Talking Watches: With Jose Bautista
José Bautista crushes baseballs for a living. In 2010, the former part-time player exploded on the scene for the Toronto Blue Jays with a Major League-leading 54 home runs. He hasn't slowed down since; over the past six seasons, he has hit the most home runs in baseball. (Bautista finished the recently completed 2015 season with 40 home runs; his Blue Jays begin the playoffs on October 8th against the Texas Rangers.) And so when all that success led to a lucrative, multi-year contract, José decided to reward himself by rekindling a childhood passion: watches. This is your official HODINKEE Talking Watches with Toronto Blue Jays slugger José Bautista. 1 OF 23 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Safari Edition 2 OF 23 When José decided to get back into watches in 2011, he first purchase was the AP Safari – and to this day it maintains a special place in his collection for that reason. He appreciates that it works both with

New Patek + broken arm!
I kid you not - yesterday I finally bit the bullet and bought a 5170G 010 and had it overnighted to my home. On the way home I had an argument with an escalator. Got back from the specilist this morning with my fractured left Radius in a sling and my 5170 waiting for me! Its beautiful but now I can't wear it for 3 weeks!

Is the Patek 5205 a dress watch?
Conventionally, dress watch should be very slim so it can hide under the sleeves and be very basic two or three hands, mostly no date. My 5205 strictly speaking doesn't seems to be fit that category. But it does fits under a shirt sleeve. The Calatravas are the official dress watch line for PP. So what is the 5205? Casual watch? Sports watch? What do you think? Well, anyway, it gives me an opportunity to share the above picture.

Vintage Rolex in South Korea
Hi friendsI am going to South Korea end of this month. Mainly I will be in Seoul. Are there any reliable good Vintage Rolex shops there?Thank you for suggestion. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

incoming 'settling' on 116520
had been on the hunt for 116508 full black dial for awhile, but this one happened to stumble by. had been eyeing this in parallel but was hoping to close on the YG version...so 'settled' for this instead VERY pleased with this piece.116508 will still be a goal down the line...but i'd say the SS white dial a damn good layover. (shout out to seller roadie1 - was a great pleasure to work with)