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
FWIW, my Brannock is a 12 D, but I wear an 11.5 E in AE 65-last shoes like the McAllister (so I'm in the second sizing camp - I have 11.5 E Strands on order now, and several other 5-last shoes in that size). Having the same dilemma as you, I ordered a 12 D. I tried on some Dundees a while back in that size and they felt good. I'm hopeful.
Hope that helps!
Hmm decisions decisions.
It isn't a 100% guarantee that because we wear the same size in the 5-last that we wear the same size in the 511-last, but it gives him a data point. A Brannock measurement would be better.
You should be good with the 12D.
Thank you again for the info!