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On this week’s podcast, Zach Kazan, Zach Weiss, and Kat Shoulders are on the mic to do one of their favorite things: spend hypothetical money that does not really exist. This episode is a thought experiment: if you had $10,000 to build a watch collection, what would you pick? No guardrails, as many (or as few) watches as you want, but within a $10,000 limit. Unsurprisingly, with no rules attached, everyone took a very different approach, and part of the fun of this episode is unpacking why those approaches were taken. There are a lot of great watches discussed here, some from the usual suspects (Grand Seiko, Tudor, and others) but there are some genuine surprises as well. 

It was somewhat surprisingly a real challenge to come up with a coherent collection at this price point with no real rules in place, so let us know in the comments what you think of our collections, and how you would approach the $10,000 watch collection challenge. 

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Show Notes 

• Grand Seiko Expands their Birch Offerings Once More with the SLGH017 “Night Birch”
• Finding A New Fallback Watch
• Arken Introduces their Second Act with the Dual-Time Equipped Alterum
• SpaceOne Introduces the Tellurium, an Affordable Astronomical Complication in a Futuristic Package
• Introducing the Ming 37.02 Minimalist with new “Polar White” Lume
• Otsuka Lotec
• Review: Longines Heritage “Sector”
• [VIDEO] Review: the echo/neutra Rivanera

In this bonus episode of the Worn & Wound podcast, we're joined by Festina Soprod's Movements R&D Manager and Senior Watchmaker, Christian Châtelain. Worn & Wound cofounder Zach Weiss and Media Manager Devin Pennypacker dig into the history of Soprod, what led them into mechanical watchmaking, and how the Mechanical Division grew into making their own, original movements. They talk about Soprod's in-house innovations, the engineering challenges that keep watchmakers up at night, golf counter complications, and more.

Go behind-the-scenes and learn what it's like to tackle some of the unique issues that arise when designing and building specialized, yet attractive modern-day movements. 

Today on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach and Kat are talking all about their gateway watches. Inspired by the launch of the final version of the Oris Divers Sixty-Five, an historically accurate tribute to the earliest versions of the iconic diver, they discuss some of the watches that brought them into the hobby years ago, and what makes for a good “gateway” watch, anyway. The Divers Sixty-Five, of course, was a forum favorite when it was introduced a decade ago, and likely responsible for many enthusiasts getting their foot in the door. 

We’d love to know which watches in your collection, or maybe a previous version of your collection, were your gateways into the hobby. Leave those in the comments and let us know what you think the gateway watches of today are, or if they haven’t changed much from those of a previous generation. 

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Show Notes 

• Oris Celebrates a Big Anniversary, and Closes a Chapter, with the Divers Sixty-Five 60th Anniversary Edition
• [VIDEO] Is The New ORIS Divers Date 39mm A Worthy Upgrade And New Collection? A Deep Dive And Comparison
• Oris takes their Change for the Better Campaign to New Heights with the Coulson ProPilot Limited Edition
• Oris Celebrates their Birthday with a Revival of the Full Steel, the Latest Hölstein Edition
• 10 Years Later: The Seiko SKX007 As Seen By The W&W Editors
• Review: Seiko “Monster” SRPD25
• [VIDEO] Missed Review: The Seiko Alpinist SARB017
• [Review] The Tissot PRX Chronograph
• [VIDEO] The Tudor Black Bay THUNDERDOME!
• Review (with Video): Omega x Swatch BioCeramic Speedmaster MoonSwatch Mission to Jupiter
• The Fratello podcast

A special podcast this week: the rare completely in person pod, featuring Zach Kazan, Devin Pennypacker, Griffin Bartsch, and Blake Malin. We had a large group in the office last week, and took the opportunity to sit down and record a pod together without the assistance of our helpful virtual studio. After a lengthy discussion of how many deviled eggs we all consumed at the previous night’s annual Worn & Wound post-holiday party, the group responds to hot takes submitted by our Instagram followers and the Worn & Wound+ community. We had such a great time providing our own hot takes a few weeks ago, we decided to open the concept up to our listeners, and they did not disappoint. In this episode, we respond to takes dealing with old chestnuts like watch pricing, the nature of a tool watch, and whether the GMT complication is overhyped. This is a fun and at times spirited discussion, and we hope you enjoy it. We’re always interested in hearing your hottest takes, so be sure to leave them in the comments below.

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan, Zach Weiss, and Devin Pennypacker take a stab at a tried and true watch podcast trope: watch industry predictions! We don’t want to get our watch podcast membership club card revoked, so we’re doing that thing many of our colleagues do and making potentially errant predictions about what we think might be coming in 2025. We’ve got ideas on watch pricing, the state of watch media, what might be coming from Tudor and Rolex, and a whole lot more (including, of course, stone dials). Before we get started on the predictions, we also chat a bit about some of the first new releases of the year, including a new watch from Toledano & Chan and an all new project from indie watchmaking legend Peter Speake.

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Show Notes 

• Toledano & Chan Introduces the B/1.2, a Follow-Up to One of Last Year’s Breakout Independent Hits
• [VIDEO] Hands-On with the New Tudor Black Bay 58 GMT
• [Video] Hands-On Impressions of the New Rolex Novelties
• Rolex Shock Drops New Daytona Commemorating 100 Years of LeMans
• Reaction: Rolex Gets Silly With Colorful New Oyster Perpetual & Day-Date Dials
• Introducing the B/1, the Debut Watch from Toledano & Chan

It’s the first podcast of 2025 – Happy New Year! We couldn’t think of a better way to kick off the new year than returning a tried and true podcast format: the hot take. From time to time, we like to get on the mic and talk about the things that are sometimes better left unsaid in the watch world. Well, we’re saying them today. Zach Kazan welcomes Devin Pennypacker to the podcast for a solid hour of take artistry that includes their thoughts on gem set watches, the stone dial trend, micro-adjustment on bracelet clasps, and the very notion of watches as gifts. They also try to get to the bottom of why Zach doesn’t want to tell anyone where he gets his straps, but that might be a larger project.

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We’re back with a special Best of 2024 edition of Time on Screen this week. Managing Editor Zach Kazan and Head of Content Kat Shoulders both saw a lot of movies this year, and as is customary, each has prepared a list of their favorites. In this conversation, they each pick their five favorite movies of 2024, as well as some honorable mentions that didn’t quite make the cut. They also discuss the state of movies in 2024 – an uneven year in some ways, and a big success in others (especially if you’re a small child or a big fan of sequels. 

Thanks as always for joining us on the Time on Screen podcast – we’ll be back next year! 

It’s the final episode of the Worn & Wound podcast for 2024, so of course the team is talking about their favorite watches of the year. Zach Kazan, Kat Shoulders, Zach Weiss, and Devin Pennypacker are all on the mic to look at the best watches they’ve seen from the last year, and reflect on 2024 as a watch year in general. The conventional wisdom is that this was a slow year of incremental updates from the big brands, but the team found plenty to like from indies, micros, and big brands alike, including big comeback years from Jaeger-LeCoultre and Omega.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on the year that was in watches. What were some of your favorite releases of the year, and what brands over and underperformed in 2024? Let us know in the comments, and let us know what you’re looking forward to in 2025.

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Show Notes 

• Kith and TAG Heuer Debut a Collection of Ten New Formula 1 Limited Editions
• Jaeger-LeCoultre Finally Adds their Geographic Complication to the Polaris Collection
• [VIDEO] Hands-on Impressions of the Beautifully Slender Grand Seiko SLGW002 and SLGW003
• Inside the Armin Strom Dual Time GMT Resonance First Edition
• Omega’s White Dialed Speedmaster Professional is Here
• The Highly Anticipated Omega Speedmaster Pilot Has Landed
• Omega’s Mystery Seamaster Diver 300M is Finally Revealed
• Omega Mixes Bronze-Gold and Titanium for their Latest Seamaster
• Omega Introduces the Second First Omega in Space
• Sinn Adds new U50 and 103 Models (Hands-on Photos)
• The Jaeger-LeCoultre Duometre Line Makes a Triumphant Return
• Jaeger-LeCoultre Prioritizes Classic Design with Recent Updates to the Reverso
• Hands-On: the Tornek-Rayville TR Type 7B “Blakjak”
• Serica’s Parade is the Brand’s Most Ambitious Watch to Date
• [VIDEO] Review: the echo/neutra Rivanera
• Hands-On with the New Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto Classic
• Hands-On: Zenith’s New Chronomaster Sport and Chronomaster Original Triple Calendar References

In this new episode of Time on Screen, brought to you by Terra Ciele Mare, Zach Kazan welcomes Kyle Snarr to chat about World War Z, the Marc Forster directed 2013 star vehicle for Brad Pitt that has become a cable staple in the years since it landed in theaters. While there’s a rich tradition of zombie films going back decades, World War Z offers something genuinely different, and feels more grounded in reality than many zombie movie classics, particularly following the pandemic. Zach and Kyle dig into why this movie endures, with a particular focus paid to Pitt’s star power and several incredibly well executed action set pieces.

They also look at the watch worn by Pitt in the film, a Terra Cielo Mare Orienteering PVD, and its contemporary successor, the Orienteering Quota 8611, inspired by the first Italian expedition to K2. Powered by a Swiss automatic Sellita SW200, the matte black Orienteering Quota 8611 measures 44mm in diameter and features an internal compass bezel. You can find more information on the Orienteering Quota 8611 and a bunch of other great products that will have you ready for the zombie apocalypse in our zombie themed gift guide here.

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After 23 Grand Prixs that each had meaningful racing, we found ourselves at Yas Marina. 

Heading into the race, Ferrari had a slim chance at stealing the Constructors Championship from McLaren. A wild start made things interesting but a dominant performance from Lando Norris sealed the deal. We talk about what this means for McLaren and whether the Constructors title is still important to the average fan.

We then look forward to 2025. Lewis Hamilton finally racing in Ferrari Red. Checo Perez, possibly, riding off into the sunset as Liam Lawson takes his place at Red Bull. Cadillac and the effect it will have on the drivers market. We also discuss some of the things we can’t wait to see on track with a grid that seems more tightly packed than ever before.

It’s been a great season for racing and we also want to thank you for taking the time out of your busy lives to listen to the Podcast. We hope to see you next year for the 2025 F1 Season.

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’ve got a full house for our monthly Q&A episode. Zach Kazan is joined by Kat Shoulders, Devin Pennypacker, and Garrett Jones for a fun filled, end of year Q&A episode with lots of great questions and only a small handful of diversions, we promise. Among the topics discussed in this episode, our panel tackles the vast Citizen archive, whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie, our favorite digital watches, pocket flashlights, and a whole lot more. 

Thanks to all of our listeners who submitted so many great questions this year! We’ll be back next year with more Q&A podcasts, so be sure to join the Worn & Wound+ Slack community if you haven’t already – it’s where we put out a call for questions on a monthly basis, and is just a great place to chat about watches.

This episode is brought to you by Mater Made—a new watch brand made for the modern day renaissance man. Their first model: “The Don” recently was released and is now available in 3 colorways: Asphalt Black, Ultramarine, and Classic White.

Built for those who wear their ambition like a badge of honor, this watch embodies the spirit of versatility. The Don is for the modern day gentleman, who blurs the line between working hard and working smart.. for the guy who has workwear hanging next to his 3 piece suit. 

Inside, its Miyota 9015 movement ensures precision without the need for batteries, echoing the relentless drive and regulated to an impressive plus or minus 5 second accuracy per day. Sized at a 42mm diameter, 12mm thick , and 22m lug width—this is about as ideal of a fit as you could hope for. 

The Don speaks of a life lived with purpose, where every minute is an opportunity for achievement. Durable enough for the toughest tasks, yet refined enough for the finest gatherings, this watch captures the essence of a well-rounded, renaissance lifestyle.

Be sure to follow Mater Made on their socials and explore the full line of their watch specifications on the Mater Made website and use the promo code FREESTRAP to get an FKM rubber strap for free. Offer ends December 31 at midnight.

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Show Notes 

• The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 364: Photographing the Canadian Rockies
• Exploring Shipwrecks, Diving with Sharks and Getting SCUBA Certified with the Citizen Promaster ‘Fujitsubo’ in Black Super Titanium
• Experts and Collectors Weigh in on the Return of Universal Genève
• Autodromo Enters a New Class with the Group C
• The TSA on Instagram

Unwinding is back again! Better late than never. On this episode, we’re excited to be joined by a good friend of Worn & Wound, a fellow small business owner, Ben Preuss. Ben co-founded a digital design and development company called ThinkNerve in 2002 while still in high school. We talk a bit about what it was like to start a company at a young age, what it’s been like running it since, and some general observations on owning businesses. Ben is also a watch guy and has worked with a handful of companies in the watch industry, including Worn & Wound, having built the Windup Watch Shop, as well as updating Worn & Wound throughout the years.

To learn more about Ben’s business, head to ThinkNerve

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazand and Kat Shouldes talk with Jérôme Burgert and Gabriel Vachette, the co-founders of Serica. The French indie watch brand is celebrating a five year anniversary, and they’ve just released the Parade, easily their most ambitious watch to date. The ultra refined dress watch is, on the surface, a fairly dramatic departure from the brand’s elegant but sporty tool watches. But once you start digging into the details and hear the story behind the watch, you begin to realize that it’s actually squarely in the Serica wheelhouse after all. In this conversation, Jérôme and Gabriel speak frankly about the design process and the challenges they faced bringing the Parade to life, and discuss why watches like this appeal to them in the first place.

Today’s episode is sponsored by DIY Watch Club. 

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Show Notes 

• The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 198: Jerome Burgert of Serica Watches
• Serica’s Parade is the Brand’s Most Ambitious Watch to Date
• Serica Introduces the 6190 M.S.L, a New Generation of their Classic Field Watch
• Serica Bolsters the 5303 COSC Antimagnetic Diving Chronometer from Within

In a race that started with a strong move for the lead, we were all led to believe great racing would be the story of the day. Instead, we were “treated” to a Max Verstappen clinical win, five DNF’s and multiple penalties. From Lando Norris’ stop and go, to Lewis Hamilton having to drive through the pits because of speeding through the last time there, we talk about how one sideview mirror completely changed the Grand Prix.

A sideview mirror that in many ways has extended the fight for the 2024 Constructors Championship. McLaren was on a smooth path to taking the title before all the Mirror Madness began. Yet in the span of a handful of laps, Lando Norris found himself at the back of the field. At the end of the day, Ferrari left Qatar still with a chance at the title. We talk about how the Hungary GP may come back to haunt McLaren if they can’t seal the deal in Abu Dhabi.

Take a listen as we break down the race, the stewards, and the surrounding storylines of the 2024 Qatar GP.

This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan welcomes Devin Pennypacker and Kat Shoulders to the show for a post-Thanksgiving catch up. We are fully in the midst of the holiday season, and for Worn & Wound readers based in NYC, we have a bit of a surprise: a brand new, open to the public showroom in our Brooklyn HQ! We talk a little bit about what the showroom is all about and what to expect from the Windup Watch Shop team as it opens, just in time for the busy holiday shopping season. It’s appointment only for the time being, but you can head here for more information and to schedule a visit.

