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
Have you tried contacting some of the better-known pen stores such as Goulet or Anderson directly? Even if they don't ship to UAE, they might know who will. The Fountain Pen Networkand Fountain Pen Geeks are useful communities as well.
Good luck and let us know if find a good source!
Ruth
I found Jetpens and Cultpens to have okay shipping cost at about $10 and £10
http://www.gouletpens.com
http://www.andersonpens.com
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/
Ruth
Do you have any idea how hard I have been trying NOT to look at that pen? And several others? I keep thinking of the words of the sage Oscar Wilde: "The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it."*
Ruth * https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/oscar_wilde_108207