Yema Takes to the Land, Air, and Sea with their New Urban Sport Collection

The concept of “air”, “sea”, “land” watches continues to capture the imagination of enthusiasts. Some even build collections of watches that cover each base. The idea stems from the focused tool watches of yesteryear that were deliberate and intentional in their design languages in order to accomplish very specific goals. Yema leans into this idea in introducing a new trio of watches under their Urban Sport moniker. Within the new line, each watch tackles one component of air, sea, and land, with the Flygraf, Yachtingraf, and Rallygraf, respectively.

The Flygraf dominates the air and is the punchiest of all three in color scheme. It is marked with an airplane icon at six o’clock and features a combination of inner and outer multifunction bezels for calculating speed, fuel, and other conversions. It has thicker, more legible hands befitting of a pilot’s watch and a brushed black dial designed to pay homage to vintage airplane fuselages. The second hand in particular is a bright orange that matches the inner bezel for maximum contrast. As a whole, the dial is cleaner and simpler, and the hour markers are slightly rounded.

The Yachtingraf is designed for, you guessed it, yachting. With a gradient dial and thinner hands filled with cream lume, it is the most overtly vintage-inspired of the three. The Yachtingraf has, unsurprisingly, a bi-direcitonal graduated bezel with special 15-minute markings to signal regatta race starts. Its second hand is in silver and features an enlarged arrow – not unlike some GMT hands. The inner chapter ring and hour and minute markers are reminiscent of mid-century divers. If you didn’t know better you could have guessed this was a new old stock diver from the 60s or 70s.

The Rallygraf was designed for racing in case the twin checkered flags on the dial didn’t make it obvious. This is a callback to the Yema Rallygraf watches of the 1970s, which also featured the same image. Here, a bi-directional tachymeter bezel in conjunction with a fixed reference inner bezel allows for speed calculations. This watch in particular is nearly monochrome – the only pop of color is the red second hand. The blocky hour markers and stark white lume on the hour and minute hands make for a busier, though not clumsy, dial layout.

All three watches feature the automatically-winding YEMA2000 caliber providing a daily accuracy of +/- 10 seconds under 42 hours of power reserve. All the cases are thoughtfully finished with a combination of brushed topsides and polished bevels. Water resistance is 100m. The Urban Sport line can be configured on model-specific straps, a $829 proposition, while on the stainless steel bracelet they are $890. The Flygraf, Yachtingraf, and Rallygraf are all available now. Learn more at Yema.com.