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Pre-Owned LeJour Yachtingraf 40990999/AS06783

$2,650.00

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Description

WHY WE LOVE IT

1961, JeanRichard SA — parent company of Aquastar — filed a patent for a unique type of watch. 

Frédéric Robert, the founder of Aquastar as well as one of its chief designers, took a Felsa 4000N  movement and modified it to display a five minute counter, located on a disc on top of the movement. Robert then added a third wheel and connected to a pusher — once depressed, the pusher would reset the seconds hand to zero and start a countdown, visible on the disc.

This watch, the Aquastar Regate, has gone down in horological history as the first regatta timer, and has spawned countless successors — like this watch, the LeJour Yachtingraf.

It seems odd that a sport as esoteric as yachting would have its own watch, but the first regatta timers were created in an age of economic prosperity. Freed from the constraints of post-war rationing, people suddenly had more free time, and the resources to fill it with sports. Aquastar, which was founded by a SCUBA diving enthusiast, was only capitalizing on this sporting boom.

Yema was just another brand that took the idea of a yachting chronograph and ran with it — or, should we say… sailed? They debuted the Yachtingraf debuted in 1966, using a patented design for ‘yachting and underwater use.’ Unlike the Aquastar Regate, the Yachtingraf combined a chronograph with the regatta timer. The Yachtingraf would prove immensely popular, and would be produced in six different versions from 1966 to 1970, when the model was discontinued.

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

This particular Yachtingraf from the 1970s is housed in a 39mm stainless steel case with an acrylic crystal, an unsigned crown, a bi-directional, rotating countdown bezel. It features matte black tritium dial with applied indices and a matching ‘pencil’ handset, a regatta countdown ‘big eye’ register, and a running seconds register. It’s powered by the Valjoux Calibre 7733 manually-wound chronograph, an affordable and easy-to-service movement used throughout the industry, and comes paired to a black leather strap with an unsigned, stainless steel pin buckle.

The Yachtingraf combines everything we love about 1960s chronographs — a nice size and sharp looks — with robust internals. Although we’d be hard-pressed to find ourselves wearing one in the midst of a yacht race, it’s perfect for casual wear on solid ground.

OVERALL CONDITION

The case is in excellent condition overall showing only faint signs of wear from gentle use. Skeletonized 'exotic' architecture is in equally outstanding condition with luminous rotating time-display discs. Unsigned service crown.

Delivery & Returns

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- Closed Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas day

Alternatively, you can email the E-commerce team at ecommerce@mayors.com.

Return Policy

Our commitment to you does not end at delivery. We offer the following return services to make your experience as pleasant as possible.

10-Day Returns For Timepieces:

Timepieces purchased online can be returned or exchanged within 10 days from when they are shipped or collected.

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All other online purchases can be returned or exchanged within 30 days from when they are shipped or collected.

On presentation of the original receipt, your purchases may be returned or exchanged at any of our store locations. Alternatively, you may elect shipping to our facility with all the original paperwork. All refunds must be credited to the same tender used for the original purchase. To return the online purchases through secure shipping service, please contact our client service team who will provide you the shipping label.

All returns or exchanges must be in new, unworn condition, with no scratches or markings, not sized or adjusted and in their original packaging and with warranty cards / certificated and instruction booklets.

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