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
Size: It would seem that they come in different diameters, not just different lengths.
Types: There are single and double flange and single and double shouldler spring bars, not to mention things like curved springbars.
Origin: There are Swiss springbars and (probably) Chinese springbars.
Price: The price differences are astounding between the high and low end.
Any recommendations for who to buy from and how to tell what thickness you need? And is there any practical difference between the Swiss and Chinese stuff, security-wise, or do the Swiss ones just look better through a loupe?