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
When I first started looking into watches, I wanted something simple cheap, that got the job done. Ebay was my go to, and tbh I wanted something that looked sporty, and blacked out. And then I found this from a Chinese brand called infantry. It's big, silent, lume on the hands, simple but different. I liked it for what it was. A casual beater watch that I thought looked great after putting it on a rubber strap.
Anyways, a few weeks later, I come across this just randomly browsing online. The $100 Citizen avion (goddamn ironic ain't it?). I will say I'm not sure how I feel about this. The citizen definitely looks higher quality, and the silver case looks great. Citizens is also solar powered vs just quartz, but the watch I bought for just $15 definitely had good build quality, and tbh idk if I like the looks enough to have purchased at Citizens going price.