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
I'd like the choice of being able to decide on the sort of packaging I get. Gift? O.K., maybe a nice box is appropriate, but charge me extra for it so I don't think I'm paying for others' boxes when I buy without a box.
There could also be the "YouTuber's unboxing edition," a mahogany and gold-fixtured box with Swarovski crystals inlaid, the cost of which is refunded when you post a video with x number of views.
If the watch is just for me and I'm not a watch collector type looking to get an extra fiver on eBay ten years from now ($2.00 net present value), maybe just use functional packaging that will protect the watch.
Watch companies should consider it from the point of view of the watch owner: You see the box for a few minutes, and then it becomes a storage burden. If you own any number of watches, the combined space of all the boxes is a real waste. If they reimagined what the perfect packaging might be for someone owning a few watches, it might be a high-quality customized storage sock for the watch being sold that could be used as permanent storage in a drawer without taking up much room. Beyond that, bubble wrap and a warranty card with the URL of the manual, all in a corrugated cardboard box.