We also chat about a handful of new releases that we haven’t had a chance to discuss on the podcast quite yet, including ambitious new releases from Serica and Louis Erard, as well as updated variants of old favorites from IWC and Omega. Speaking of Serica, we’ll have the brand’s founders on the podcast very soon, so if you have any questions you’d like us to ask, be sure to leave them in the comments.

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Show Notes 

• Our new showroom
• Serica’s Parade is the Brand’s Most Ambitious Watch to Date
• Louis Erard and Vianney Halter Team Up For Another Thanksgiving Weekend Surprise
• IWC Updates the Ingenieur with a Blue Dial
• Omega’s Mystery Seamaster Diver 300M is Finally Revealed
• Opinion: Daniel Craig, the Olympics, and that Mystery Seamaster

WELCOME TO S(P)IN CITY!

Formula 1 returned to the gambling capital of the world for the second time and it showed. The Grand Prix seemed more mature as the hiccups of year one disappeared. We were instead left with great, competitive racing as we saw overtake after overtake with three highly contested DRS zones. When it was all said and done, we had Mercedes getting their 60th 1,2 with George Russell bringing home his third Grand Prix win. We talk about Mercedes’ overall dominance throughout the weekend.   

The silver arrows were not the only ones to bring home hardware this weekend. Carlos Sainz snagged third, somehow navigating through the childish bemoaning of his teammate Charles Leclerc after the race. The biggest trophy went to Max Verstappen, who claimed his 4th straight driver’s championship with a finish ahead of Lando Norris. We talk about this accomplishment as well as what the teams have left to fight for over the last 2 races of the year.

Take a listen as we break down the race, the overtakes, and the surrounding storylines of the 2024 Las Vegas GP.

This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan welcomes Tony Traina to the show to talk about the state of watch media, what’s getting him excited about the watch world right now, and what’s next for his newsletter, Unpolished Watches (formerly Rescapement). Tony has been writing about watches and watch collecting for about five years now, including a two year stint with Hodinkee, and has built up a loyal audience with his detailed and impeccably researched articles on vintage watches, the auction scene, and some of the most talked about new releases, including many that are squarely in the enthusiast sphere.

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Show Notes 

• Tony Traina on Instagram
• Tony’s newsletter 

This week’s episode of A Week in Watches is a bit of a doozy. We start off a with some quick coverage of few new releases from C Ward, Studio Underd0g, and Jaeger LeCoultre. After, we take a more in depth look at the new Serica 1174 Parade, the brand’s first proper dress watch. Finally, the bulk of the episode is spent discussing the results of the GPGH Awards, while taking a closer look at some of the winners.

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Kat Shoulders and Blake Malin for a long in the works collection update episode. From time to time (usually after one or more members of the team have acquired some particularly cool watches) we like to get in front of our mics and talk about why we added a particular watch to the rotation. It just so happens that Zach, Kat, and Blake have all added multiple watches to the collection after some major collection reshuffling, so this episode actually covers quite a bit of new watch ground. 

Plus, since we have Blake on the podcast this week, we also talk a little bit about his new podcast with Zach Weiss, Unwinding. You can find the first two episodes of Unwinding (formerly known as Worn Out) in your Worn & Wound podcast feed right now. This ongoing series will feature the Worn & Wound cofounders sharing behind the scenes stories about the company’s history, and insight gained through over a decade of being involved in the watch industry.

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On today’s episode of Changing Gears, Kat Shoulders and Garrett Jones are joined by Erin Daly and Paul Hooker. Erin and Paul are both pilots based out of Phoenix, Arizona. They have grown a big Instagram following as they document their travels and experiences on social media. Kat was able to go and visit with them just a few months ago, and they recollect their time together as well as get into the nitty gritty on how to get your pilot’s license. Turns out it’s not that scary! 

Big thanks to Citizen for making this episode possible. As some of you may know, Citizen celebrated 35 years of the Promaster line this year and these watches were created to meet the demands of professionals active in the most challenging environments in the air, land, or sea. Super fitting for folks like Erin & Paul. Check out the new Special Edition Promaster x Sikorsky S-92 that was produced in collaboration with the American aircraft manufacturer and has become Paul’s new daily wearer. 

We hope you like this new podcast format and really appreciate all the listeners! Kat has some awesome interviews in the works for those of you that love gear! To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subscribe to The Worn & Wound Podcast — now available on all major platforms including iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Spotify, and more. You can also find our RSS feed here.

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Show Notes 

• Erin & Pauls Instagram
• Paul’s Wrist Check: Citizen Promaster Sikorsky 
• Erin’s Wrist Check: Citizen Promaster Dive 37mm
• Enthusiast Spotlight with Erin & Paul

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan, Zach Weiss, and Devin Pennypacker take to their mics to once again answer questions from listeners, submitted via Instagram and our Worn & Wound+ Slack channel. There’s a huge range of questions this week on a variety of topics, including the recent GS9 event in New York City, our favorites from Windup NYC, and whether or not to invest in a watch winder. 

If you’re not already part of our Worn & Wound+ Slack community, be sure to sign up here so you can get your questions answered in our next Q&A podcast.

To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subscribe to The Worn & Wound Podcast on all major platforms including Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and more. You can also find our RSS feed here.

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Show Notes

• The Watch Curmudgeon: Chronoswiss Kairos Review
• 10 Years Later: The Seiko SKX007 As Seen By The W&W Editors
• The Echo/Neutra Rivanera
• [VIDEO] Hands-on Impressions of the Beautifully Slender Grand Seiko SLGW002 and SLGW003
• A Week in Watches Ep. 92: Windup Watch Fair NYC 2024
• Introducing the Alterum Worldtimer, a Minimalist Take on a Notoriously Busy Complication
• The Dana Carvey Show documentary

We return to the newness on episode 93 of A Week in Watches. There have been a lot of very interesting releases in the last few weeks, ranging from new versions of popular watches to new complications from unexpected sources. The episode begins by looking at the Christopher Ward Bel Canto Classic, a neo-traditional take on the brand’s runaway hit. Following this, we leave Earth to discuss the Omega x Swatch MoonSwatch Mission to Earth Phase. Yes, it’s another MoonSwatch, but this one does something no other watch has done before.

Afterward, we discuss the new Tudor Pelagos FXD GMT. The first Pelagos GMT from the ever-popular brand, it brings the FXD back to its military roots. Finally, we talk about some new Seiko Prospex divers that, to be frank, have us altogether confused.

This week’s episode is brought to you by the Windup Watch Shop, where the all new the Timex X Worn & Wound WW75 V3 is now available. Limited to 500 per color and priced at $239, these fun, colorful watches were inspired by the end of summer and a desire to keep it going. Pick one up today at Windup Watch Shop.

Ok, so the name “Worn Out” didn’t hit quite as well as we had hoped (I guess you have to know Blake and Zach well to get their sense of humor), but the episode itself was a success. So, the show is now called “Unwinding with Blake and Zach,” which has less negative connotations. Live and learn.

In episode 2 Blake and Zach reflect a bit about Windup Watch Fair NYC, how it went, etc, and then move on to the topic of monetization. An ever misunderstood and touchy topic, they discuss a bit about the early days of Worn & Wound, how they attempted to monetize the site, what they learned, and where it has led. This also brings up another touchy and ever important topic, that of integrity, a concept that will be revisited on future episodes as well.

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THIS IS BRAZIL!

The last month has been a roller coaster when it comes to the Drivers and Constructors Championship. As rain, the great equalizer, became a certainty for the Brazilian GP, we found ourselves licking our chops at the battle we were sure to witness amongst the frontrunning teams. Instead, Max Verstappen displayed one of the greatest driving performances of all time. We discuss the odds that were stacked against him as well as what this does for his legacy.

While Max found himself dancing in the rain, McLaren and driver Lando Norris put forward a performance that left much to be desired. In one race, their path to a Drivers championship was as good as done while the path to a Constructors title suddenly became perilous. All this while Alpine, a team often relegated to the bottom half of the field, found themselves rounding out the podium and bringing home a season’s worth of points.

Take a listen as we break down the race, the crashes, and the surrounding storylines of the 2024 Brazilian GP

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’ve assembled a full house for a good old fashioned new release roundup. It’s been a little while since we’ve done one of these, but there have been so many notable new watches coming to market in recent weeks and months, we felt like it was time. Joining Zach Kazan this week we’ve got Kat Shoulders, Zach Weiss, and Devin Pennypacker to unpack big releases from Tudor, Christopher Ward, Omega, and more. 

Be sure to let us know what you think of these new releases, and let us know in the comments which ones we might have missed – we had a big list of watches and definitely didn’t get to all of them in this recording. 

This episode was sponsored by Trafford Watch Co and their new Touring GMT. The latest from the Austin-based watchmakers is inspired by the relentless spirit of musicians and their fans. The Touring GMT has independent hour and GMT hands so you can seamlessly track the time in your next venue and back at home. Available three colorways inspired by American music venues, check out the Touring GMT at the Trafford website.

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Show Notes

• Tudor Announces the FXD “Zulu Time,” the First Pelagos with a GMT Complication
• Hands-On with the New Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto Classic
• Omega Introduces the Second First Omega in Space
• Thierry Stern on the Cubitus Response
• Introducing the Ming 37.02 Minimalist with new “Polar White” Lume

What a difference a 20 second penalty makes.

It was just last week we were ready to put the nail in Lando Norris’ championship bid only to see the stewards this week wake up and realize maybe, just maybe, Max Verstappen needs a timeout. After two aggressive and some may say downright dangerous moves to keep Lando from passing him, we discuss what another week of spicy wheel to wheel battling means for the championship chase.

While those two went after each other, we saw Ferrari once again benefit. This time around, it was Carlos Sainz, who may have had his best weekend all year, grabbing pole for the race. Though Max made an early run, taking P1, he snatched the position back, leading the rest of the way to the flag. With him and Charles Leclerc finishing 1,3, Ferrari is now in second place for the constructors championship and seem primed for a run.

Take a listen as we break down the race, the Redbull’s tough weekend, and the surrounding storylines of the 2024 Mexico City GP.

Time on Screen is back this week with an all new episode, just in time for Halloween. We’re pretty big fans of horror movies around here and don’t need much of an excuse to talk about them on a podcast, but we’ll gladly take one. So today, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders are digging into what is perhaps the greatest horror movie ever made, The Shining. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, the 1980 adaptation of the Stephen King novel has a complex history, from a difficult production to a mixed reception upon release, and decades of gradually seeping into popular culture to the point where the film’s impact is undeniable. Zach and Kat discuss all of that and more, and also dip into Doctor Sleep, the underrated 2019 sequel directed by Mike Flanagan.

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Show Notes 

• Time On Screen: In The Mouth of Madness
• Hereditary on “The Rewatchables”
• The story behind The Shining’s iconic poster
• Doctor Sleep
• The Stanley Hotel

This week on the podcast, Zach and Kat are joined by Worn & Wound contributor Meg Tocci. Meg is a watch enthusiast based in Colorado, and in this episode we discuss how she got into the world of watches, and what excites her about the hobby. As you’ll hear, Meg takes full advantage of the Colorado landscape, putting her watches to the test with a great deal of hiking and other outdoor activities. Meg is particularly interested in how we experience watches and in how they accompany us on many of life’s adventures, an idea that she touches on frequently in her writing. We also get into overlanding, one of Meg’s most recent endeavors, and her experience earlier this year at the 2024 Overland Expo.

This episode is sponsored by Sternglas and their new Merion Dive Watch. Sternglas is celebrating 8 years with the launch of its second dedicated dive watch, this time with an internal rotating bezel and colorful textured dials. Visit the Sternglas website to explore various combinations and receive a free tropic-style rubber strap with your purchase. 

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Show Notes

• Meg’s wrist check: Hamilton Khaki Murph
• Kat’s wrist check: Fears Redcliff with Onyx dial
• Zach’s wrist check: Citizen Tsuyosa Small Seconds
• Review: Christopher Ward’s The Twelve 36MM (and 40MM)
• Meg on Instagram
• Inside Vortic as they Launch the Colorado Watch Company
• Out of Office: A Route 66 Roadtrip with the Oris Divers Sixty-Five Cotton Candy “Sepia”
• Inside the 2024 Overland Expo

If you haven’t already, be sure to refresh the Worn & Wound podcast feed this morning, because we have a special bonus pod to start your week. At the recent Windup Watch Fair in New York City, we recorded a very special podcast in front of a live audience with our friends at Collective Horology and some very special guests. Co-moderated by Collective’s Asher Rapkin and Zach Kazan, we welcome Brew founder Jonathan Ferrer and Urwerk co-founder Martin Frei to the stage for a lively conversation about how each of these unique horological voices started their brands.

We see lots of parallels between Urwerk and Brew. While they exist at opposite ends of the price point spectrum, both are design forward brands with a deep independent streak, and in this discussion we dig into how Jonathan and Martin approached building their brands, separated by decades and in very different watch market climates. Both Jonathan and Martin share revealing stories about the challenges of starting independent watch brands, and including how they leveraged the internet and social media in very different ways, and leaned on their own collector communities to build momentum.

On this week’s episode of A Week in Watches, Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss, take you inside Windup Watch Fair New York City 2024. The biggest and best Windup yet, there were over 140 brands in attendance and tens of thousands of guests. Unfortunately, we couldn’t cover everything we saw there, so we focused on talking to six brands new to Windup.

This episode was sponsored by Trafford Watch Co and their new Touring GMT. The latest from the Austin-based watchmakers is inspired by the relentless spirit of musicians and their fans. The Touring GMT has independent hour and GMT hands so you can seamlessly track the time in your next venue and back at home. Available in three colorways inspired by American music venues, check out the Touring GMT at Trafford Watch Co

It’s good to be back.

This weekend was quite eventful as not only was there racing but we also had our crown jewel event of the year; the Windup Watch Fair NYC. Ricardo discussed just how different this fair was from those of the past as well as its overall impact within the watch community.

From there, we jumped straight into the racing. The first test of this final stretch of the season being the Circuit of the Americas. As a Grand Prix, this circuit has been purpose built for the larger generation of F1 cars, which means competitive racing is not only possible but pretty much assured as the drivers find themselves 2-3 wide around many turns. 

We were not disappointed in the first laps of the race as we saw Ferrari establish an early lead while the two main drivers fighting for the championship went wide. Charles Leclerc found himself taking early command of the race and never looked back. We discussed this and Ferrari’s overall dominance this past weekend.

While Leclerc cruised to victory, the last laps featured an epic battle for the last podium spot between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris. This is what we were all waiting for and it did not disappoint, leaving us with a bit of controversy and a yearning for more wheel to wheel battles between these two.

