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
The crown is screw down and it's rated for 100 meters; the crown is shaped like a hex bolt (get it?). Unfortunately the movement is not hand windable and without a hacking second hand, unlike the camera version. It's my first movement like this, and I don't mind the winding as much as the lack of hacking. The bracelet was fairly nice, but I replaced it rather than fool with the links. The hour numbers, as well as a portion of the second complication meter, are printed on the inside of the domed crystal. The lug shape is quite sensuous.