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
Really? With cell phones and smart watches you could also say your entire collection of Quartz watches are passe also. Rolex went Quartz route, so did Omega, neither one of them are selling quartz models any more since they didn't sell well with the well heeled.
Many colleagues in three letter agencies and LE prefer the accuracy of Quartz. Fine by me. Many others prefer never facing a dead watch due to a dead battery in the field. Others... just want to know what they're getting and may have a preference of movement when voting on watches.
Oh, automatics do wind fully by just wearing them along with normal everyday activit. Nothing special needed.