Yema got in on the affordable integrated sports watch trend before some of its peers, introducing the Wristmaster Traveler in 2021. Three years later, the Wristmaster Slim incorporated the Swiss watchmaker’s in-house micro-rotor movement to achieve a sleeker profile.
Another two years on, the approachable Royal Oak alternative achieves its most refined appearance yet by introducing a small seconds dial with a subdued texture.
Aside from a slight reduction in height, the integrated bracelet version of the Wristmaster case remains unchanged since its 2021 debut. The 39mm asymmetrical octagonal case with brushed surfaces and polished chamfered edges is topped with a fixed steel bezel featuring six inward-facing notches, inspired by the Yema Sous-Marine from the 1980s.
It’s the dial that has been evolving for the past half-decade. It started with indices and hands borrowed from Yema’s Superman dive watch collection, then introduced the more congruous alpha hands and applied baton hour markers.
The biggest update to the Wristmaster Slim Small Seconds, as the name suggests, is the small seconds indicator placed at 9:00. It sits within a sunken subdial with a pronounced chamfered chapter ring.
The texture of the small seconds matches the rest of the dial, creating a smooth flow, with the depth difference reacting to the light at various angles. The dial is protected by a raised sapphire crystal.
