Since I've seen Kasper's Yema "Space Helmet" gold plated watch - cca 1976-1977, sporting a genuine Swiss ESA 9315 LCD module - a very expensive Yema watch at that time (about 1050 French Francs in 1976-1977 - please see the Yema advertising below), I knew that I want a similar one.
http://www.newdwf.com/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=7591I even have found after some search time
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, an Yema Space Helmet with a "regular" Fairchild module, that was only the chrome-plated variant, as one may see in the 1976-1977 Yema advertising below (cca 990 FF in 1976
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).
So I cannot believed my eyes when I have found an ALL STAINLESS STEEL (SS) Yema "Space Helmet" CHRONOGRAPH watch which:
- has the much more advanced SWISS ESA 942711 Chronograph module - cca 1977, but this is in concordance to the CHRONOGRAPH mention on the watch dial, thus it is more than appropriate to consider it a genuine combination - watch+Swiss LCD Chrono module. Not to mention that the same ESA module was used in my favorite CATENA Spacesonic/Spaceman Chrono LCD watches
- it has a cool
"QUARTZ" enameled label on the watch SS face
- it is a MODEL DEPOSE - registered design
- even better, it has an original Fairchild SS bracelet, sold together in that period with some of the more expensive YEMA-Fairchild LED/LCD cooperation watches
etc etc
I've never seen such an early "Space Helmet" Yema LCD Chronograph SS watch, nor I have suspected that it may exist, and even if it has its fair share of scratches, being ALL SS without any "brushed" surface on the watch case + having an acrylic crystal, I am sure that my skilled watchmaker will make it look like new, after a careful polish...
PS. Even in its current state, the watch looks much better than in these "macro"-like zoomed/detailed photos...
Regards,
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