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
The IN HOUSE movement 11BLACD is a 17 jewel unadjusted non-hacking with rhodium-plated Swiss bridge movement, Rubin anchor escapement, compensation balance with Nivarox spiral steel cadratures, polished and bevelled, Automatic and perpetual Manual wind (bully alloy spring and barrel assembly with BRASS center wheel pivots).
The Curved form fitting case design was well thought out for a dive timer. It made it very comfortable over the wet suit, the crown was protected by the sloping case sides to prevent any error [crown movement] and from water infiltration during underwater activities, the same case design principle is utilized by another PROFESSIONAL DIVERS watch made by DOXA. The bezel design was ahead of its time, when most of the dive watches had a friction mounted bezel the snorkel had a 60 click count bezel. The now famous nick name " DEVIL DIVER " was coined by American G.I.'s in Vietnam for the " CARAVELLE Seahunter " and for the " BULOVA Selfwinding Waterproof 666 " ... but eventually the name ' DEVIL DIVER ' found a home with the Snorkel and the later Oceanographer Snorkel as well.
[ model with red second sweep hand is from 1970 ]