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
And, just for kicks, here's a magnified lens flare from the big event. Taken and processed with an iPhone.
Taken at about 2:45pm, EDT, from Northern Ohio.
Cheers.
NB: This is not a double entry (which would disqualify me. This is a corrected entry. As my initial post has garnered some endorsements, I didn't want to exchange photos - so I added one.
Fine print: Sometimes I take things quite literally. Sheldon? (& no affiliations, etc., etc., and so forth.)
A. Didn't remove my original picture. B. Don't want anyone (who entered) to think I'm trying to game the system. C. Don't want anyone at Massdrop to think I'm trying to game the system. D. Try to be as transparent in my postings, etc, as possible (to a fault, sometimes).