There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
The Timex is battery-powered. It has a way to quickly set the calendar date when you need to advance at the end of some months. It has a backlight feature that the Vostok does not (and the glow-in-the-dark material is very weak on that Vostok, speaking from personal experience).
So don't worry about that crown on the Timex. You will only be required to use it about 7 times per year on average. You have to touch the Vostok wobbly crown each and every day you wear it. And the Timex likely will gain only seconds per month, the Vostok will gain seconds per day, perhaps as much as 40 seconds per day and still be operating with manufacturers specs.
Timex seems like a no-brainer with that information, right? Unless you are just plain curious about having old-fashioned technology on your wrist. Nothing wrong with that either.
ps: Very unfortunate you had your nice watch stolen like that. I thought I would share my very specialized collection of Vostoks with a submarine theme. I'm working on getting every dial variation.