The Grey NATO – 311 – Our Favorite Watches of 2024
It’s one of the last episodes of the year, so you know what that means – it’s Jason and James’ favorite watches of 2024. From some high-level Doxa to continued heat from Tudor, Aquastar, Arken, Marathon, Momentum, Citizen, and Elliot Brown, the list is long, and the conversation digs into a solid year for sports watches, especially if you like GMTs and dive watches.
Stay in the mix for a Final Notes that will have you considering the broader range of off-roaders on the market and weighing those decisions against a fresh Bull List from Hagerty.
Click here to play episode 311 from your browser – Thanks so much for listening.
6:58 Pip@8 Merch collection
12:00 Doxa Sub 300 Topper Edition Great White
13:04 Doxa Sub 200T
16:18 Christopher Ward C60 Trident Lumiere
18:37 Christopher Ward C65 Super Compressor Elite
21:25 Sinn U50 SL
22:49 Sinn U50 Hydro
23:58 Arken Alterum
29:00 Elliot Brown Holton GMT
30:20 Elliot Brown Beachmaster NIVO
30:33 Vertex M36
31:40 Momentum UDT
32:47 Wocci strap
33:47 Timex Japan 8-Lap Abu Garcia
36:09 Marathon OSAR-D
37:44 Autodromo Group C
37:58 Blancpain x Swatch Scuba Fifty Ocean of Storms
39:30 Citizen Promaster Land U822 Ani-Digi
41:57 Aquastar Benthos 500 II
44:10 Seiko Prospex SPB451/453
45:10 Tudor FXD GMT
48:47 Zenith Defy Revival diver
49:37 Zenith Defy Extreme 600M
51:20 Omega Speedmaster FOIS
51:40 Omega Speedmaster Professional White Dial
51:55 Omega Seamaster No “Daniel Craig”
53:42 Longines Spirit Zulu Time Titanium
55:12 Oris Aquis
55:20 Oris Diver’s Sixty-Five
56:16 Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 42mm
57:20 VPC Type 37HW
58:27 Oak & Oscar Atwood Chronograph
59:07 Ming 37.09 Bluefin
1:01:04 Singer Dive Track
1:03:55 “Why You Shouldn’t Buy An Ineos Grenadier…” (Wes Siler, Substack)
1:07:45 Hagerty 2025 Bull Market List: 11 Colletor Cars to BUY and Drive This Year (Hagerty, Youtube)
"There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration." – Lyndon B. Johnson.