Rolesium Ym

[dieselpower]

I know nothing about YM's so here is the simple noob question. Who has the best rolesium mens YM? Oh and what are its faults.

Cheers to all you modern fans (I'm a vintage man myself - am looking on behalf of a friend).

Thanks one and all.

[bklm1234]

I know nothing about YM's so here is the simple noob question. Who has the best rolesium mens YM? Oh and what are its faults.

Cheers to all you modern fans (I'm a vintage man myself - am looking on behalf of a friend).

Thanks one and all.

There are mainly 3 versions. Josh, Andrew, Paul, Ruby, Angus, Precious Time, Silix, Sash, Brand9Avenue, and King carry one version (let's call it version 1), EddieLee (ETA movement) and TTK (Asian movement) carry another (let's call it version 2). Version 3 is TW Best which I don't have enough information. Anyway it's expensive and too much work and money to make it perfect (2 or 3 times more money than Version 1 and 2). So let's just concentrate on Versions 1 and 2. Version 1 is from $180 to $250. It suffers from oversized date window which is also too far right, cyclop mag being too much, rehaut too conical. Note you can't see the 14, 15, 16 minute marker because the cyclop is so far right. Version 1:

The desirable version in my opinion is Version 2. EddieLee's is $250, TTK's probably ~$108. Note how nicely the date mag and window date look. You can still see the 14, 15, 16 minute markers when staring straight at it. It's still not perfect but only a slight issue - crystal seal too thick and therefore noticeable. To me it's a much lesser issue that those in Version 1. Version 2:

I hope more dealers switch to or also carry Version 2. EddieLee's $250 is bit high even for ETA movement. Belial2k used to sell ETA version for $180 but he went out of business. That's a good price.

-bm

Edited February 18, 2007 by bklm1234

[dieselpower]

Thanks bklm1234 for a concise an informative answer to the question. Looks like Eddie Lee has got the contract. Unless anyone strongly disagrees with bklm1234 you can consider this thread closed.

Thanks again, great help,

Dieselpower.

[Goochenbrau]

You should also realize that the font and color of "Yacht-Master" on the dial is incorrect for all model. To me, this is the biggest problem, which has detered me from any YM rep.

Can you see how the color is almost blood red? Also, the boldness of the word. Additionally, notice the correct cyclops spacing that was mentioned by bklm