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
Based on what I've read, the engine of this timepiece is the venerable 7S26 mechanical movement. Been around for decades. No hacking seconds or manual winding. (Yeah, we're all familiar with the half moon slicing motion while holding a watch to wind it!) No lume on the hands or indices, as the white inlay on the hands might suggest. Hardened crystal instead of sapphire has me a little worried. Then I take a look at the watch and I forget all that. As the review in ablogtowatch suggests, this is no beater. And another first for me, day and date complication! I think I'm going to like this watch. Might make a Seiko fan out of me yet.