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
I've noticed that my silicone strap gets whitish gunk on it pretty quickly, and I wipe it off with alcohol wipes. But bracelets hide the gunk.
How do you clean bracelets? I use tooth picks and wipes, but you can't get everywhere, and you probably don't want to remove all the lubrication. I've used ultrasonic for eyeglasses, but the thick petroleum jelly nature of bracelet goop would hold up fine to ultrasonic.
The other week I took apart two short bracelets for a model of watch that I had bought two of at auction and attempted to assemble a single bracelet that would fit me. This required more than usual disassembly, and I saw that the goop was way down in the holes for the cotter pins and everywhere.
Maybe I need to try a combination of carcinogenic acetone in an ultrasonic cleaner for 24 hours, and then re-lubricate with machine oil? Or just buy new bracelets.