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
@RayF I assume you ordered all of them already? :-) TL:DR section: PRE ORDER STARTS ON 20.10.2020 / shipped within first November week Design: Monster Case Material: 316L Stainless Steel Case Back: 316L Stainless Steel Bezel: Unidirect rotatable bezel (360 degrees) Color of Insert: Steel Crystal: Flat sapphire crystal Movement: Seiko SII NH36A Automatic Movement Strap: Stainless Steel Dive Strap Clasp: Solid milled clasp Lugs: Drilled lugs for easy strap removal Water resistance: 200 m / 20 ATM Luminous: Japan SuperLuminova C3 (Green) Hands: Rocket hands Dial: Black, Blue, Red, Olive Green, Orange Dial Diameter: 28.9 mm Height: 13.6 mm Diameter: 41.6 mm (without crown) Lug to lug: 46.56 mm Weight: 192.8 g Lug Size: 20 mm Crown: Screw-Down (not signed) Warranty: 2 Years