir gagn&eacute; sa renomm&eacute;e aupr&egrave;s des plongeurs et pilotes du monde entier.
Apr&egrave;s 12 ans de n&eacute;gociation et apr&egrave;s avoir &eacute;t&eacute; son distributeur pour le march&eacute; fran&ccedil;ais, en 2017, Charles Le Menestrel, un passionn&eacute; d&rsquo;horlogerie, rach&egrave;te la marque. La gamme actuelle comprend des mod&egrave;les comme la Ollech &amp; Wajs P-101 et la <a title="Page Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104" href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/p-104">Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104</a>, la <a title="Page Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000" href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/c-1000">Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000</a>, la <a title="Page Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph" href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/ocean_graph">Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph</a> et la Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron.
<h2>Combien co&ucirc;te une montre Ollech &amp; Wajs ?</h2>
Les prix des montres Ollech &amp; Wajs &eacute;voluent et diff&egrave;rent selon les mod&egrave;les. La plupart co&ucirc;tent entre CHF 1,500 et CHF 2,000 selon les mod&egrave;les et les finitions. Comptez CHF 1,456 pour une Ollech &amp; Wajs 350CI et pr&egrave;s de CHF 2,300 pour une Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron Chronographe. Le march&eacute; de l'occasion est &eacute;galement une opportunit&eacute; &agrave; regarder pour acheter une Ollech &amp; Wajs moins ch&egrave;re. Les mod&egrave;les Vintage notamment les Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron et&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/astrochron">Ollech &amp; Wajs Astrochron</a>, sont tr&egrave;s pris&eacute;es des collectionneurs et ils convient de bien se renseigner sur le vendeur avant de franchir le pas de l'acquisition d'une vintage.
Ollech &amp; Wajs est une marque de montres ind&eacute;pendante et produit plusieurs centaines de montres par an, tous mod&egrave;les confondus. Pour choisir une Ollech &amp; Wajs qui vous correspond le mieux,&nbsp;les avis clients Dialicious sont une pr&eacute;cieuse ressource pour &eacute;valuer chacun des diff&eacute;rents mod&egrave;les &agrave; travers l'exp&eacute;rience r&eacute;elle des clients.
Consultez le <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/top/les_meilleures_marques_de_montres_suisses">Classement des meilleures marques de montres suisses</a> dont Ollech &amp; Wajs fait partie.
(Mise &agrave; jour Octobre 2024)

The brand Ollech &amp; Wajs was created in 1956 by Joseph Ollech and Albert Wajs in Zurich, Switzerland. Albert was responsible for the design, engineering and manufacturing of the watches, while Joseph handled marketing and retail sales. Before creating their own watches under the brand Ollech &amp; Wajs, they started their business in 1954 making steel bracelets for other brands.
The brand is known for distributing watches to units of the American army during the Vietnam War and for having earned its reputation among divers and pilots around the world.
After 12 years of negotiations and after having been its distributor for the French market, in 2017, Charles Le Menestrel, a watchmaking enthusiast, bought the brand. The current range includes models like the Ollech &amp; Wajs P-101 and the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/p-104"> Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104</a>, the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/c-1000"> Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000</a>, the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/ocean_graph"> Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph</a> and the Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron.
<h2 dir="ltr">How much does an Ollech &amp; Wajs watch cost?</h2>
The prices of Ollech &amp; Wajs watches change and differ depending on the model. Most cost between CHF 1,500 and CHF 2,000 depending on the models and finishes. Expect to pay CHF 1,456 for an Ollech &amp; Wajs 350CI and close to CHF 2,300 for an Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron Chronograph. The second-hand market is also an opportunity to look at to buy a cheaper Ollech &amp; Wajs. Vintage models including the Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron and<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/astrochron"> Ollech &amp; Wajs Astrochron</a>, are very popular with collectors and they should find out about the seller before taking the step of purchasing a vintage one.
Ollech &amp; Wajs is an independent watch brand and produces several hundred watches per year, all models combined. To choose an Ollech &amp; Wajs that best suits you, Dialicious owners' reviews are a valuable resource for evaluating each of the different models through real owner experience.
Consult the<a href="https://preprod.dialicious.com/en/top/the_best_swiss_watch_brands"> Ranking of the best Swiss watch brands</a> of which Ollech &amp; Wajs is part.
(Updated October 2024)

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