Yonger & Bresson "DUMAS" - YBH8327

[Reno]

From Yonger & Bresson 2010's line.

It's the third Y&B auto for me :

YBH 8311 "Diderot"
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f67/yon...ml#post1741962

YBH 8316 "Diderot"
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f78/yon...ml#post3709763

Fourth, with this quartz chrono :
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f78/yon...ml#post4442884












Unpacking :





Box :









The Y&B DUMAS



… and its nice grey dial






First impression : it's a big watch !


Which is fine, considering Alexandre DUMAS was a rather robust guy














The very nice shouldered crown :








No see-through caseback, unfortunately.






Drilled lugs :





The engraved caseback :







The bracelet is definitely the weak part on this watch… it has folded links, with solid-link-looks, but it rattles a lot (never seen that before )

It looks good, but it's much too noisy (strange thing to say about a bracelet, but it is what it is )


The buckle has only two micro-adjustments… for now, I could the fit the bracelet OK, so it's no big deal.



Folded links bracelet with pins…


Usually, folded links+pins are dreadful, but this time, everything went perfectly fine

The pins could easily be removed & put back in place AOK





A few more pics of the gorgeous crown :






The flange with the railroad pattern…









Wrist shots :












CONCLUSION : A very nice watch, with a not so good bracelet. I got this one for 95 € from a private sale (retail price is 225 €)



SPECS :

auto movement : MAS1104
Mineral cristal
50m WR

42mm without crown, 45 with crown. 15mm high

[Reno]

More pics :

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f78/yon...ml#post4535640

[Packleader]

That is a handsome watch, indeed. Congrats!

[Reno]

That is a handsome watch, indeed. Congrats!

Thanks a lot, Packleader

Glad you like it !

[Reno]

This watch is the second one I see with this strange bracelet attachment system : the bracelet is not attached to the lugs by a spring bar… but by a pin ! O_O (same sort than one can find on links).

I wanted to try the crocodile strap+deployant that came with the Diderot 8316 :





Here are the pics of the operation, if it can help other people that didn't know this system :



















Better pics : http://forums.watchuseek.com/f78/yon...ml#post4538290

[Reno]

An update…

I finally managed to open the caseback tonight… here is what's inside










The MA.S. 11 04 movement


















































Not too bad for a "hidden" movement ?


The movement is probably based on a Shanghai "B"


As a comparison, here is the MAS 11.01 from the Diderot 8316

[jakonovski]

Great pics! Nice finishing considering there's no view port in the back.

This reminds me of how much Yonger & Bresson intrigues me. I've wanted a watch with one their new in house movements for a while now.

[Reno]

Great pics! Nice finishing considering there's no view port in the back.

Indeed

This reminds me of how much Yonger & Bresson intrigues me. I've wanted a watch with one their new in house movements for a while now.

There was a private sale yesterday, all the "Montfort" line was available for… 145€ (+shipment) o_O

Unfortunately, it's too close from the DUMAS style, otherwise I'd have ordered one instantly

This one, precisely :