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
Yesterday this came in, A Bulova Precisionist, 42mm x 10.5mm, polished SS everything and flat Hardlex crystal.
I confess I have never been a fan of quartz watches, thinking them as cheap time keepers but not really "watches". For that you needed 100-250 parts lovingly and carefully assembled by craftsmen/artisans and fine tuned to run within 5-15 seconds per day.
I've changed my mind (it's never too late:), quartz too can be real watches. I had recently bought two Aragons that used the Seiko V series which beats four times per second, unlike the 1 second clunk of most quartzes. They run very well and are exceedingly accurate. Well, along comes the Bulova. The second hand has a mesmerizing non-stop sweep. The build, fit and finish reek of quality. I'm so glad such fine watches are still being made in this country. I will get another one for sure. They list for $400-450 but with the sales days upon us they can be had for half of that if you look around.