The Superman Heritage

From Yema -

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Yes, Yema!  In a total shift to a concept that I personally REALLY like, Yema is now offering a so-called Heritage collection.  Very few SKUs, very beautiful, desirable watches.  This is a particularly nifty one, the Superman Heritage.  Now to be clear, Yema is also offering some other versions of the Superman that are a bit less expensive (more to come on that), but this one is really special.

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You will note a slightly aged look to the lume.  That is a touch that I really, really like.  So much about a watch and whether you like it or not is visceral.  And this one was a visceral sucker punch that I did not see coming.

Now this one has been out for awhile, so clearly Tempus Fugit is at the end of this particular conga line -

Shamelessly borrowed from the world-wide infoweb

This is a faithful reproduction, right down to the legendary Yema bezel lock -

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This is THE SHIT THAT KILLED ELVIS!

A solid case back, stainless steel bracelet, this is the business.

Priced very fairly at $949 US with standard mineral crystal, $1,099 with a sapphire one.

Here are the pertinents, straight from the source -

CASE

DIMENSIONS
Diameter : 39 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Lug: 19 mm
 
CASE
316L stainless steel
 
BEZEL
316L steel unidirectional with black insert graduated in 120 divisions
Bezel with lock mechanism at 3 o'clock

CROWN
Screw-down crown
 
CRYSTAL
Domed mineral or sapphire crystal with light magnifying lens effect for better dial readability
2.60 mm thickness
 
WATER RESISTANCE
30 BAR / 990 Feet / 300 m

MOVEMENT

CALIBER
ETA 2824-2 Standard 
Self winding with ball bearings rotor
25 Rubies
28 800 A/h

MOVEMENT 
Automatic

FUNCTIONS
Hours, minutes, seconds

POWER RESERVE
38 hours
 
DATE
Date at 3 o'clock

DIAL
Vintage black dial
Minute/Seconds track consisting of 60 white marks
 
MARKERS
Round hour markers
Triangular marker at 12 o'clock (luminescent zero mark)
Super-LumiNova

BRACELET

FINISHING
Light-weighting fine steel with brushed effect

CLASP
Diver's extension folding clasp with minted Yema vintage logo 
316L stainless steel