With labor day in the books, and our finest white linen pants stashed away, summer 2020 draws to a close. With it, our editorial team has taken the time to reflect on some of the watches we found ourselves enjoying the most this summer, which was an unusual one for all of us. No beach parties, no parades or neighborhood grill outs. Just enjoying our space, and maybe a beer or two. At a distance, of course. Even without many places to go, we took full advantage of summer watches, and here are the results.

Zach Weiss
I tend to rotate my watches quite a lot, so having one stick out for a season is difficult, but this year I know which watch I wore the most. Early in May I picked up a Speedmaster Automatic 3520.50, a watch I?ve always had my eye on. One of the ?reduced? family, it is part of a series (including the more famous ?mark 40?) that stand out from the crowd of speedies thanks to their Valjoux-based triple-calendar calibers. An interesting movement for a speedy for a few reasons, the first being that it has a 6,9,12 sub-dial layout, which when combined with the pointer date and twisted lug case, makes the watch look a bit like a mini-holy-grail. The second reason is that it?s an integrated automatic chronograph, where other automatic speedies of the era were modular. 
Combined with the oh-so-elegant 38.5mm take on the iconic speedy case, it?s easily one of the best wearing chronographs I?ve ever put on. The bezel is actually only 37.6mm, and while over 14mm...