Take a listen as we break down the race, the titles up for grabs, and the surrounding storylines of the 2024 United States GP

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Rolf Studer, Co-CEO of Oris, for a conversation recorded live at the Windup Watch Fair in New York City over the weekend. Oris has been an important partner and supporter of the Windup Watch Fair for years, so it was rewarding to see them choose the opening of Windup as the launch platform for their latest release, the new Divers Date. The Divers Date is an evolution of the Divers Sixty-Five, which itself is one of the most important enthusiast focused watches of the last decade, helping to usher in the era of vintage inspired reinterpretations that have dominated the watch space. Now, with the Divers Date, Oris has made a series of small changes to modernize the look and feel of the watch, giving it some subtle refinements that will appeal to a whole new crop of enthusiasts. In this conversation, Rolf and Zach talk about the history of the Divers Sixty-Five, how Oris goes about planning for a launch like this, and the importance of the enthusiast community. 

Before that, Zach is joined by Kyle Snarr, Worn & Wound’s Head of Partnerships, for a quick conversation about the just completed Windup Watch Fair, including some favorite moments and discoveries from a fair unlike any before it. For those who missed it, we’ll be showing you more photos and video footage from the fair soon, but until then we hope you enjoy this quick recap and a great conversation with Rolf Studer.

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Show Notes 

• Oris Debuts the New Divers Date
• Windup Watch Fair

The Windup Watch Fair is just days away, so you know that means: it’s our Worn & Wound podcast Windup Watch Fair preview episode! In this episode, Blake Malin hosts Events Manager Nelly Calhoun and Head of Partnerships Kyle Snarr to get into all the details of the New York City show to help you prepare and to get the most out of the fair. 

This year, the Windup Watch Fair moves to a new venue in New York City, Center415, in the heart of New York City on Fifth Ave, between 37th and 38th streets. This is not only the biggest Windup Watch Fair ever, but it’s one of the biggest watch events in the world, with over 140 brands covering not just watches, but EDC, apparel, and more. In this episode, the team takes you through venue selection, how a show at this scale comes together, and all of the cool things you can do and see at Windup, including getting strap changes and bracelet adjustments from a watchmaker, seeing a number of panels throughout the weekend, checking out a bar and lounge space, and of course seeing dozens and dozens of watch brands. 

We’re grateful to our lead sponsors, Bulova, Christopher Ward, Fortis, Oris, and Shinola for helping to make this event possible.

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Show Notes

• Windup Watch Fair New York City

On episode 91 of A Week in Watches, Zach discusses some new releases from the last few weeks. First up is an awfully odd Nomos with a unique but unnecessary take on a date complication. Following is an overview of the newest Reversos from Jaeger-LeCoultre. A well-received launch from the historic house, it included four new styles, including a new case size. Lastly, Omega has launched the First Omega in Space for a second time, and we’re here for it.

This week’s episode is brought to you by Windup Watch Fair New York City. This year’s event has earned the title of the biggest watch fair in the world, with over 130 brands from 16 different countries. Windup NYC is happening Oct 18th – 20th at 415 Fifth avenue in the heart of Manhattan. It’s free and open to the public, as always, so we hope to see you there. For more information, head to windupwatchfair.com

This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan, Kat Shoulders, and Devin Pennypacker are tackling questions from our listeners submitted through Instagram and our Worn & Wound+ Slack community. There are a bunch of great questions this month on a range of topics, including our desert island watches, the new Leica Q3 43, are DLC watches still in, and our thoughts on re-issues? 

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Show Notes 

• Zach Kazan's Wrist Check
• Kat Shoulders Wrist Check
• Devin Pennypacker's Wrist Check
• Leica vs Sony Video feat. Zach W and Kat
• Devin's Out of Office
• The Apple Watch Series 10 is (Almost) Here
• Worn & Wound+ Slack Community

We’re kicking off something different this week with a new monthly podcast from Blake Malin and Zach Weiss, two of the co-founders of Worn & Wound. Tentatively (but not concretely) called Worn Out, this pod will be a casual conversation that takes a more behind-the-scenes approach to the industry. Having both been working in the watch industry for close to 14 years and having built a successful independent business within it, they have a lot of experience and a unique perspective on things, including what it takes to run a media company.

The first episode is a very general conversation about the podcast's goal, a bit about Worn & Wound over the years, and then Windup Watch Fair. With Windup NYC just around the corner, it was a good time to look at where the fair began and what it has grown into.

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This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Worn & Wound’s Social Media Manager Devin Pennypacker along with Lasse Roxrud Farstad and Øystein Helle Husby, co-founders of Straum. Straum is an independent brand based in Norway, and the creators of the Jan Mayen collection, one of the most interesting integrated bracelet designs we’ve come across in the last few years. Devin just returned from a once in a lifetime road trip through Scandinavia, where he spent some time with the Straum team passing through Oslo, and got a chance to experience their watches in the place they were born. Devin tells us all about his trip and what he experienced, teasing an upcoming feature story that chronicles his adventures in detail, and the Straum guys give us the origin story of the brand, and talk about their initial entry into the watch world, and what might be coming next.

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Show Notes 

• Straum
• Fratello and Straum Collaborate on a Limited Edition with a Lava Red Dial

This week we saw the grid face the test that is the Marina Bay Street Circuit. High Heat. Tight corners. A race that demands your complete concentration. And while the general podcasting and journalist community would have you think Lando Norris lacked this at moments, we discuss how he still managed to put in one of the most dominant performances we’ve seen this year. Pumping in great lap times at his engineer’s request.

While Lando did exactly what he had to do, we wished others had held up their end of things (we’re looking at you Oscar Piastri). We also wished Mercedes avoided overthinking itself by sticking Lewis Hamilton on soft tires to start the race. But most of all, we hope that this wasn’t Daniel Ricciardo’s last race in F1 (recorded prior to yesterday’s announcement).

Take a listen as we break down the race and the surrounding storylines of the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix.

New watch releases are back! After a typically slow summer in the watch world, things have been heating up in the realm of new watch releases. Ever since Geneva Watch Days, new release announcements have been coming our desks at a frantic pace, so we thought now would be a good time to talk about some of our favorites. Zach Kazna is joined by Kat Shoulders and Devin Pennypacker on this episode, and they’ve each chosen a new watch release at three distinct price points that stands out to them. Be sure to let us know in the comments what you have your eye on, and what your favorite new watches this fall (so far) have been.

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Show Notes 

• Tissot Introduces Compelling new PRX References that Play with Materials and Colors in New Ways
• The New Christopher Ward C60 Trident Lumière Puts Glowing Blocks of Globolight Center Stage
• Louis Erard Partners with Stefan Kudoke for their Latest Le Regulateur Limited Edition
• One of the All-Time Great Movie Watches Gets an Update: Interstellar and the Khaki Field Murph

In this week’s episode of Time on Screen, Zach welcomes Danny Milton to the podcast to talk about a true American classic, All the President’s Men. Danny is the VP of Content at Teddy Baldassarre, and is a longtime watch industry editor and writer, and a huge movie fan. Danny has written extensively about Robert Redford’s personal Submariner worn in All the President’s Men, so this was a natural choice for the episode. Danny and Zach dive deep into the movie and the incredible story behind it, and talk about what’s so great about this style of 1970s paranoid thriller. Danny also tells us about his new project, Cinescaphe, his new project tying the film and watch worlds together.

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Show Notes

• Watching Movies Celebrating One Year Of Watching Movies With Robert Redford’s Red Submariner in ‘All The President’s Men’
• Danny on Instagram
• Cinescaphe

The Baku City Circuit is known for its long straight and narrow castle turns.That’s why success here is a testament to a driver’s quickness and daring. It’s why in the lead up to the main event we saw Charles Leclrec, who many consider the quickest driver over a single lap grab pole, giving the Tifosi a golden opportunity to double their successes in as many weeks.

But hold your horses because instead we were treated to a commanding performance by McLarens “second” driver. Oscar Piastri showed up big. And when coupled with Lando Norris’ great recovery drive, helping the team secure the top spot in the constructor’s championship. A position they haven’t sniffed in years  

Take a listen as we dive deep into the suspenseful race that was the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan sits down with Garrett Jones, Worn & Wound’s in-house photographer. Garrett is a relatively new member of the team, joining full time the very week of this year’s San Francisco Windup Watch Fair. But he had contributed a number of gear and EDC focused pieces before that, so he’s likely not completely unfamiliar to regular readers. In this conversation, Garrett talks about how he got into watches through the EDC world and his longtime interest in photography. Zach and Garrett also have an in depth discussion diving into Garrett’s recent experience with Citizen in the Canadian Rockies, which he wrote about recently in a fantastic “Out of Office” feature.

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Show Notes

• [VIDEO] Hands-On with the Citizen Promaster Dive Automatic aka Fujistubo aka Barnacle
• Building a Carry: My EDC Essentials
• Out of Office: Exploring the Canadian Rockies with Citizen’s Team Promaster
• Photo Report: Assembling Caliber 9SA4 at the Grand Seiko Boutique
• Photo Report: Blade Show 2024 Recap
• A Gear Lovers Dream: The New York Custom Knife Show
• Geared Up: An Introduction to EDC

On episode 89 of A Week in Watches, Zach Weiss checks out a trilogy of new releases. First up, from the UK is Christopher Ward’s new C60 Lumiére. Featuring big blocks of Globolight, it’s a lume fiend’s dream. Next is a new and long-awaited Sinn, the 156.1, a follow-up to an iconic Sinn with an exciting history. Last, but not least, are the Louis Erard x Stefan Kudoke Le Regulateurs. A collaboration with an indie star, these watches bring a refined aesthetic to Louis Erard’s regulator watches.

This week’s episode is brought to you by the Windup Watch Shop, which has just added several awesome watches to its collection. From Hamilton, they’ve added the just released 33 and 38mm Khaki Field Quartz. Yes, 33mm just like the original Khaki fields. From Louis Erard is the new Metropolis Green, an art deco inspired collaboration with the Instagram famous @thehorophile. There’s also more from Casio, G-SHOCK, Laco, and others so head to windupwatchshop.com to check them out.

This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss are tackling questions from our listeners submitted through Instagram and our Worn & Wound+ Slack community. There are a bunch of great questions this month on a range of topics, including the prevalence of luxury quartz watches, our thoughts on the latest from Christopher Ward, and whether or not it’s ever appropriate to pay a premium for a particular dial color. There’s also, as is tradition, a sandwich related question, which we of course are thrilled to answer.

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Show Notes 

• Zach W’s wrist check: A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1
• Zach K’s wrist check: James Lamb Origin Series
• Introducing Cartier’s New, and Affordable, Quartz Tanks
• History of Chronometers Pt. 3: Enter COSC
• Review (with Video): Omega x Swatch BioCeramic Speedmaster MoonSwatch Mission to Jupiter
• Watches, Stories, & Gear: The New York City Subway Turns 120, Peak Design Gets Outdoors, and the MoonSwatch is Finally Available Online
• The New Christopher Ward C60 Trident Lumière Puts Glowing Blocks of Globolight Center Stage
• Owner’s Review: The Arcanaut Arc II Fordite
• The Apple Watch Series 10 is (Almost) Here
• Trees or stars?
• Worn & Wound+ Slack Community

Monza rarely disappoints. 

With the Tifosi always hungry for Ferrari win, this year’s race finally satiated their appetite as Charles Leclerc, with the help of teammate Carlos Sainz brought home a surprising and well fought victory. We go over this great performance from Charles and talk about how Charles has now secured two of the most important races on his calendar.

We also acknowledge how none of this would have been possible without the amazing support Ferrari received from their good friends McLaren. A McLaren team that refuses to establish an order and a prioritization strategy for their drivers. They are still on a path that can get them both the Driver’s and Constructors championship but we wonder how long that can last with their current approach.

Tune in as we delve into this and more on this episode of the 2024 Italian Grand Prix.

This week on the podcast, Kat Shoulders catches up with Zach Kazan, who just returned from Geneva Watch Days and a whirlwind three days of meeting with brands and seeing a ton of new watches. Kat and Zach discuss the genesis of Geneva Watch Days and how it differs in key ways from Watches & Wonders, and then they talk about some of the big new releases from last week’s festivities, including a new collaboration between H. Moser and Studio Underd0g, a stunning superwatch from Girard-Perregaux, and a great new chronograph (and a bunch of other cool stuff) from Ming.

Be sure to check out all the coverage so far from Geneva Watch Days in the show notes below, and stay tuned to Worn & Wound for even more over the course of the next week.

This episode was sponsored by Sternglas and their new Naos Pro Automatik Watch. As a special feature with this release, early buyers can secure a golden Miyota 9015 movement, also known as Gilt Version. Check out the Sternglas website for more information.

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Show Notes 

• H. Moser and Studio Underd0g Partner on an Unlikely Collaboration
• Oris Celebrates Geneva Watch Days with Two New Releases: an Updated Aquis Chronograph and a Limited Edition Divers Sixty-Five
• The Breathtaking Girard-Perregaux La Esmeralda ‘A Secret’ Eternity Edition Honey
• The Latest From Massena LAB is a Collaboration with an Entirely New Brand: Albishorn
• Ming, Fleming, and J.N. Shapiro Form the Alternative Horological Alliance
• The M.A.D.1 Gets a Slimmer, More Wearable Update
• Urwerk’s Legendary EMC is Back in a Limited Edition Inspired by the SR-71 Blackbird

On episode 88 of A Week in Watches, Zach Weiss takes you through several new and wild releases. Geneva Watch Days kicked off last week and with it, many cool things were announced. But that’s not all, as there were some surprise announcements too. There was a lot to cover from Armin Strom to Grand Seiko to Tudor. Check it out and let us know what you think!

This week’s episode is brought to you by the Windup Watch Shop, which has just added several awesome watches to its collection. From Hamilton, they’ve added the just released 33 and 38mm Khaki Field Quartz. Yes, 33mm just like the original Khaki fields. From Louis Erard is the new Metropolis Green, an art deco inspired collaboration with the Instagram famous @thehorophile. There’s also more from Casio, G-SHOCK, Laco, and others so head to windupwatchshop.com to check them out.

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In the first race back from the summer break, McLaren, who was already on a positive trajectory, smoked their closest rival to the tune of a 22 second gap at the finish line. A gap reminiscent of the first race of the season where Max Verstappen had us believing it would be 2023 all over again. After months of asking for more competitive challengers, it now seems like McLaren will only be taking Redbull’s place. We discuss if this dominant performance will be the new norm and how Redbull’s current trajectory may mean a battle for the Driver’s Championship isn’t an unrealizable dream for the papaya team.

We also look forward to Monza and wonder if Ferrari is holding upgrades back specifically for their home race. It wouldn’t be the first time we’ve seen the team hyper-focused on success at one racetrack. What’s more, with a new racer on the grid (Bye Logan, Hi Franco), we enthusiastically await what the Temple of Speed has to offer this weekend.

Start up your podcast player and listen to this episode for more of our thoughts on the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix.

Today, we sit down with Kenneth Lam of Arken Watch Co. We chat about what kind of watch collector he was early on, what inspired his brand, and what's to come from Arken. As many of you know, his designs stand out among the many micro-brands out there, and Ken is using some interesting complications we dive into on the pod this week. 

