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
Citizen is advertising this ridiculously thin solar-powered watch relentlessly on television in Japan over the New Years holidays. I think this is a case of Jonny-Ive-esque excess: Thin is fine, but this is just too thin. The bracelet seems a little thicker than the watch, and the deployant is definitely thicker. And do you really want the crystal to be that thin?
I remember the days when Sony was pumping out miniaturized versions of everything. As the size went up the price went up and the features, robustness, and reliability went down. It was all cool, but the best move was to back up a couple levels and get the slightly bigger version.