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
However, I will say the second hand is some what difficult to make stop, you kinda have to hold the crown completely still and ahead minute if you want complete accuracy like I did. I think the term you guys use is hacking? Lol
Their watch factories closed down years ago 2013ish, so most of the HMT watches you find on eBay are supposedly pieced together from various pieces of older hmt watches.
I had to snap the spring bars that came with, just to get the straps off. Luckily I have a lil box of spring bars.
PS: on further study the HMT watch company was set up in 1961 with the collaboration of none other than Citizen of Japan, which was making an excellent 17 jewel handwind movement. These HTM watches also sport 17 jewel handwind movements. By 1975 HMT was making it's own mainspring, hairspring and shock absorbers. After years of loss they closed the doors to the watch division in 2016.