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In this new episode of Time on Screen, Zach Kazan is joined by Ed Jelley to talk about the latest entry in one of their favorite sci-fi franchises: Alien: Romulus. The Alien series holds a special place in the hearts of both Zach and Ed, and in this episode they spend some time talking about how their relationship with these movies has evolved over time, and they of course get into some casual ranking of the films in the series, something that is basically required whenever the Alien flicks are discussed. Then they turn their attention to Romulus, which they both agree is a fun and welcome addition to the franchise, running through some of their favorite scenes, and giving their thoughts on what has turned out to be some fairly controversial fan service (spoilers abound in this episode – this is your warning!).

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Show Notes

• Seiko “Ripley” Review
• The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 178: James Cameron’s Aliens

It’s finally over. 

After several weeks, we finally get back to racing. But before enjoying the beautiful turns that Circuit Zandvoort has to offer, Ricardo and Amarveer take a look back at all the headlines from a silly season that wasn’t all that silly. From Williams and Haas taking steps forward to lock in their future drivers lineup, to more personnel being plucked from the Red Bull tree. Though nothing earth shattering happened, there was plenty to discuss.

And as many podcasts decided to rank the teams and drivers, we decided to take a different route and steal a page from the National Football league. We decided to have ourselves a good ole draft. With the worst team at the beginning of summer break getting a chance to pick anyone from the current pool of drivers. When it was all said and done, you couldn’t believe the driver pairings we were left with.

So sit back and enjoy this latest episode of Time on Track.

This week on the podcast, we’re coming to you from Oceanside, CA at the brand new headquarters of the James Brand. Kat Shoulders and James Helms are joined by Ryan Coulter and Mike Hoefer from the James Brand. The Worn & Wound team was in Oceanside over the weekend for a pop-up at the brand new James Brand HQ that included some of our favorite brands, including Brew, Citizen, Zodiac, and of course the James Brand itself. In this episode, we hear about the origins of the James Brand, how they expanded, and the sometimes underreported role of design and aesthetics in the EDC community.

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Show Notes

• The James Brand Summer Pop-Up
• Timex and The James Brand Launch their Latest Collaboration: a Traveler’s GMT in Titanium
• Just A Minute With The James Brand Warrick
• The James Brand and Timex Debut a Colorful New Ironman

On episode 87 of A Week in Watches, we take a look at a couple of new releases and then talk a bit about the state of the watch industry. First up are some sexy new Grand Seiko US exclusives with Kirazuri dials. After, we have the newest offering from TAG Heuer x Hodinkee, which revives a very cool old complication. Lastly, Zach Weiss gives his two cents on all of the gloomy news about the watch industry and whether or not it should matter to enthusiasts.

This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by one of Worn & Wound’s newest team members, Devin Pennypacker. Devin is Worn & Wound’s Digital Media Specialist, a watch industry veteran, and someone you’ll be hearing from and seeing a lot more of in the near future, so we’re incredibly happy to have him on the podcast to introduce him to our listeners. Devin has been interested in watches for years, and in this conversation he discusses his path through the hobby and how he wound up at Worn & Wound while telling us about the watches he’s interested in, what he looks for as a collector, and more. Devin and Zach also chat about his recent experience at the Mubadala City DC Open with Rado, and what makes their ceramic watches so appealing. Devin also gives us a preview of an upcoming feature on the Seiko Samurai, a longtime personal favorite of his, and a diver that sometimes goes under the radar when compared to the brand’s more well known divers, and chats about his recent “Windup in a Lake” experience at the Windup Watch Fair in Chicago.

A reminder: Worn & Wound is heading to the West Coast! We’re celebrating the opening of the James Brand’s new headquarters with a special summer pop-up. It’s free and open to the public. Be sure to check out all the details here.

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Show Notes

• Devin’s wrist check: Certina DS Super PH1000M
• Zach’s wrist check: Autodromo Group B
• Justin Sowders on Instagram
• Checking out the Mubadala Citi DC Open with Rado
• [Video] The Rado Anatom, and What the Next Vintage Watch Revival Might Look Like
• Hands-On with All the New Zenith Releases at Watches & Wonders
• Zach’s weird gold watch

Speed. Beautiful scenery. Wins that disappear before you even get a chance to enjoy them.

That is what Spa-Francorchamp gave us for this years Grand Prix. What looked like a 1-2 by Mercedes, with both a dominating and surprising performance by their drivers, soon became a huge miscalculation. We ponder whether this was a terrible mistake by the team or a bit of Karma for a driver who did everything he needed to do to win.

We also take a look back at how Checo Perez took what should have been an amazing opportunity to save a seat we all felt was in peril and instead finished behind his teammate, who started way behind him. What would it actually take for Checo to lose his seat? Driving the car in reverse.

Let us know your thoughts below as you listen to this episode on the 2024 Belgian GP.

This week on the podcast, Kat Shoulders and Zach Kazan are once again taking questions from our Worn & Wound+ community members and Instagram followers. There were lots of good questions this month, including one on our favorite watch spots in movies, our favorite ana-digi watches, and how we rank various strap material options. There’s also a very important question about how we cut our sandwiches, which is perhaps the most surprising and controversial question we’ve ever tackled. 

A reminder: Worn & Wound is heading to the West Coast! We're celebrating the opening of the James Brand's new headquarters with a special summer pop-up. It's free and open to the public. Be sure to check out all the details here.

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Show Notes

• Zach’s wrist check: Tudor Black Bay
• [VIDEO] The Tudor Black Bay THUNDERDOME!
• Kat’s wrist check: Hamilton Khaki Field
• Review: Seiko SPB153 “Captain Willard” Reissue
• EUREKA! Hamilton Releases the Long-Awaited Khaki Field “Murph” Watch as Seen in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar
• Owners Review: Seiko SNJ029 “SafArnie” Urban Street Series
• The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 357: A Conversation with Griffin Bartsch
• Tudor Surprises with a Pink Black Bay Chrono
• Omega’s White Dialed Speedmaster Professional is Here
• Omega Introduces New References in their Seamaster Aqua Terra Worldtimer Collection, Including One in Titanium

Time on Screen is back this week with an all new episode covering one of the most talked about action movies of its era, Mad Max: Fury Road. Zach Kazan and Kyle Snarr both saw its prequel, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, earlier this summer, which inspired them to revisit George Miller’s long anticipated return to the Mad Max universe from 2015. Fury Road has a big reputation and for good reason – it’s one of the most visually stunning pure action films ever made, and moves at a breakneck pace for the duration of its two hour runtime. Zach and Kyle dig into what they like most about the film, how it stands up over time, the inspired casting decisions (it’s perhaps Charlize Theron’s defining role) and how it compares to the other films in the Mad Max franchise.

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Today on the podcast, Zach Kazan sits down with Griffin Bartsch, Worn & Wound contributor and watch collector, about his path into collecting and why he’s stuck around in the hobby. Griffin got started in the hobby at a young age with a hand-me-down vintage watch, and that set the stage for years of exploration into watches of all kinds. Griffin takes us through some of the watches that have defined his taste over the years, and how his outlook has changed over time, including through his experiences at auctions, writing about watches, and working for a major watch retailer. Griffin also gives us a preview of his upcoming review of the Zenith Defy Extreme Diver, one of the most talked about new releases of the year.

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Show Notes

• Griffin’s wrist check: Rolex Datejust
• Zach’s wrist check: Citizen Tsuyosa Small Seconds  
• Our Favorite Summer Watches
• Review: the Lorier Astra
• The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 356: Our Watch Origin Stories, and First Watch Recommendations
• Four of the Biggest Surprises from Chicago’s Windup Watch Fair
• Interview: A Conversation with Benoit de Clerck, Zenith’s New CEO

What if I told you on July 20th that Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton would crash into each other at the Hungarian GP but that would be a distant second to the main story? A story of a team finishing 1,2 but bad race management and a cringe worthy 20-30 mins of radio overshadowing that.  

We take a look back at how McClaren poorly handled their most dominant performance this year. We also question if a team can truly be successful with this approach. If Lando Norris isn’t being prioritized for the rest of the year, can you take McClaren seriously in any attempt at the driver’s championship? Is Lando Norris not the team’s number one driver?

So many questions. And we try our best in Part II of this podcast to answer them. So sit back and enjoy this episode and listen to our thoughts on the Hungarian GP.

On this week’s podcast, Zach Kazan, Kat Shoulders, and Zach Weiss are on the mic to talk about their watch origin stories. Everyone has a first watch, and these are the ones that, although we couldn’t possibly know it at the time, set us on an inexorable path to the watch industry. We’d love to know what your first watch was, and if you still have it, so let us know in the comments below. 

Since we knew we’d be talking about first watches, we thought we’d also provide some recommendations for first watches if anyone in your life might be looking to pick up a time telling device for the wrist, and potentially fall down what we can all agree is quite the rabbit hole. These are very loose recommendations, not necessarily taking price or age into account, and we tried to have as much fun with these as possible. We think there are some pretty good choices included!

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Show Notes

• Kat’s wrist check: Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein “Smile Day”
• Zach W’s wrist check: A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1
• Zach K’s wrist check: Venezianico Redentore Bellanotte
• Review: the Venezianico Redentore Bellanotte

On episode 85 of A Week in Watches, Zach Weiss and Zach Kazan co-host from Windup Watch Fair Chicago 2024. With over 60 brands in attendance, it was a fantastic fair. Zach and Zach chose two brands each to talk to, one just debuting and the other a staple with a new release. Zach Kazan spoke to Monta about the Noble GMT, and then Colorado’s 5280 watches, who are creating rose-engine turned, vitreous enamel dials in the US. Zach Weiss then spoke to Chicago’s own Astor + Banks about the SeaRanger M2, as well as ARTEFKT Seven, a new brand that turned a lot of heads at the fair.

To stay up to date about future Windup Watch Fairs, such as the New York City fair happening in October, head to WindupWatchFair.com

This week on the podcast, we continue a Windup Watch Fair tradition. For the third year in a row, we’re teaming with our friends Jason Heaton and James Stacey of The Grey NATO for a collaborative podcast. We recorded in front of a (packed) live audience on the final day of Windup, and covered a lot of ground. Once again, we’re splitting it up so you’ll hear the first half on our feed today, and the second half on TGN tomorrow. 

In this half of the conversation, Zach Kazan, Zach Weiss, and the TGN guys talk about their favorite watches at the fair. There were a lot of great watches on display at the show, and we really only scratched the surface. We also get all the details on the third iteration of “Windup in a Lake,” our annual dive trip on Lake Michigan, which this year was sponsored by Citizen. Be sure to check out TGN tomorrow to hear all about the TGN get-together that took place shortly before our podcast recording, as well as a lengthy Q&A session from our live audience.

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Show Notes

• Kat’s wrist check: Tudor Submariner
• Zach’s wrist check: Bell & Ross BR 03 Multimeter
• The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 305: Live from Windup Watch Fair, Jason Heaton and James Stacey of The Grey NATO
• The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 253: Live from Windup Watch Fair, A Conversation with Jason Heaton and James Stacey of the Grey NATO
• The Grey NATO
• Monta Adds a GMT Complication to the Noble Collection with the New Noble Voyager
• Oris Introduces the Great Barrier Reef Limited Edition IV, Made in Partnership with the Reef Restoration Foundation

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, it’s time to preview the Windup Watch Fair in Chicago. Events Manager Nelly Calhoun takes over hosting duties this week, and is joined by Worn & Wound cofounders Zach Weiss and Blake Malin. Together they discuss the origins of the Windup Watch Fair, the growth of the microbrand and independent watch community, and they even tell some war stories from the earliest days of the show. Before that, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders are on mic to introduce this week’s episode, and share some of their own Windup memories.

Just a note, in the intro, Zach and Kat mistakenly introduce the main panel as including Kyle Snarr, Head of Partnerships, who was not able to join in on this episode. 

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Show Notes

• Kat’s wrist check: Arken Instrumentum
• Zach’s wrist check: Nomos Tangente 38 “Rambazamba”
• Raising the Bar: A Recap of the 2024 San Francisco Windup Watch Fair and EDC Expo
• The Windup Watch Fair is Back Again: Chicago Style
• No Spoilers! Preview the Watches of Windup Watch Fair Chicago 2024
• Parties, Panels, and Pizza! All the Events During Windup Chicago 2024
• The Grey NATO
• Portillo’s
• New Seiko Divers

The summer slowdown is kicking in. New releases are down to a trickle, and pretty soon, Europe will just close for vacation, leaving us American media up to our own devices until they return at the end of August for Geneva Watch Days. This week we have one update to a much-loved line by Baltic, a new complication from Ochs Und Junior that is either really confusing or just not well explained, and then a new, smaller version of one of Vero’s most popular watches. Next time, we’ll be recording in Windup Watch Fair Chicago, which should promise some new and fun things.

This week’s episode is brought to you by Windup Watch Fair Chicago, which is preparing to kick off on July 12th. Eindup Chicago is heading into its third year and will feature over 40 brands, including Christopher Ward, Citizen, Fortis, G-SHOCK, Oris, and many more. Located at Venue West in West Town, it’s sure to be another exciting year. Learn more at Windupwatchfair.com

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, it’s time once again for our monthly(ish) Q&A episode, and this time Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss for a series of great questions from our Worn & Wound+ Slack community and Instagram followers. In this episode we have questions about the “most improved” brands in the space, how we maintain enthusiasm for watches, and our preferred straps for summer. There’s also a highly controversial question here that asks us to choose between tacos and hamburgers, and regret ensues immediately after it’s answered.

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Show Notes

• Zach W’s wrist check: Rolex Submariner 16800
• Zach K’s wrist check: Nomos Tangente Date
• [VIDEO] Hands-On: the Raymond Weil Millesime Collection
• Raymond Weil’s Expanded Millesime Collection
• Worn & Wound+ Slack Community

For the 18th straight year, Lewis Hamilton reached the podium of a race, showing continued progression in the development of Mercedes’ car. Lando Norris seems like he will be a thorn in Max Verstappen’s side for the foreseeable future. And Ferrari just seems off since Monte Carlo. We also looked forward to the Austrian GP, in hopes the competitive storyline between teams continues.

We also managed to sneak in a top 5 conversation, with each of us picking our five best drivers and five best teams right now in F1. I’d like to tell you this was an easy one but compelling arguments were made on both sides. No one was hurt if simply for the fact we were 2500 miles apart.

Tune in and listen to this episode for our thoughts on the racing and racers this year.

This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Michiel Holthinrichs, founder of the aptly named Holthinrichs Watches. Holthinrichs is a brand that we’ve admired at Worn & Wound for years for their sculpture-like, architectural designs that are quite unlike anything else in the watch industry. Michiel discusses his background, the origins of the brand, and what he’s trying to accomplish in the watch world. There’s also a lot of talk about the brand’s newest release, the Signature Collection, which represents a fairly dramatic shift in strategy for Holthinrichs. Michiel talks about why they’ve launched the Signature Collection now, the challenges they’ve navigated as a brand, and why he’s excited about the future.

