YEMA Watches
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My parents offered me a Rallygraf when…
My parents offered me a Rallygraf when I passed my pilot licence in 1967 as I needed a chronograph (no GPS in those days!). In 1970 I happened to lose it going out of a discotheque not far from home: going to bed I noticed I had lost it, got dressed and drove to the discotheque at 3 at night. I went where I had parked my car and luckily I found my watch, the glass was not broken but heavily spoilt as many cars had run on it, the winder button and the buttons of the chronometer were torn but not broken, and the watch still worked. The jeweller sent it back to the Yema factory. It was completely refurbished. One thing was changed: instead of the speed indicator crown, a new mobile crown was fitted indicating partial times which is a lot more useful in flight. This watch still works perfectly since then and has never been revised. I use it whenever I fly. It is vintage and unique I will send you a picture if you like.