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 SWI Group phantom watch - can’t find any info on the movement. But once again I fell for the rose gold and blue….it calls to me. This watch has plenty of rose gold appointments around the dial with hands, hour markers, date window, inner bezel, and sub-dials all painted rose gold - it’s like wearing a big shiny penny. There must have been a sale on rose gold coating material during production...ha!
In addition to the awesome color combination of rose gold, white, and blue, the hazy brown strap brings it all together. Also, take a look at the bezel, the blue color on top of the rose gold bezel has more brilliance than the blue on the dial which makes it stand out a bit more. The 90-click unidirectional bezel which has a springiness to it that I find very therapeutic when turning it, I find myself rotating it when my mind is drifting.
Movement: Japanese Quartz Movement includes hacking
Complication: Date, 60sec. and 60min sub-dials
Case: 44mm Tonneau Rose Gold tone Polished 316L Stainless Steel w/Screw-Down Stainless Steel Case Back
Crystal: Scratch Resistant Synthetic Sapphire (Sapphitek)
Bezel: Unidirectional
Band: 22mm
WR: 100-meter