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Show Notes 

• A Major Move for Holthinrichs: the Signature Collection
• Holthinrichs Announces the Deconstructed, their Most Ambitious Watch Yet
• Holthinrichs Teams Up With Revolution and The Rake for Two Very Limited Editions
• Holthinrichs Watches
• Holthinrichs on Instagram

On episode 83 of A Week in Watches, we take a look at three new relatively affordable releases. First is a new powerhouse of a chronograph from Farer with unique functionality. Next is a new addition to Seiko’s Craftsmanship line, featuring a dial of beautiful Arita porcelain. Last, the Omega x Swatch MoonSwatch returns again with some vibrant colors.

This week’s episode is brought to you by Windup Watch Fair Chicago, which is preparing to kick off on July 12th. Eindup Chicago is heading into its third year and will feature over 40 brands, including Christopher Ward, Citizen, Fortis, G-SHOCK, Oris, and many more. Located at Venue West in West Town, it’s sure to be another exciting year. Learn more at Windupwatchfair.com

On this episode of the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re happy to be joined by Joe Kirk from Grand Seiko. Joe has been on the podcast a few times, most recently in 2022, and he’s always a fantastic guest. In this episode, Kat Shoulders and Zach Weiss chat with Joe about the recent crop of releases from Grand Seiko at this year’s Watches & Wonders event, including watches powered by the new 9SA4 caliber, and the incredible color changing dial featured on the SBGC275. They also talk about a huge variety of other topics, including servicing your Grand Seiko, the story behind the new Kodo, and what makes the new Grand Seiko flagship boutique in New York City special. He also provides some insight into the release of the new Locomotive from Credor, one of the most unexpected and exciting new releases this year. This is an episode you won’t want to miss if you’re a Grand Seiko fan, new or old.

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Show Notes 

• Hands-On With the Grand Seiko SBGC275, with a Dramatic Red (but Sometimes Orange) Dial
• [VIDEO] Hands-on Impressions of the Beautifully Slender Grand Seiko SLGW002 and SLGW003
• The Grand Seiko Kodo Saga: Daybreak
• Hands-On Impressions of the New Credor Locomotive
• Worn & Wound Celebrates the Opening of Grand Seiko’s First International Flagship Boutique in NYC
• The Grand Seiko Media Experience: An Enthusiast’s Observations (with Photos!)

And just like that, we’ve got a season.

Yes, Max Verstappan won the Canadian GP, in a race where strategy and rain played a large role. However, that is not the important storyline this week. He was one of five drivers who could have. With Mercedes now joining the fray, we have 3 and a half teams (sorry Checo) that can legitimately fight for not just podiums, but for wins as well.

In addition to this welcome change, we got quite a race from the rest of the field. Haas rolled the dice, Danny Ric and Ocon responded right, Ferrari was nowhere in sight, and drivers that got new contracts ran for their post race flights. Add all those things together and this was easily the best race of the year.

Tune in and listen to this episode for more of our thoughts on the 2024 Canadian GP.

On the podcast this week, Kat Shoulders and James Helms are joined by Mark Frankel, founder of Long Island Watch. Mark is a longtime fixture in the watch industry and has been part of the Worn & Wound story from the beginning. Many of the early watches reviewed in the early days of the website were actually lent to us by Mark and Long Island Watch. Mark’s business has grown along with Worn & Wound, including a popular YouTube channel and his own brand, Islander, which of course is sold through Long Island Watch. 

This is a fun conversation that covers a wide range of topics including the difficulty of cracking the YouTube algorithm, keeping track of growing collections, and the history of Long Island Watch.

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Show Notes 

• Long Island Watch
• Islander Watches
• Long Island Watch on YouTube

In this bonus episode of the Worn & Wound, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders sit down with Andreas Bentele, Marketing Manager at Fortis Watches. If you’ve been to a Windup Watch Fair recently, you may have met Andreas in the Fortis booth, where he and his team are always finding innovative ways to introduce their watches to the public. This year their booth had a tranquil, boutique-like feel, and it was a great place to experience Fortis in person. 

In this conversation, Andreas chats with Zach and Kat about what makes Fortis special, spending a great deal of time focusing on the brand’s history and heritage when it comes to space exploration. Fortis watches go through some pretty serious testing to ensure they can stand up to just about anything, including a burgeoning space tourism industry! They also talk about the unique collecting culture among Fortis enthusiasts, and Andreas gives a hint as to what might be coming from Fortis later in the year. 

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Show Notes 

• Fortis Watches
• Tool/Kit: Speed Flying in Utah with Tyler Woolstenhulme and the Fortis Novonaut N-42 Cobalt Blue
• Fortis Reveals New, Space Tested Automatic Chronograph Caliber Werk 17
• The New Stratoliner from Fortis is Ready for Space
• Fortis on YouTube 

This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan and Kyle Snarr reflect on their recent experience at Couture, the watch and jewelry trade show in fabulous Las Vegas. They talk about some trends that they saw emerge at the show, their experience in Vegas, and they give an all important update on the swag situation this year. Then, Zach talks to Rolf Studer, co-CEO at Oris, about the latest Hölstein Edition and the concept behind this year’s LE and the importance of Hölstein in the history of Oris.

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Show Notes 

• Kyle’s wrist check: Autodromo Group B
• Zach’s wrist check: Autodromo Group B
• William Henry
• [VIDEO] A Brief Hands-On with the Tudor Black Bay 41 Monochrome, and the Black Bay Thunderdome, Part II
• New Video: Accutron’s Electrostatic Movement Explained!
• This Year’s Oris Hölstein Edition is Here

Time on Screen is back this week for a conversation with Worn & Wound contributor, pen enthusiast, and now novelist Brett Braley for a conversation centered around Sideways, one of the great recent comedies about a writer and the writing process. Zach and Brett dig into why this film has held up so well since its 2004 release, what it says about the writing process, and how the world of wine relates to watch collecting (perhaps unsurprisingly, there are plenty of parallels). They also talk about Brett’s journey in bringing his debut novel, Arthur, into the world, his own writing process, and the new writing projects he’s currently working on.

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Show Notes 

• Brett’s wrist check: Must de Cartier Ronde
• Zach’s wrist check: IWC Pilot’s Chronograph 41 Ceratanium
• An Icon Turns 100: A Century of the Montblanc Meisterstück
• Brett’s newsletter
• Arthur on Amazon

After years of missed opportunities and straight up bad luck, Charles Leclerc can now finally call himself a Monaco GP winner. All in a race weekend where he looked like the dominant driver with the dominant car from the start. However, as great as this victory was, we take a look at all the things that made the Monaco GP an absolute snoozefest for most of the race.

Thankfully, what the race lacked in overtakes, it more than supplied in rumors and spicy interviews. We have Alpine, who has a tumultuous driver pairing that may see Esteban Ocon at the least suspended, if not let go. Aston Martin, who seems to be on the hunt for a new team principal. And finally Mercedes, where one driver is sure he’ll never out qualify his teammate. And not for a lack of talent.

Finally, we take a look back at the moments in F1 history that sealed our love for the sport. (The type of love where you sit through a race where there is no change in the top 10 on the grid.)

Tune in and listen to this episode for that and more on the 2024 Monaco GP.

This week on the podcast, Zach and Kat sit down to answer your questions in our monthly Q&A. We got a ton of great questions, as we always do, from our Instagram followers and our Worn & Wound+ Slack community. Among the topics discussed: our favorite summer watches, the concept of a “backup” watch, and how we keep track of our growing collections. Kat and Zach also consider a question on whether they’d let a certain watch brand run the world.

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Show Notes

• Kat’s wrist check: vintage Tudor Submariner
• Zach’s wrist check: IWC Pilot Chronograph 41 Ceratanium
• SpaceOne Introduces the Tellurium, an Affordable Astronomical Complication in a Futuristic Package
• Introducing The Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto – the World’s Most Affordable Swiss-Made Chiming Watch
• Ming Gets Back in the Water with the 37.09 Bluefin
• Watches, Stories, & Gear: Breaking Down Sartory Billard’s New Movement, Tracking the Northern Lights, and Unboxing the Apple Vision Pro
• Zach’s vintage Zenith Defy

This week on Time on Screen, we’re talking about Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk in an episode sponsored by our friends at William Wood Watches. In celebration of the release of their most ambitious watch to date, William Wood CEO Jonny Garrett joined Zach Kazan and Kyle Snarr on stage at the San Francisco Windup Watch Fair to talk about Nolan’s film and share the story of the Dunkirk Watch. The new limited edition watch was made in partnership with and in tribute to the Massey Shaw, a London Fire Brigade Fire Boat that played an important role in evacuating British forces from Dunkirk Beach in the early stages of World War II. The watch is filled with small and large tributes to the Massey Shaw. The dial is modeled after the telegraph found in the wheelhouse of the Massey Shaw used by the Captain on the bridge to order engineers in the engine room to power the vessel, for example. And each example of the Dunkirk Watch will have a small piece of the Massey Shaw’s engine fitted into the caseback, which depicts Operation Dynamo, the plan that led to the historic evacuation.

In this episode, you’ll hear Zach, Jonny, and Kyle discuss what Dunkirk means to them, and why they feel it’s among Nolan’s best films. And Jonny goes into detail about the making of the Dunkirk Watch, including his experience onboard the actual Massey Shaw, which is currently being refurbished ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. William Wood Watches have donated £10,000 GBP to the Massey Shaw Partnership Trust to help fund this effort, which will see the Massey Shaw cross the English Channel next year along with other “Little Ships” that were part of Operation Dynamo to commemorate the anniversary. 

You can find out more about the Dunkirk Watch and purchase one at the William Wood Watches website.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! While, yes, there is a genuine day of remembrance on Monday, it’s also the weekend that unofficially marks the beginning of Summer. So, you’re probably enjoying your relaxing Sunday morning and having a cup of coffee. And what goes perfectly with coffee? A Week in Watches, of course!

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! While, yes, there is a genuine day of remembrance on Monday, it’s also the weekend that unofficially marks the beginning of Summer. So, you’re probably enjoying your relaxing Sunday morning and having a cup of coffee. And what goes perfectly with coffee? A Week in Watches, of course!

On episode 81, we discuss some rather Summer-y new releases from Zodiac, Vertex, and Ming, as well as the new Toledano and Chan. The latter is more of a somber Winter morning, but we’ll let that slide. If you enjoy this episode, please like and subscribe; we appreciate it!

This week’s episode is brought to you by William Wood, who is celebrating the release of their new Dunkirk watch. Continuing William Wood’s inspired homages to fire fighting, the Swiss-made bronze nautical watch is in collaboration with the Massey Shaw. This London fire brigade boat rescued over 600 lives off the beaches of Dunkirk in World War II. Head to WilliamWoodWatches.com to learn more and make a purchase.

On this week’s podcast, Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss are putting a new spin on an old format. The “3 for $5k” column is a Worn & Wound staple (and the Reader Edition will be back very soon), but with inflation being what it is these days, we thought it was time to extend the upper limit of our budget for this thought experiment. So in this episode, Zach and Zach decide on their own personal three watch collection for $10,000. It’s interesting to see how their thought processes change (and stay the same) with more fake money to play with. 

Let us know how you’d spend a hypothetical $10,000 in the comments below. And if you’d like to submit your own “3 for $5k” column, you can use this link to get started.

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Show Notes 

• Zach W’s wrist check: Sinn 256
• Revolution and Sinn Team Up for a First of its Kind 155 Chronograph
• Zach K’s wrist check: IWC Pilot Chronograph 41 Ceratanium
• The Surprise Return of the Amida Digitrend
• Owner’s Review: The Tudor Black Bay Pro
• [VIDEO] The Tudor Black Bay THUNDERDOME!
• SpaceOne Introduces the Tellurium, an Affordable Astronomical Complication in a Futuristic Package
• Introducing The Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto – the World’s Most Affordable Swiss-Made Chiming Watch

“You cut him! You hurt him! You see? You see? He’s not a machine! He’s a man!”

Another week of racing and how things have changed. Though Max Verstappen found himself in P1 this week, on the twist and turns of the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, he had to work for the win. Previous Grand Prix winner, (feels great to say that) Lando Norris, sensed blood in the water as we were treated to a maximum push to the finish line. We think it’s safe to say McLaren is now officially giving Red Bull a run for its money.

Beyond this amazing finish, many of the remaining teams found themselves cast into the roles of supporting characters this week. Mercedes is on an island by themselves as the 4th best team. Aston Martin found Stroll celebrating a P9 while his teammate struggled, which would have been chalked up to just a bad week if not for a Visa RB team that now seems game.

Tune in and listen to this episode for more of our thoughts on the 2024 Emilia-Romagna GP.

It was a fun episode to record and we even found time to fix the Monaco GP.

Back in the summer of 2021, we took a stab at recasting watches in well known movies (and offering some of our favorite watches from movies as well). Today, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders return to this format, with a little help from our Worn & Wound+ Slack community. First, they go over some of their favorite recent (and not so recent) examples of watches in movies (and TV!), and then they humbly suggest a few alternatives to well known watches in movies. And yes, the Hamilton Boulton in the most recent Indiana Jones film is addressed at some length, as are the watches of Jurassic Park.

If you’re a watch enthusiast and a movie lover, you know that this is fertile ground for an additional episode or two, so let us know in the comments if there’s a movie you want us to recast and we’ll tackle that in a future episode.

This episode is sponsored by Sternglas and their new Hamburg Chrono Mecha-Quartz. After continued requests from the community and two years of tinkering, there is now a Chronograph in the Hamburg line of watches, and there are 3 unique variations. Check out the new Sternglas Hamburg Chrono Mecha-Quartz right now. 

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Show Notes

• Kat’s wrist check: Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical 
• Zach’s wrist check: Arcanaut Arc II Fordite
• The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 192: Recasting Watches
• The Watches of Jurassic Park and Jurassic World
• Ambition, Success, and the Watches of The Iron Claw
• Rolex, Cartier, and the Competitive Edge: the Watches of Challengers
• Kieran Culkin shot by Chris Coe
• Hamilton Introduces a Pair of Limited Edition Venturas Inspired by a Prop Watch Made for Dune Part Two
• Time on Screen: Barbie
• Zach Goes to the Movies: The Ancient Mechanical Device at the Center of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and the Vintage Inspired Hamilton Worn on Indy’s Last Great Adventure
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Premieres this Month, and a Hamilton Boulton is Featured on Indy’s Wrist

This week on the podcast we’re coming to you live from the recently completed Windup Watch Fair in San Francisco. Blake Malin hosts Zach Kazan, Kyle Snarr, and Garrett Jones (the newest member of the Worn & Wound team, and making his podcast debut!) for a debrief on the show. The team talks about their impressions of our new venue in San Francisco, the most impressive watches they saw over the weekend, and a whole lot more.

