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
SEIKO 7548-7000 JDM
SEIKO 7548-700F Dark blue dial and pepsi bezel - SQ dial
Variants: 7548-7000 Black dial and black bezel - SQ and non-SQ versions 7548-7009 Black dial and black bezel - SQ dial 7548-700A Orange dial and black bezel - SQ dial 7548-700B Dark blue dial and pepsi bezel 7548-700C Orange or (very rare!) Green dial with black lume border and black/gold bezel/hands 7548-700F Dark blue dial and pepsi bezel - SQ dial 7548-700H Orange SQ dial with silver lume border and black bezel - maybe also non-SQ dial Near end of the production run two 200m versions available with screw down crystal retaining ring just like the 7c43-7xxx 200m quartz divers:
CIRCUIT BLOCK BOARD SEIKO 7548A MOVEMENT FIVE JEWELS
OEM battery SEIKO SR43SW
universal replacement part number currently is a #386 battery.
70W22NS1 Crown
OK0240B0A GASKET - CROWN
OC3060B0A GASKET - CASE BACK
0C3660B02 GASKET - BEZEL
EC3160B04 GASKET - CRYSTAL
320W10GN Crystal also used on 6105,6119, 6306,6309