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
The Swiss government and the watch industry are protecting their brand(s) image. Basically the rule as spelled out on their own organization's documents is a watch must be made with 51% Swiss parts within Switzerland in order to be labeled "Swiss Made". There are other standards to get a "Swiss" label or "Made in Switzerland" label which I do not remember off the top of my head now. I am quite sure of that 51% rule for Swiss Made.
On a side note, in the late 1990's I bought a Wenger Swiss Army watch. It had Swiss Made on the dial. I was disappointed but not surprised the first time I opened the back to replace the battery and saw the inside of the case back printed with "China Case".