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
Unfortunately, there is an issue with the watch, as in Oris’ watchmakers completely forgot to add lume to the 10 o’clock hour marker!
Obviously not a good situation, but this leads to the second problem... the shipping label on the box reads “MASSDROP INC. (RETURNS DEPT.)”!! I sent a picture of the label to Customer Support. I won’t post it here, as it shows my address. I’ll cut it out and post if anyone wants to see it.
Lets see what Customer Support suggests, but chances are they’ll want me to pay for return postage, and that would not be cool on a $1,699 watch which has to be insured, which should bring the total shipping price over $120.
I‘l update once I get a response from CS.