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
https://www.seiko-prospex.com/sea/srpc49k1
I didn't think anyone had taken delivery of these yet, and maybe I'd find one in a year or two when someone decided to flip. Thanks to Vincent H (cannot seem to tag him) for pointing out a couple of sellers in the WUS forums. I saw one guy was in Chicago so messaged him and immediately got a response. After some back and forth I met up with him in the evening and came home with the watch for slightly under suggested MSRP. I can say with confidence I'm pretty sure this may be the only one in the United States right now. This one came form an AD in Macau with a stamped warranty card.