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Show Notes

• Christopher Ward Introduces the Twelve X, One of their Most Ambitious Watches To Date
• Formex Essence Space Gold
• Paulin Oh No
• Camera West

The Miami GP weekend is just getting started. We cover all the sunny Sprint racing action with an in-person episode from the WindUp Fair in San Francisco with special guest (and major watch and motorsport enthusiast) Josh Shanks.

Beyond just racing, some very interesting story lines are developing this season leading us to ask a few questions. Now that GOAT car designer Adrian Newey is officially leaving Red Bull, what’s the next chapter in his illustrious career? What does this mean for Red Bull? Rumors are swirling around Florida man Logan Sargeant; will the Miami GP be his last race in F1? Will 17 year old Kimi Antonelli replace him? Finally, we discuss our predictions for the main event in Miami.

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss are joined by Ed Jelley to finally put a bow on Watches & Wonders 2024, discussing their favorite releases from the show and their overall impressions of this year’s slate of watches. Before the Watches & Wonders talk, however, there’s a big new release from one of our favorite brands to discuss. Christopher Ward dropped the new Twelve X last week, and it quickly became the hottest topic in the watch world. Zach Weiss had a chance to see the watch in person ahead of its release, and he gives us his first impressions and a rundown of why this watch is a pretty big deal for Christopher Ward as a brand, and what it might mean for the industry as a whole.

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Show Notes 

• Ed’s wrist check: G-SHOCK x Bodega
• Zach W’s wrist check: Grand Seiko SBGX331
• Zach K’s wrist check: Fears Brunswick Aurora
• All of Our Episodes from Watches & Wonders
• Christopher Ward Introduces the Twelve X, One of their Most Ambitious Watches To Date
• Our Favorite Releases from Watches & Wonders Week
• Our Contributors’ Favorite Watches & Wonders Releases

The Windup Watch Fair in San Francisco is just days away! Join Blake Malin, Kyle Snarr, and Nelly Calhoun for a preview in this special bonus episode of the Worn & Wound podcast. 

Take an early peek at the Windup Watch Fair San Francisco right here. 

Over the years, Garrick Watchmakers has become one of our favorite independent brands. Their distinct design language draws on the heritage of classic British watchmaking, and the watches themselves are almost entirely bespoke. Truly, each one is made to order, and clients have enormous latitude in picking out nearly every detail. Dave Brailsford is Garrick’s cofounder and joins Zach Weiss and Zach Kazan in this episode of the Worn & Wound podcast to discuss Garrick’s history, the unique challenges of running a brand where the client has such a large role in the decision making process, and painstaking production process that sees Garrick making a huge amount of each watch in-house. 

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Show Notes 

• Introducing the Garrick S4, with a Dial Made By Hand
• Garrick Introduces the S5 with an All New Custom Movement and Smaller Case
• Garrick Introduces the S6, an Evolution of their Entry Level Watch
• Garrick Introduces their Regulator MK 2, Another Highly Customizable Ode to Classic British Watchmaking
• Garrick Launches an S2 with the Most Esoteric of Complications: Deadbeat Seconds
• The Emergence of the Micro Indie: A Brief Guide to High Craft, Affordable, Independent Watchmaking

Another week of racing and this time we find ourselves at the Chinese GP. Last time F1 graced this track, it was 2019 and many were complaining about Mercedes dominance. In 2024, Red Bull is the one with a stranglehold on the paddock and it showed in both the sprint and race with Max Verstappen taking the checkered flag in both events.

Yet the storylines were still plentiful. We had Daniel Ricciardo who finally looked in form until Lance Stroll decided to live the line “Rubbing is racing”. Danny’s reaction had us wondering if an angry Ricciardo is what F1 really needs. There was also the wily old veteran in Fernando Alonso who had us glued to our seats in the closing laps of the race. We were even treated to spontaneously combusting grass. Tune in and listen to this episode for more of our thoughts and observations of the 2024 Chinese GP.

Grassland explores the failures of the criminal justice system by focusing on one family in suburban New Jersey, and the draconian cannabis laws impacting their lives and the lives of those in their community. The film is a family drama above all, with authentic and grounded performances from Quincy Isaiah as well as Mia Maestro, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, and Jeff Kober in starring roles. Grassland effectively communicates the ineffectiveness of drug laws in parts of this country, which disproportionately impact minorities and have long lasting ripple effects that play out over the course of years. 

The new Shinola 420 Grassland Runwell, available to order today from Shinola, was designed in partnership with Quincy Isaiah, and, like the film, was created to bring awareness to the racial disparity in marijuana arrests and promote reform of the criminal justice system. In this episode of Time on Screen, Zach, Quincy, and Philip discuss the design of the watch, how the project came to be, and why this is a meaningful endeavor for all involved. A portion of the proceeds of each watch—limited to 420 pieces—is pledged to support criminal justice reform policies.

We have just 1 more day here in Geneva and today we are wrapping up our travels around town from MB&F to Independents at the Beau-Rivage Hotel.

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We're 4 days into Watches and Wonders and things are starting to get weird. This is most likely our most unhinged Podcast yet. Let us know what you think!

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Today, we're kicking off Watches & Wonders! Download and listen to hear all about our second day at the show!

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Today, we're kicking off Watches & Wonders! Download and listen to hear all about our first day at the show!

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The Empire Strikes Back!

Had there been any doubt as to the dominance of Red Bull after the Australian GP, the team quickly laid waste to their skeptics. With a 1-2 finish, they re-established the chokehold they have on this season of racing. Yet even with this display of excellence, the Japan GP still gave us a plethora of storylines to dive into this week.

We had different tire strategies across multiple teams, with some drivers quickly realizing such strategies left them high and dry. We saw clear winners like Yuki Tsunoda, who continues to prove that he is better than this version of Daniel Ricciardo. To Sergio Perez, who bounced back after a tough week to secure P2. But we also saw clear losers. From the aforementioned Mr. Ricciardo to a Lance Stroll who just can’t seem to find the pace in a pretty decent Aston Martin. Tune in and listen to this episode for more of our thoughts and observations of the Japan GP.

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders are joined by  Xavier de Roquemaurel, the CEO of Czapek, one of our favorite independent brands. As you’ll hear in this interview, Xavier has an energy for watches that is unmatched, and he provides his candid opinions in this conversation on a range of topics that many watch industry CEOs will not broach publicly. Of course, there’s also plenty of talk about the brand’s latest release, just announced ahead of Watches & Wonders, and a peek behind the curtain at what goes into planning for such a huge event.

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Show Notes

• Xavier’s wrist check: Czapek Antarctique Rattrapante Ice Blue
• Kat’s wrist check: Tudor Black Bay 54
• Zach’s wrist check: Tudor Black Bay
• Czapek’s Antarctique Makes its Gold Debut

Episode 77 of A Week in Watches is going to be slightly different. This episode has two hosts and no script! With the big event happening so soon (the next episode will be made from Watches & Wonders), we figured getting ready with a little Q and A would be fun. That said, two very different watches with prominent moon phase complications were also worth covering. Join Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss in the studio as they discuss the new releases and then answer some fantastic questions from the W&W+ Slack community.

This week’s episode was brought to you by the Windup Watch Shop, which recently added the new Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Tourbillon to the catalog. It is a gorgeous piece of haute horology that showcases Mr. Silberstein’s unique style. Head over to WindupWatchShop.com to check them out, as well as accessories, EDC, clocks, and more.

This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders are once again turning to our Worn & Wound+ community to answer your questions. This week, they’re focused specifically on Watches & Wonders, which is less than two weeks away, which means that we are (hopefully) in the last stages of planning for the big show. Questions, as you’d expect, cover a variety of topics, from the food in Geneva, to the gear we’re bringing, and, of course, all of that swag that brands hand out at the show.

This episode is sponsored by Sternglas and their new Lumatic watch. Answering the community’s call, it is the first Sternglas to have dual-tone Luminova. It is an automatic watch that pushes the Bauhaus design to its minimalist limits. It’s the first Sternglas with the Miyota 8315 movement and two different Luminova colors. This new model has a satin-finished light blue dial with glowing white 3D shaded numerals and orange glowing geometric indexes. The movement features a 60-hour power reserve, quick setting date, stop seconds and 21 jewels. The case is 38mm in diameter and 12mm thick and has a water resistance of 50 meters. The display case back exhibits the movement’s blued screws, striped finishing, and skeletonized rotor. Learn more about the Lumatic here. 

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Show Notes

• Kat’s wrist check: Grand Seiko SBGA497
• Zach’s wrist check: Christopher Ward C1 Moonphase
• Watches & Wonders: Observations from My First Big Trade Show
• [VIDEO] Hands-On: Argon Space One Jump Hour
• Join the Worn & Wound+ Slack Community

It finally happened. For the first time in more than a year of racing, Max Verstappen had a DNF. Opening the door wide open for challengers on the rest of the grid. While also finally answering the question the higher ups at Red Bull have always wanted answered: can Checo pick up the pieces in situations like this and bring the car home with at least a podium?

That question may have been answered two fold this week with Checo having a poor showing in what many consider the most dominant car on the grid. Adding salt to that wound was 2025 free agent Carlos Sainz showing us he has that dawg in him, bringing his Ferrari home for an amazing victory. Add a questionable move towards the end of the race and tons of storylines during it, and the race was quite an event. Tune in and listen to this episode for more of our thoughts on the Australian GP.

This week on the podcast, Zach and Kat are joined by Ed Jelley to chat about two of the biggest watch releases of the year so far: new divers from Seiko and a brand new white dialed Speedmaster Professional from Omega. These new watches generated a lot of buzz when they were unveiled within days of each other recently, and with Ed owning both a Speedy Pro and a prior version of the Seiko 62MAS influenced diver unveiled recently, we knew we had to get his take on both. 

Later, Zach, Kat, and Ed discuss their favorite watches under $1,000, inspired by a recent feature on the website. As Ed points out, this is a great time to have $1,000 to spend on a watch, with an unending variety of styles to choose from. The group talks through some of their favorites from Brew, Hamilton, Lorier, Doxa, and more.

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Show Notes

• Ed’s wrist check: Omega Speedmaster Professional
• Kat’s wrist check: G-SHOCK DWH5600
• Zach’s wrist check: Grand Seiko Tentagraph
• Grand Seiko Unveils the Tentagraph, a New Sports Chronograph with a Three Day Power Reserve and High Frequency Movement
• Omega’s White Dialed Speedmaster Professional is Here
• Seiko Introduces a Trio of Updated Divers in the SPB Range
• Seiko Introduces the Presage Classic Series, with Dials Inspired by Japanese Silk
• My Secret Seiko
• Our Favorite Watches Under $1,000
• The Brew Metric Gets A Fabulous Gold Makeover
• Hamilton Brings Back an Affordable Classic With the New Khaki Field Mechanical
• Time on Screen: Dune Part Two
• Lorier Updates their Hydra and Hyperion Lines with New Watches Featuring the Miyota 9075 “Flyer” GMT Caliber
• Battle of the $1,000 (ish) Divers: Seiko SPB143 vs. Doxa Sub 200
• Swatch and The Simpsons Meet for a Watch Honoring the Long Running Series
• Meet The Instrumentum, A New Titanium Tool Watch From Arken

This week on Time on Screen, Zach Kazan, Zach Weiss, and Blake Malin sit around a Sand Worm popcorn bucket and talk about the biggest movie of the year to this point: Dune Part Two. We don’t always cover new releases on Time on Screen, but with a movie this big we couldn’t not discuss it. Of course, it has a fairly notable watch tie-in, but the focus of this conversation is mostly our shared immensely positive reaction to our first viewings of the Dune sequel. 

Given that Part Two effectively solidifies Dune as a major science fiction franchise, we also thought it would be fun to talk about our favorite sci-fi/fantasy franchises of all time. Zach, Blake, and Zach offer their top three picks in a conversation that gets pretty nerdy pretty fast, but that’s kind of what you’d expect for such a sci-fi heavy discussion. Be sure to let us know in the comments what your own favorite sci-fi/fantasy franchises are, and if you agree with our picks.

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Welcome to episode 76 of A Week in Watches. As said in the last episode, much of the next episode, which is this episode, will be dedicated to the British Watchmaker’s Day. An event that took place on Saturday, March 9th, in London, the British Watchmaker’s Day hosted over 40 brands and 1,000 guests for a very successful first go. But before we go over that, we first have to look at a couple of new releases from Omega and Seiko.

This episode is sponsored by William Wood and their newly released Fire Exit Watch. The watch features a Swiss-made Sellita SW220 day date movement, a green glow, and a day complication with seven illustrated days of the week featuring multiple fun references to the fire exit man icon. Click here to learn how William Wood expanded their firefighter-heritage brand with this creative and colorful watch.

On today’s episode of Changing Gears, Kat is joined by Ben Carpenter, Marketing Director at Camera West. Ben’s been an avid photographer for most of his life and we chat about his high school days working with cameras, his big move across the country, and why he loves working at Camera West. We also spend a good amount of time chatting about the new Leica SL3. We discuss who this camera was made for and some more affordable alternatives! 

We hope you like this new podcast format and really appreciate all the listeners! Kat has some awesome interviews in the works for those of you that love gear! To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subscribe to The Worn & Wound Podcast — now available on all major platforms including iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Spotify, and more. You can also find our RSS feed here.

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Show Notes: 

• Ben’s Wrist Check: Vintage Tudor Sub
• Ben’s Gear Check: Fuji X-Pro2 with 27mm f2.8
• Kat’s Wrist Check: Sinn U50
• Kat’s Gear Check: Oberwerth Q Bag
• Leica SL3 
• Panasonic  Lumix S5II

This week, Zach welcomes Christopher Chew to the podcast. Christopher is a watch collector with a materials science background, and has experience in a variety of fields including aviation, apparel, and in the startup space, where he’s been involved in some truly cutting edge projects. Christopher has a really interesting perspective on watches and sees the materials they’re made of as a new frontier of innovation in the watch industry. In this conversation, Zach and Christopher run through some common misconceptions about the materials used in watchmaking, and discuss what might be on the horizon in the realm of watchmaking materials given where we’re at now.

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Show Notes

• Christopher’s wrist check: Halios Seaforth
• Zach’s wrist check: Tudor Black Bay 41
• The Grand Seiko Media Experience: An Enthusiast’s Observations (with Photos!)
• Damasko: A Look Inside the Manufacture – Part 2: The Movements
• IWC’s Impressive New Top Gun Chrono in Ceratanium
• Be careful with your ceramic watches
• [VIDEO] First Impressions: the James Lamb Origin Series

Can Redbull be matched, let alone be beaten?

For the second Grand Prix of the year, F1 headed to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, a track where drivers spend most of their time at full throttle, navigating fast corners and long straights. Two things the RB20 seems to enjoy quite nicely as we saw a Red Bull 1-2 once again at the end of this race weekend. With the team now on cruise control, we wonder if internal turmoil may be the only thing that stands in the way of continued greatness. 

