Given the handset, it’s from the 60’s, making the condition all the more impressive. It looks amazing against the silvery white surface. And then there’s the lume… that perfect, acid orange tritium that collectors pray to find. Things are clearly aged, giving you a great patina, but nothing looks over worn, polished or replaced. What’s striking about it is that it’s one of the more rare panda versions, to start, and in exceptional condition. The one shown here is owned and soon to be for sale by our friends at 10:25 Vintage, who focus on more affordable vintage pieces. They’re very cool pieces with a surprisingly modern size at 39mm, great build quality and a lot of style. If you’re not familiar with these semi-obscure, amusingly named chronos, go check out our Affordable Vintage article on them. Well… usually I have to, but this time I got to borrow one such watch, a beautifully aged panda-dial Croton Chronomaster Aviator Seadiver. Sometimes I come across watches that fellow collectors own that are so gorgeous, they are hard to let go of.

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