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
For diver style: 100-150 - seiko 5s, seiko snzh, Orient Mako/rays (1st gen) 150-300 - seiko skx, Orient mako/ray 2, deep blue, Obris Morgan 300-500 - seiko sumo/turtles, steinhart, Armida, helson shark diver 42mm brass, mark & son, aegis huldra (very beautifully done)
For pilots: 100-150 - tisell, ticino, orient flight, seiko 5s 150-300 - Laco pilots 300-500 - Steinhart pilots
Chronos: most of these are hand-wound 100-150 - Alpha paul newman/daytona 150-300 - seagull 1963 re-issue 300-500 - seagull d304 military, perpetual watch chrono, poljot chrono
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