Beyond Red Bull doing Red Bull things, P3-P20 offered enough to keep an F1 fan glued to the screen. From an appendicitis sidelining Carlos Sainz, to a rookie getting tested in the fires of Jeddah. We even had a couple of wily veterans playing keepaway with P10. Tune in and listen to this episode for more of what we learned from the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

On this special Oscar preview episode of Time on Screen, Zach Kazan welcomes Kyle Snarr to the podcast to talk about all things Academy Awards, ahead of the movie industry’s big night on Sunday. Zach and Kyle offer their predictions on who they think will take home trophies in the major categories, and also discuss who they’d give the big awards to if it were completely up to them. Be sure to listen to this one ahead of the Oscars telecast on Sunday night! And if you listen after, feel free to clock how wrong Zach and Kyle might have been in their predictions in the comments below.

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Show Notes:

• Kyle’s wrist check: Citizen Promaster Aqualand
• Zach’s wrist check: Tudor Black Bay 41
• Time On Screen Podcast: The Abyss
• [VIDEO] The Tudor Black Bay THUNDERDOME!
• Time on Screen: Oppenheimer
• Time on Screen: Barbie
• Time On Screen: Our Favorite Films of 2023

This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss for a discussion about all things pertaining to calendar watches, particularly perpetual calendars. Last week was Leap Day, a calendar event that is celebrated with great enthusiasm by watch lovers, who get really excited to see their perpetual calendars do their thing when the calendar changes from 2/29 to 3/1. Zach and Zach run through some of their favorite perpetuals in this conversation, and discuss what draws them to these watches in the first place.

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Show Notes

• Zach W’s wrist check: Speedmaster Automatic ref. 3520
• Zach K’s wrist check: Louis Erard x Atelier Oi Regulator
• James Lamb Origin Series x Lenox Jewelers
• [VIDEO] First Impressions: the James Lamb Origin Series
• Perpetually Yours: A Leap Day Guide to our Favorite QPs

The first race of a very much anticipated 2024 season is in the books, only to see Max Verstappen continue his on track dominance. In this episode of Time on Track, Ricardo and Amarveer try to make sense of a poor showing from multiple top 5 teams at a Bahrain GP many would say was decided in the opening 5 laps. From Mercedes to Ferrari, each team saw its fair share of issues, shedding light on just where they stack up against the Bull’s.

But what the race lacked in team vs. team competition, it made up for in teammate vs. teammate storylines. As his year long audition for a seat next year begins, is Carlos Sainz showing us he’s better than Charles Leclerc? Will Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda fight like this all season? Will Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly finally be friends now that they have a common enemy: the car? Tune in and listen to this episode to get our thoughts on the first Grand Prix of the 2024 season.

We’re back!

After a winter break where many of us probably wished for a competitive 2024 season, the teams are all back with some new looking cars, new team names (RB???) and new storylines. We’ve also jumped on the newness bandwagon as we bring in a new co-host, Amarveer Brar. Hailing from sunny California, Amarveer brings his love for watches and Formula 1 to the table. Paired up with Ricardo Sime from last season, the duo look to bring a touch of Worn & Wound passion to this historical sport.

Right off the bat, that’s exactly what they do, diving headfirst into preseason testing and some of their major takeaways from new cars finally hitting the track. Then, it’s a quick segue into Drive to Survive Season 6, from the interesting comments made by a 7-time Drivers World Champion, to how bad overconfidence looks when you start to fail. Tune in and listen to this first episode to get your first dose of Time on Track for the 2024 season.

This week the Worn & Wound podcast is all about Formex, and the recent limited edition Essence we released with them earlier in the month. We’re happy to be joined by Markus Wälchli and Raphael Granito from Formex for this conversation, and Worn & Wound cofounder (and designer of this particular watch) Zach Weiss is here too. This is a deep dive into the history of Formex and the unique challenges of creating this specific watch, plus we also hear from Zach Weiss about the sci-fi influenced campaign built around “The Watch from Another World.”

This episode of the Worn & Wound podcast is brought to you by the Windup Watch Shop and the Formex x Worn & Wound Essence Sector 39 Chronometer Limited Edition – inspired by the worlds of sci-fi films and series, the Essence Sector 39 Chronometer envisions a watch from an alternate universe. 

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Show Notes

• Raph’s wrist check: Formex Field
• Markus’s wrist check: Formex Essence 39
• Zach W’s wrist check: Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein
• Zach K’s wrist check: Rado Anatom
• Formex 
• The Watch from Another World: Introducing the Formex x Worn & Wound Essence Sector 39 Chronometer
• The Windup Watch Fair

This week, Time on Screen is back with an interesting and too often forgotten Christopher Nolan movie. Insomnia was Nolan’s first big budget Hollywood production coming off the surprise hit of Memento, and while it’s a pretty standard thriller on the surface, there are glimpses of what’s to come for Nolan if you look for them. Zach Kazan welcomes Zach Weiss and Kat Shoulders to this episode, where they talk about how Insomnia holds up twenty years after its release, and then they pick their top three Christopher Nolan movies. There’s also an extended sidebar on the recently completed fourth season of True Detective, another crime drama set in Alaska, but with a very different vibe, and weather.

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Show Notes

• Kat’s wrist check: Grand Seiko SBGA439
• Zach W’s wrist check: SBGW277
• Zach K’s wrist check: James Lamb Origin Series
• Raging Against the Machine in Talkeetna, Alaska: The Impossible Watch Company

We’re back this week with our monthly Q&A podcast episode. Kat Shoulders, Zach Weiss, and Zach Kazan are all on the mic fielding questions from our Instagram followers and Worn & Wound+ Slack community. Topics this month are as varied as usual, and touch on hypothetical titanium Seikos, limitations of mass produced movements, our longest honeymoon period with a watch, and a lot more. We love to do these Q&A episodes, so if you want to get a question in for the next one, be sure to join our Worn & Wound+ Slack group and keep an eye out for our monthly call for questions.

Special thanks to Sherpa Watches for sponsoring this week’s podcast. Sherpa created their own true compressor case system, including the bayonet compressor case back and the compressor crowns, built in-house. Their unique design, including the double crown and crown guards, are all made from German or Swiss components. The watches feature 200 meter water resistance certified to the ISO 6425 norm. Finally they have what they call their “spiritual complication”,  Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheels in the watch movement that connect to the tradition of the Nepalese Sherpa people. These create more than 30 million mantras per year from your wrist into the world. Learn more about Sherpa Watches at sherpawatches.com,

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Show Notes

• Zach K’s wrist check: Kurono Tokyo Chronograph
• Zach W’s wrist check: Breguet Tradition
• Kat’s wrist check: Sinn U50
• Worn & Wound+ Slack Community
• Review: Seiko SPB153 “Captain Willard” Reissue
• Sellita movements
• Introducing The Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto – the World’s Most Affordable Swiss-Made Chiming Watch
• Owner’s Review: The Arcanaut Arc II Fordite
• The Most Audacious TAG Heuer Releases from LVMH Watch Week
• Announcing 2024 Windup Watch Fairs – New Venues, New Partners, Same Approachable Setting for Enthusiasts

Welcome to episode 74 of A Week in Watches! Another solid week of releases, this one is dominated by one brand that just can’t stop, and the most noble of metals – titanium. There’s a new brutish military diver from the mil-spec nerds over at Tornek-Rayville, some crystallized dress watches from Baltic, a simply handsome titanium chronograph from Zenith, and a ton of stuff from Grand Seiko. Like, a ton. Check it out below, and please like and subscribe if you haven’t already!

This week’s episode was brought to you by the Windup Watch Shop and the new Formex x Worn & Wound Essence Sector 39 Chronometer Limited Edition. The first collaboration between the two brands, its sci-fi-inspired style will stand out in any collection. Head over to WindupWatchShop.com to check them out, as well as accessories, EDC, clocks, and more.

This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan talks to Laurence Bodenmann, Head of Heritage at Zenith. Laurence has what might seem like a dream job for a watch lover, poring over the Zenith archives and diving deep into the brand’s history, looking for ways to preserve and communicate that long history to a modern audience. Laurence is a trained anthropologist (and teacher) and takes an appropriately academic approach to her job at Zenith, and has a perspective like few others we’ve talked to on the podcast. In this episode, Laurence explains exactly what a Head of Heritage at a historical Swiss watch brand does, how she wound up at Zenith, and tells a few stories about discoveries she’s made along the way that have surprised her.

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Show Notes

• Laurence’s vintage Captain and A3821
• Zenith’s First New Release of the Year is a Pair of Blue Dialed Boutique Editions from their Pilot Collection
• Zenith ICONS Pilot: Act 1

This week on the podcast, Zach welcomes Worn & Wound contributor Nathan Schultz. Nathan has been writing for Worn & Wound for nearly a year, and is the creator of the “Selling Points” series, where he brings his unique perspective on finding value (and sometimes not finding value) to the Worn & Wound community. Zach and Nathan talk about Nathan’s history in the hobby and what draws him specifically to affordably priced watches. They also talk about watch modding culture and how Nathan recently did some surgery on a Bulova Hack to fix a noisy rotor.

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Show Notes

• Nathan’s wrist check: Maurice Lacroix AIKON Tide
• Zach’s wrist check: Autodromo Group B
• Maurice Lacroix Debuts a Pair of New Aikons with PVD Coated Cases
• Opinion: Why Every Parent Needs a Tool Watch
• Opinion: Gifting Metal
• Opinion: Selling Points that Don’t Sell Me
• Opinion: Selling Points that Don’t Sell Me Part II – Deal Breakers, Pet Peeves, and Collecting Authentically
• An Equation for Watch Buying Satisfaction with the Bulova Hack

In this new episode of Time on Screen, Zach welcomes Worn & Wound cofounder and CEO Blake Malin to the podcast for the very first time. Today’s movie is The Firm, the 1993 legal thriller starring Tom Cruise and featuring an incredible cast of great supporting actors. Why The Firm? Well, there are definitely some great watches in the movie, but this is all about Zach and Blake’s interest in 90s legal thrillers, which were a burgeoning genre at the time and have proven to be incredibly rewatchable decades later. In this episode, they break down what they like about The Firm specifically, but also get into why this period of time was “peak lawyer” in so many ways, chart their own thwarted legal careers, and why the two-tone Submariner is the most offensive 1990s watch.

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Show Notes

• Blake’s wrist check: Hydra SIII Zulu
• Zach’s wrist check: Tudor Black Bay 41
• To Kill a Mockingbird

New releases are coming fast and furious in the first month of 2024, and we’ve got updates on some big ones in this week’s edition of A Week in Watches. There’s a new Speedmaster from Omega (a January tradition) as well reissues of classics from Zenith and Longines. Plus, the hypothetical watches from the Seiko Power Design Project, featuring “incredibly specialized watches” that 99% of people don’t need. They don’t actually exist, but they’re a lot of fun.

This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan, Kat Shoulders, and Ricardo Sime jump on the mic to talk about some of their recent watch acquisitions, and what those pickups might mean (or not mean) for their collections in 2024. Ricardo finally added a GMT to his collection in late 2023 after a long search, Kat picked up a new limited edition Fears (one of her favorite brands), and Zach bought a James Lamb after his usual long period of deliberation. In this conversation, they each talk about what led them to each of their new watches, and how those watches fit into their collecting goals for the upcoming year.

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Show Notes

• Kat’s wrist check: Fears x Topper Brunswick “White Out”
• Ricardo’s wrist check: Longines HydroConquest GMT
• Zach’s wrist check: James Lamb Origin Series
• [VIDEO] Review: The Delightfully Odd Longines HydroConquest GMT
• Fears and Topper Jewelers Team Up for a Tribute to Winters in Northern California
• James Lamb Launches a Limited Edition through the Collective Horology Shop

On today’s episode of Changing Gears, Kat is joined by her good friends Lydia Winters and Vu Bui. Lydia and Vu are U.S. natives now living in Sweden, and along with being watch collectors, they are also both amazing photographers. We chat about their recent Tool/kit they did for Worn & Wound camping in the Swedish forest. We of course get into photography and discuss Lydia’s decision to change camera systems and why. We had a blast with both of them and be sure to check out their new daily podcast, This Watch Life! 

We hope you like this new podcast format and really appreciate all the listeners! Kat has some awesome interviews in the works for those of you that love gear! To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subscribe to The Worn & Wound Podcast — now available on all major platforms including iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Spotify, and more. You can also find our RSS feed here.

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Show Notes: 

• Lydia’s wrist check 
• Vu’s right wrist check
• Vu’s left wrist check 
• Kat’s wrist check
• Lydia’s Instagram
• Vu’s Instagram
• This Watch Life podcast 
• Tool/kit with the Hamilton Khaki Field Expedition
• Hasselblad New Release 
• Panasonic  Lumix S5II

Today on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re once again joined by Dana Li, founder of Tell the Time, a watch platform focused on providing a female driven perspective on the watch world. In this episode, after a brief discussion on the influx of Lunar New Year watches and some other new releases from a busy first month of the year, Dana, Zach Kazan, and Zach Weiss play a game of Overrated/Underrated, each proposing a handful of topics and asking for the group’s hottest take: are these overrated or underrated? Discussion points include micro-adjustment on bracelet clasps, the various flavors of gold in watch cases, and vintage watches in general.

This episode was sponsored by Citizen and their new Promaster Air Automatic GMT watch, a first for the Promaster line. The launch celebrates the 35th anniversary of Promaster, a line that embodies the spirit of adventure in the air, on land or at sea and lives up to the values of functionality, durability, and performance.

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Show Notes

• Dana’s wrist check: Cartier Tank
• Zach W’s wrist check: Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto
• Zach K’s wrist check: IWC Pilot’s Chronograph 41 Ceratanium
• Fears and Topper Jewelers Team Up for a Tribute to Winters in Northern California
• Three New Watches Celebrate the Year of the Wood Dragon
• [VIDEO] Hands-On: the Havid Nagan HN00
• Hands-On: the MAEN 39 Ultra Thin

Time on Screen is back this week, and at long last features a movie by the Coen Brothers, a filmmaking team that has been incredibly important to both Zach Kazan and Kyle Snarr, Worn & Wound’s Head of Partnerships and the guest on this episode. They’re tackling No Country for Old Men, the Coen’s 2007 classic neo-western based on the much loved Cormac McCarthy novel, and the film that many recognize as their true breakthrough, finally winning them a Best Picture Oscar and near universal acclaim. Zach and Kyle talk through what makes the movie special and how it fits into the larger context of the Coen’s filmography, and they finish off the episode with their personal top five favorite Coen Brothers films. There’s some overlap between their lists, but it still captures the enormous breadth and variety in their films over the years.

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Show Notes

• Kyle’s wrist check: Benrus GI watch
• Zach’s wrist check: IWC Pilot’s Chronograph 41 Ceratanium
• The Worn & Wound+ Slack Community
• A Serious Man
• Raising Arizona
• The Big Lebowski
• Fargo
• O Brother, Where art Thou?
• Inside Llewyn Davis

Welcome to episode 72 of A Week in Watches. This week’s episode is part two of A Year in Watches 2023. This week, we focus on independent brands like Nodus, Lorier, Farer, Baltic, a fully American-made watch, and more. Naturally, there was way too much to cover again, so these were just a few highlights.

