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
I think this was my first Tommy Hilfiger watch, I remember being attracted to the little red white & blue logo after seeing it on the pages of many GQ magazines. Hilfiger, yes a fashion watch but the Hilfiger line of watches did manage to release some really nice watches and I think this is one of them.
The pale cream dial speckled with numerals and hour markers that all have a blue tint to them only visible then the watch is at a certain angle…cool. The unexplained dark section on the bezel between the 35min and 45min markers….questions! the hollowed-out red arrow on the sweeping seconds hand. and for sure the 4o’Clock date window….yes, I’ll take it all! the only downside is the fake band - why fossil, why?
Either way the band will eventually get tossed in favor of something nice and this watch will finally move of the ranks on the wrist time chart.
Movement: Seiko VX42E Japanese Quartz Movement with hacking
Complications: Date
Case: 46mm Brushed Stainless Steel
Crystal: Scratch Resistant Mineral
Dial: GMT 24hr markers
Bezel: Internal w/Special section 36min to 44min
Band: 22mm Synthetic Leather
WR: 50-meter