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 meant to add this one as a wrist-check weeks ago and simply forgot because I got so tied up with swapping the strap on the SNK809. Outside of the dial color and strap the SNK809 and SNK803 are the same. Please refer to the links below to review my previous posts.
Link #1
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/seiko-flieger-snk-watch/talk/1775633?utm_source=linkshare&referer=39HL8U
Link #2
https://www.massdrop.com/talk/153/talk/1808771?utm_source=linkshare&referer=39HL8U
Movement: Seiko Cal.7S26 21 Jewel Automatic (non-Hacking or Hand Winding)
Complications: Day & Date
Power Reserve: 40hrs
Case: Stainless 37mm Fine Brushed Stainless Steel
Case Back: Skeleton See-thru
Crystal: Scratch Resistant Hardlex
Band: 18mm Canvas
WR: 30-meter