hi. Is this real?

 

Come on put a bit of effort in. What has your research suggested so far?

 

You are right. I cannot find this model online, so I assume it’s a fraken. the seller doesn’t speak english

 

I wouldn’t say “Franken” because that implies there are some actual authentic pieces mixed in. I don’t know what that is. Is that supposed to be a Yema Yachtingraf? It doesn’t even say Yema on it

 

Prototype.

 

Rare and one of a kind.

 

A picture of the case back might help.

Looking about I find that Yachtingraf seems to be a term like Diver. It denotes the designed purpose of the watch to time certain things pertaining to navigating a Yacht, in racing I expect.

Might just be a low end unbranded watch from who knows where. Unless someone copyrighted the term as the company logo.

 

The coloured segments are to help time the start of a race. At 10 minutes to go, five minutes and the actual start a gun is fired. The tactic is to cross the start line at full speed as soon as possible (like a second or two) after the start gun. Crossing even one second before means that the competitor has to do a 360 around one of the end points of the start line and so will lose possibly minutes. It's the navigator's job to inform the helm (person steering) how long there is to go, it's the helm's job to get the speed and crossing time right..

Of course any chronograph will time 10 minutes accurately, I used my Carrera with no coloured segments for the job when I was racing yachts.

 

I wonder if This might have been a common mid to low priced chronograph that the owner took to a watch maker to have the dial switched out for a generic Yachtingraf type dial.
Perhaps having owned the watch long before becoming interested in Yachting.

 

"Lovey hired Gilligan to time the races. I tried wearing a watch, but having someone wind it every day was simply awful."

 

Look at the other pieces the guy has for sale on the bay. You might gather some info there.