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
- Archimede Pilot 42H Bronze (2013)
- Christopher Ward Trident Pro (2014)
- Orient Bambino 1st Gen (2014)
- Melbourne Watch Co Flinders (2014)
- PerpetuaL R-01 (2014)
- Vostok Amphibia with Pepsi Bezel (2014)
- WUS F71 GMT Project Watch (2014)
- Traser Classic Master Automatic (2015)
- Szanto Pilot Chrono (2015)
- Melbourne Watch Co Portsea (2016)
- Cartier Ballon Bleu Chrono (2016)
- Hamilton Intra-Matic (2018)
- Seiko SRPC93 "Samurai" (2018)
- Dan Henry 1964 GT chrono (2018)
- Seiko SNE498 "Solar Tuna" (2018)
Three of those watches I won in giveaways, two were gifts from my wife.