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
Another watch I bought for only a few dollars. It needed a bit of cleaning and a fresh band but I found it working well after a mild cleaning. For the first few weeks it ran pretty slow but my local watch repair shop suggested keeping it in a winder for awhile to see if it was willing to loosen up a bit…and it did. The watch only gets strapped on about 3 times a year so the 1min it looses a day is acceptable to me for a watch worn less than occasionally.
I love the look and it falls right in to that office supervisor look of the 70’s and I guess the 80’s as well. As with a few other vintage watches I own the crown can’t be used for manual winding of the movement - in addition the winding rotor is loud and vibrates the watch too much when spinning.
Movement: Seiko 6309A 17 Jewel Japan Made Automatic.
Complications: Date & Date
Case: 37mm Polished Stainless Steel
Crystal: Plastic
Band: 18mm