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
A tribute to various vintage classic divers. A tastefully done quality thin (11.5mm) sub that houses an accurate Miyota cal. 9015 automatic movement, manual wind and hacking seconds beating in at 28,800 BPH. Mine is accurate to around -3s/24hrs. I love its classic 40mm size with 20mm lug width. It features a secure 120-click uni-directional bezel with lumed (blue) markers, screw down lumed crown, 30 ATM / 300 meters, double-domed AR sapphire crystal, solid caseback, made from 316L SS.
This model showcases creamy white snowflake tudor hands accented beautifully with silver, a unique black burst brushed stainless steel dial that shifts from gray to a steel blue depending on the light, adding a little something instead of a monotone color scheme. The steel bracelet is quite comfortable and features solid end links. I wanted to show it on a Colareb italian distressed leather strap, a british NATO and a gray ZULU.
"Think of it as neo-classic."