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
My only counter is I've met some fantastic makers in other countries who run small shops and I've also held in my hands some really questionable objects that were made in America. My own thoughts are that Massdrop is lucky enough to have a lot of people on the team who are most interested in the kind of quality and responsibility that can only come from real passionate designers/creators. So they may not be made in the USA, but as my friend would say, they're made with love. And I think that's something that goes beyond country of origin.
That said, maybe a little sorting option you could click that would highlight or list only the things made locally would be kind of neat. So you could see the stuff made near you based on your location.