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
Nice California dial. I was close to getting a Caliornia Incusore from Jomashop when I saw a blackout 46 mm Incusore there and impulsively ordered it instead. It has a 24 mm lug width -- I only have one other watch that is 24, which cramps my strap style, but I now have it on a Vulture Vaccetta red leather camo strap.
My Incusore has center seconds, which I prefer, and is a display back automatic. I have a OrientStar watch with small seconds, and they are hard to set and hard to read. I guess Panerai legitimized them, but they are not my favorite. Weiss Watch uses complication seconds also. Maybe he was stuck with it because of the movement he chose.