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
Solar is the only way I would ever go quartz again, but at this point I'm strictly mechanical. I have all the quartz I need in my collection.
I'm considering buying a solar watch charging station for days here in the SF Bay Area when there's simply no sun - they sell on Amazon for about $30. I know that most solar watches can charge using different type of light sources but there is a cool-factor that's applied when you've got a solar charger to give your watch that extra bump up in reserve power.
I also use the Watchville app, its a quick and easy way to set my watches.