YEMA Sous-Marine "Red Eye" ref.311122 cal. Valjoux 7733 / 1970s

— An astonishing state of preservation —

A manual-wind vintage chronograph in a state of preservation so clean it is hard to believe it was made in the 1970s: the Yema Sous-Marine "Red Eye."

Superb, beautifully clear condition that gives no sense of 1970s manufacture. Yema's high reliability and aesthetics, proven by a record of supply to the French Air Force. A precious original that became the basis for the modern reissue — a genuine piece of the archive.

— The pride of French horology —

Yema has a history of adoption by the French Air Force.

Founded in 1948, the brand has built a record in both engineering and aesthetics.

Its design thinking is carried forward today, and it continues to show its presence worldwide, largely through sports models carrying classical design.

— The original behind the reissue —

The Sous-Marine is a staple line so central to the brand that Yema has issued modern reissues of it.

This example is the period original from which that reissue started.

— Character as a sports chronograph —

The racing chequer set on the minute track avoids overstatement while letting a definite sports-chronograph sensibility come through.

The design that shows on the outside is less a longing for speed than something closer to the trace of a designer's sharpened point of view.

— The resonance of time marked —

Away from the noise of the present, this watch offers a spell of listening to time that has been marked with certainty.