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
The Prometheus fountain pen has more hardware detailing than our previous exclusive with Bexley, the Imperial, and has a more classic cylindrical shape with black resin ends.
This is a new model for 2016, and Bexley is offering Massdrop Writing members the first batch of pens in a pre-production release. Now all you need to do is choose the resins that that will be used exclusively for the drop. You can vote for your favorite resin in this poll:
https://www.massdrop.com/vote/Massdrop-Custom-Bexley-Prometheus-Fountain-Pen-Resin-Colors
The top four colors will be used in the drop, which will launch on August 8th, so you have until then to vote for your favorites. You'll also get to choose your hardware color (gold or silver), so keep that in mind when selecting up to three resins in the poll.
Happy voting!