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 cruise included bus tours to several small towns and cities along the way….10-days total. My hidden agenda was to search for used German made watches, vinyl records, and fountain pens. Didn't see too many used watches, in fact hardly any due to time constraints and location. I stumbled upon an army surplus store that had about 12-15 vintage German military field watches but they looked to be in really bad shape. Also found an antique store that had plenty of old watches but the shop keeper was hesitant to wind them up as proof of functionality. But I did see plenty of new watches of the most expensive brands Rolex, IWC, Tag, A. Lange & Sohne, Glashutte, and many more. All of the major brans had boutique shops setup all over Vienna, Munich, Linz and more. the international tourist were snapping up high price watches as if it were a fire sale….it was crazy!
In addition to my Zeppelin I came home with 8 jazz records (vinyl) which included Miles, Coltrane, and Monk to name a few. Found no fountain pens in my price range….bummer.