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
Btw, one correction that I should probably point it. According to their website, there are two versions of the Arto: 1. Ti Arto which accepts 200+ refills via what I can only describe as a "keyless chuck" type of locking mechanism. Take a look at the vid: https://bigidesign.co/collections/pens/products/ti-arto-pen 2. Ti Arto EDC which accepts the 750+ refills by a twisting of the pen body. Check out the vid on their link, https://bigidesign.co/collections/pens/products/ti-arto-edc-pen. From what they say on their website, this pen is in pre-order only at this time.
Hoping to see this drop as I would love having a Ti Arto EDC as my EDC pen.