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The name Panda<\/a> is bestowed on any watch with a white dial and black subdials at 3, 6 and 9 o\u2019clock, an arrangement that resembles the face of a panda with a white fur face and black eyes and nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many brands have Pandas in their catalogues, but the most famous is the Rolex Daytona<\/a>, which debuted in 1963. Some 60 years later, it has become the world’s most sought-after watch model<\/a>. The six or seven earliest Daytona references, whose numbers all begin with 62, were followed in 1988 by the Zenith (with a Zenith movement), which was produced until 2000. Daytonas since then have contained Rolex movements, and in 2016 the model was relaunched with a Cerachrom bezel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The name Panda is bestowed on any watch with a white dial and black subdials at 3, 6 and 9 o\u2019clock, an arrangement that resembles the face of a panda with a white fur face and black eyes and nose. 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