LeJour Diver 'L'Orange'

Yema is a name that holds its own in the world of vintage dive watches. Since the brand's founding in 1948, Yema has made waves as one of the most significant French watch brands in our industry.

Many of the brand's watches were sold under the brand name LeJour, Yema’s distributor in the United States — including the watch we offer here.

This particular LeJour is housed in an incredible 46mm case with a massive rotating bezel and Doxa-esque orange dial. It's got a wafer thin aesthetic to it, almost like a saucer built for the wrist, but clearly packs a powerful punch as an incredibly capable timepiece.

It has the crown situated at the top of the watch-- hidden from view on the side profile--- and it utilizes a unique strap integration system to keep the watch wearing compactly on a variety of different wrist shapes and sizes.

This piece combines all the elements we love on vintage divers — a nice size and sharp looks — with robust internals. This type of piece is perfect for casual wear on solid ground or out and about on the weekends.

French-founded LeJour is known within watch-collecting circles for its ties to two famed brands: Heuer and Yema.

Beginning in 1980, it operated under a private label arrangement to act as the European distributor for Heuer-made chronographs. (In fact, certain models such as the Heuer Pasadena and the LeJour Reference 7203 used the exact same cases.) Prior to 1980, however, LeJour operated as the U.S. distributor for Yema.

Yema, which is credited with creating France’s first automatic chronometers, was — and is once again — well known for its regatta timers, including the Yachtingraf and others. Certain of their watches, however, were issued in the States under the LeJour name. Feature-heavy, well designed and attractive, these LeJour chronographs still represent tremendous value next to their more visible counterparts from celebrated marques.

Besides complicated regatta timers, LeJour also issued its own, signed versions of Yema’s famous dive watch, the Superman, as well as the aforementioned LeJour iteration of the Heuer Pasadena.

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