HODINKEE Radio: Episode 93: Summer Watch Fantasy Draft 2020

June 22, 2020

Subscribe to the show: (Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn). Already heard it once or twice? Please leave a short review, and tell us which guests we should have on! After two weeks off, we're back at it!?And I promise your patience will be rewarded. We're back with the latest HODINKEE Radio Fantasy Draft, and this time it's all about summer watches. If you're anything like me, your watch wardrobe does end up being a bit seasonal, with dressier pieces on leather straps getting more wrist time when it's sweater weather and those chunkier watches on NATOs seeing more sun when the mercury rises. I was able to get Cara, James, and Jon into the virtual studio with the mission of each of us emerging with our ideal summer watch collection. We decided to structure this draft a little differently. We created a pre-approved list of watches, with the pieces divided into five "price" categories, based on their actual, real-world prices. These are $5 watches ($10,000+), $4 ($5,000-10,000), $3 ($1,000-5,000), $2 ($500-1,000), $1 (>$500). Each collector has $15 to spend and must end up with five total watches. How each person chooses to spend his or her money though is totally up to them. We did decide to put a few restrictions on what qualifies as a "summer watch," though: The watches have to be at least 100m water resistant. These are summer watches C if you get pushed in a pool or want to take an impromptu run into the ocean, you can't be worried about your watch. No leather straps. The watch must be sold on a nylon or other non-leather strap, or, even better, on a bracelet. We don't need any sweaty, stinky wrists up in here. You have to actually be able to buy this watch. That means no Rolex Daytona, no Audemars Piguet Royal Oak "Jumbo," and no ref. 5711 Nautilus. If you can't buy it, you can't draft it. As usual, each collection ended up pretty perfectly encapsulating the collector who drafted it. Some are a bit more classic, some a bit more eclectic. Some are bright and colorful, some more sober and low-key. The most important thing though is that you get to vote on the winning collection. You have until July 1 to vote in the poll below (and we've included a recap of each collection for good measure). May the best collection win! We hope you enjoy Episode 93 of HODINKEE Radio. Check out the show notes below, let us know what you think in the comments, and be sure to vote for your favorite collection! The Collections In case you need a reminder after listening to the episode, here's a run-down of the drafted collections: Cara Rolex Submariner Ref. 114060Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 7118AZodiac Super Sea Wolf Freestyle SharkApple Watch Series 5 James Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore DiverOmega Seamaster PloProfDoxa Sub 300T Searambler Garmin Fenix 6S ProHalios Fairwind Jon Bulgari Octo Finissimo Automatic Satin-Polished SteelTudor PelagosSeiko Prospex "Alpinist" Panerai Submersible 42mmG-Shock DW5600 Stephen IWC Pilot's Watch Spitfire AutomaticCartier Santos?Grand Seiko SBGA413 Doxa Sub 200Unimatic Modello Uno Choose The Winner! Show Notes 13:40The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT Automatic13:50 The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Automatic Blasted Gold23:30 The Patek Philippe Ladies' Nautilus Ref. 711833:30 Three Alpinist-Inspired Seiko Prospex Watches36:52 The Doxa SUB 300T Divingstar 'Poseidon Edition'38:30 The Panerai Luminor Due 3840:06 Luminor Marina Oro Rosso