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
Do you guys think this all together is possible for around 500 to 600 bucks?
It is not that the Miyota 8215 is a bad movement. I already have 2 watches with cal. 82xx movements that I am happy with. But the newer cal. 9015 is that much nicer and not really that much more expensive to put in a watch. The 9015 adds a hack feature and operates at a higher beat-rate. The 82xx series movements also have a reputation for stutter in the seconds hand, but my 2 watches never suffered from that problem. That is why I was encouraging you to hold out for the upgrade if CountyComm gets around to requesting another production run from Maratac.
A couple of recent massdrops you should have been considering with your specifications were the Orient Mako II and Orient Star Classic. They both were offered for under $300 with Orient's newer hacking/handwinding movement. The Mako II was under $200 actually. https://www.massdrop.com/buy/orient-star-classic-automatic-watch https://www.massdrop.com/buy/orient-mako-ii-automatic-watch
Of course I remember now some comments now about not shipping to Europe, so I apologize if these did not enter your consideration for that reason.