This week’s episode was brought to you by the Windup Watch Shop. The best way to start the new year is a new watch. Head over to WindupWatchShop.com to check out new watches, limited editions, accessories, EDC, clocks, and more. The holidays are over, it’s time to get yourself something nice.

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders are once again taking questions from the Worn & Wound+ Slack community. We seek out questions from listeners about once a month, and you came up with some great ones for January. Zach and Kat field questions on topics ranging from the relaunch of Universal Geneve, mid century watch design fatigue, and a growing interest in independent watchmaking. There’s also a great discussion on the place of homage watches, and a quick diversion into Zach and Kat’s home audio setups. 

If you’re not yet involved in the Worn & Wound+ Slack, click here to join today. It’s completely free to join, and there are great watch discussions happening there every single day.

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Show Notes

• Kat’s wrist check: G-SHOCK DWH5600
• Zach’s wrist check: James Lamb Origin Series
• The Worn & Wound+ Slack Community
• Experts and Collectors Weigh in on the Return of Universal Genève

This week, the Worn & Wound podcast is all about tool watches. We’ve got Zach Kazan, Kat Shoulders, Zach Weiss, and Ricardo Sime on mic to discuss the finer points of a category in watchmaking that is essentially inescapable. But what does it really mean to own and collect tool watches in 2024? We try to define what a tool watch is in the first place (we’ve found there’s no real consensus) and grapple with whether an interest in tool watches has more to do with practicality, aesthetics, or something else entirely. It’s a fun conversation that takes all kinds of unexpected turns.

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This week on Time on Screen, Zach is joined by Kat Shoulders as they look back on the previous year in movies. In the great tradition of movie podcasts, this is our Best of 2023 episode. Kat and Zach agree that last year was a great year for movies, the best in quite some time, dominated by a massive summer box office led by Oppenheimer and Barbie (both of which have been covered on Time on Screen, incidentally). But there were many, many other films throughout the year that left their mark. In this episode, Zach and Kat each pick their top 3 and go into depth on why each meant something to them last year, plus there are a whole slew of honorable mentions discussed toward the end. They even give a few of their favorite TV achievements from the last year. 

Let us know in the comments what your favorites from 2023 were, and what you think of Kat and Zach’s lists.

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Show Notes

• Kat’s wrist check: Hamilton Khaki Field
• Zach’s wrist check: Tudor Black Bay
• Owner’s Review: the Tudor Black Bay “Burgundy”     
• Criterion Channel
• The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 169: Christopher Nolan’s Tenet
• Time on Screen: Oppenheimer
• Time on Screen: Barbie

Welcome to episode 71 of A Week in Watches. To make it a tradition this is a special episode, or rather, part of one of a special two-parter cleverly titled “A Year in Watches.” Yes, we’re going to take a look back at big moments and releases from 2023. As you’d expect, there’s a lot to cover, so we’re doing the “big brands” in this episode – think Omega, Rolex, and Tudor – and micros and indies in the next.

Naturally, there still was too much to cover, so we focused on big launches from Watches & Wonders, what Rolex was up to (they did some weird stuff in 2023, especially for them), and then Seiko, who had a particular focus this year. If you enjoy the episode, please do like and subscribe.

This week’s episode was brought to you by the Windup Watch Shop. The best way to start the new year is a new watch. Head over to WindupWatchShop.com to check out new watches, limited editions, accessories, EDC, clocks, and more. The holidays are over, it’s time to get yourself something nice.

This week on the first podcast of 2024, it’s our annual predictions episode, where we look ahead to the new year and make our best guesses about what’s to come. It’s part wishful thinking, and partly just hunches we’ve been harboring, but it’s always fun to play prognosticator and imagine what might transpire over the next twelve months. 

On this episode, Zach and Kat welcome an often requested guest: Norqain’s Katlen Schmidt! That’s right – that makes this episode a Tenn & Two reunion episode, which is just a fantastic way to start the year. Katlen shares some of her own predictions for 2024, including her thoughts on more color, movement innovations, and the limited edition trend.

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Show Notes

• Katlen’s wrist check: Norqain Wild One All Black
• Kat’s wrist check: IWC Pilot’s Chronograph 41 C.03
• Zach’s wrist check: Kurono Tokyo Chronograph
• Fears Brings Mother of Pearl to the Brunswick, But Not In the Way You Might Expect
• Omega Celebrates 75 Years of the Seamaster with the New “Summer Blue” Collection
• Introducing the Swatch Sistem51 for Hodinkee Generation 1986, Dropping Later Today
• Hands-On: The 02SERIES Field Watches from Studio Underd0g Avoid the Sophomore Slump
• Louis Erard’s Most Ambitious Collaboration Yet: a New Tourbillon with Old Friend Alain Silberstein
• Three Bell & Ross Watches Get the Alain Silberstein Treatment with the Newest Release from Grail Watch
• The Formex Reef Gets Bronze Makeover for Collective Horology
• The Emergence of the Micro Indie: A Brief Guide to High Craft, Affordable, Independent Watchmaking

On this episode of Changing Gears, Kat is joined by Trevor Davis of William Ellery. William Ellery is an outdoor clothing brand based in Brooklyn, NY. They are doing some amazing things in not only the outdoor space but in sustainability as well. Kat talks to Trevor about his design inspirations, ultra-light travel, and how William Ellery is different from most outdoor brands. 

We hope you like this new podcast format and really appreciate all the listeners! Kat has some awesome interviews in the works for those of you that love gear! To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subscribe to The Worn & Wound Podcast — now available on all major platforms including iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Spotify, and more. You can also find our RSS feed here.

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Show Notes: 

• Trevor’s Wrist Check
• Trevor’s Gear Check: Wallet and Knife 
• Kat’s Wrist Check
• Kat’s Gear Check
• William Ellery Website 

Worn & Wound + Slack Invitation

On this week’s Worn & Wound podcast, final podcast of 2023, Zach Kazan chats with Chris Antzoulis, one of the website’s newest contributors, about some of his recent work. In addition to being a watch collector, Chris has a background in comics, which made him incredibly well suited to chat with comic book legend Adam Kubert recently about his new collaboration with Citizen and Marvel, which feels like a major crossover moment between two enthusiast worlds. Chris also developed the concept behind “Watches and What Else,” a series that examines the “other” interests of watch collectors, always looking for ways watch collecting connects to other pursuits. If you haven’t checked out “Watches and What Else” yet, we’ve linked the series to this point in the show notes below.

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Show Notes

• Chris’s wrist check: Studio Underd0g Series 02 Pink Lemonade
• Zach’s wrist check: IWC Pilot’s Chronograph Ceratanium
• Hands-On: The 02SERIES Field Watches from Studio Underd0g Avoid the Sophomore Slump
• Legendary Marvel Comics Illustrator Adam Kubert on his Forthcoming Citizen x Marvel Collaboration
• Watches and What Else: Bryan Braddy and His Unique Horological Art
• Watches and What Else: Storytelling through Photography and Videography with Elle Grant
• Watches and What Else: the Intersection of Pens and Horology with Brett Braley-Palko
• Watches and What Else: Taking Flight with Abingdon Mullin, Founder and CEO of the Abingdon Co.

For the second year in a row, we’ve got a special holiday themed edition of Time on Screen. Today, we have a gift for our listeners that you don’t have to worry about getting wet, exposing to bright lights, or feeding after midnight. That’s right, today we’re talking Gremlins, a movie set during Christmas, that hit theaters in the middle of summer, and on the same weekend as the weirdly similar Ghostbusters. Gremlins is a natural choice for Time on Screen – telling time is crucial in the film, after all. 

For this episode, Zach welcomes Ed Jelley back to the podcast to discuss their experiences revisiting a movie that has been a cult object since childhood for both of them. They ponder the question: is Gremlins actually any good? It turns out that sometimes the things that fascinate and entertain you as a child can do the opposite once you have some perspective in life. Who knew? It’s a fun conversation that digs into some of the lore around the movie, including its controversial tone and what can only be described as the all out mayhem and violence that unfurls in the film’s final act. 

It’s here, the last episode of the year. A Week in Watches episode 70 – wow. Though the year is coming to a close, there still is some news – big news actually – to discuss, so it’s a pretty full episode. We kick it off with some upgrades fromGrand Seiko to one of their core designs. From there, we head to the UK to check out a couple of late-in-the-year releases from Farer. Then, it’s over to Switzerland to discuss Breitling’s acquisition of Universal Genève. Finally, we’re back to Japan for some new, and very cool, GMTs from Seiko 5.

This week, as the year draws to a close, the Worn & Wound team considers their favorite watch releases from the last twelve months. This is our Watch of the Year episode, where we find Zach Kazan, Zach Weiss, Kat Shoulders, and Ed Jelley picking the watches that stood out to them in a crowded year of new releases. Their picks run the gamut, from affordable micro-brand staples, to the impossibly high end haute horlogerie, and everything in between.

Let us know in the comments what releases stood out to you, and stay tuned to these pages as we’ll be bringing you our full year end wrap up featuring contributions from our contributing writers next week.

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Show Notes

• Worn & Wound Hosts First Official Partner Event in Citizen’s New York City Boutique
• Ed’s wrist check: Omege Speedmaster Professional
• Kat’s wrist check: Arken Instrumentum
• Zach W’s wrist check: Tudor Black Bay Pro
• Zach K’s wrist check: Havid Nagan HN00
• The Sophomore Effort from Indie Havid Nagan Modernizes a Classic Complication
• [VIDEO] A First-Look at the Seiko Prospex Speedtimer Solar Chronograph
• Seiko Recreates the Classic Reference 6117 with the New Prospex Land Mechanical GMT
• [VIDEO] Review: The Black Bay 54 – A Black Bay to Rule them All?
• [VIDEO] Owner’s Review: the Tudor Black Bay “Burgundy”
• Tudor Introduces New Pelagos FXD in Black
• Tudor Reveals Set of New FXD Watches For Alinghi Red Bull Racing
• Fears and Christopher Ward Collaborate for the First Limited Edition from the British Watch and Clock Makers Alliance
• The Remy Cools Tourbillon on Monochrome
• [VIDEO] Hands-On: Argon Space One Jump Hour
• TWO FUTURE G-SHOCK ICONS: THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY FULL CARBON 5000
• IWC Brings a Fan Favorite Ceramic Tone to their 41mm Chronograph Platform
• Lorier Hydra Zulu
• Lorier Updates their Hydra and Hyperion Lines with New Watches Featuring the Miyota 9075 “Flyer” GMT Caliber
• The New Bell & Ross BR-X5 Green Lum Introduces a New Luminescent Composite Case Material
• TAG Heuer and Porsche Team Up for One of the Most Original Chronograph Concepts We’ve Seen
• Rolex Shock Drops New Daytona Commemorating 100 Years of LeMans
• Reaction: Rolex Gets Silly With Colorful New Oyster Perpetual & Day-Date Dials
• Say Hello to the Highly Capable Nodus Sector Deep
• Only Watch is Upon Us Once Again, This Year Featuring Furlan Marri and the Debut of their Impressive Perpetual Calendar
• Fears Brings Mother of Pearl to the Brunswick, But Not In the Way You Might Expect

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we return to a format that we first explored earlier this year, and provide some (mostly) non-watch recommendations to our listeners. Zach Weiss, Zach Kazan, Kat Shoulders, and Kyle Snarr are in the studio and are armed with lists of movies, shows, bags, books, and more that have caught their attention recently. We always have a lot of fun sharing the things we like outside of the watch space with our listeners, and we’d love to hear about the stuff you’ve been enjoying too, so be sure to leave a comment with your own recs below.

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Show Notes

• Kat’s wrist check: Worn & Wound x Zodiac Laser Tag
• Zach W’s wrist check: Worn & Wound x Timex WW75 LE
• Kyle’s wrist check: Momentum M Ocean
• Zach K’s wrist check: Lorier Hydra III
• Time on Screen: Barbie
• Sonic Life by Thurston Moore
• Asteroid City
• The Criterion Channel
• Time on Screen Podcast: Succession
• Time On Screen: Poker Face with Stunt Coordinator Tom Place
• Beef on Netflix
• The Curse 
• Pioneer Carry Commuter Zip Wallet
• The James Brand and Timex Debut a Colorful New Ironman
• Bandsplain Podcast
• 60 Songs that Explain the 90s
• Loyle Carner
• Time on Screen: The Killer
• Lord’s Restaurant
• Able Carry Daily Plus

On this episode of Changing Gears Kat is joined by Taylor Welden, Carryology’s Creative Director and man behind the madness! Taylor joined the Worn & Wound crew in studio a few weeks back and was able to sit down with Kat for a fun chat. They discuss Taylor’s must have everyday carry, what led him to the industry of bags and design, and their opinions on fanny packs! We’d loved chatting with Taylor and safe to say, he’ll be back on soon! 

Worn & Wound and Carryology are Teaming Up for an Enthusiast Meetup in Austin, TX

You are invited! Come and Experience Enthusiasm™ with the Worn & Wound and Carryology teams at an epic meetup in Austin, TX on Saturday, December 16. Watches, gear, and bag enthusiasts alike will have the chance to connect and talk shop about the products that fuel great adventures.

Fierce Whiskers Distillery will serve as the backdrop for this meetup where you can enjoy their tap room and multi-acre property. Your first drink is on us! Anyone who joins in the fun will be entered into a giveaway to win a Carryology Collab product or a Limited Edition watch from Worn & Wound. Space is limited so don't miss out! RSVP at the link: https://forms.gle/usNPmC9bci7kzJ5y6

We hope you like this new podcast format and really appreciate all the listeners! Kat has some awesome interviews in the works for those of you that love gear! To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subscribe to The Worn & Wound Podcast — now available on all major platforms including iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Spotify, and more. You can also find our RSS feed here.

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On this week’s episode of A Week in Watches, we have news from Furlan Marri, Arcanaut, Baltic, Oak & Oscar, and Seiko. Furlan Marri returns to its roots with a new chronograph, but this time with a high-end mechanical chronograph movement. Arcanaut debuts two new watches in the D’Arc Colors line, one featuring a very unexpected dial material. Baltic adds some gold to existing models, and they look killer. Oak & Oscar team up with a local Illinois whiskey brand for a very cool collab. And, finally, Seiko debuts some new, and very nice, mechanical chronographs.

This episode was sponsored by Artem and their new HydroFlex watch strap. Crafted with a premium FKM rubber base and layered with their signature synthetic embossed material, “HydroFlex” is water-resistant, flexible, durable, and comfortable immediately out of the box, with no break-in period. Artem Straps

This week on Time on Screen, Zach is joined by Charith Karunaratne, a watch collector, movie lover, and friend of the show to talk about The Killer, the latest film from David Fincher. Zach and Charith are both huge Fincher fans, and have been circling a Fincher related podcast for a long time, so the debut of a new entry in his filmography seemed like a great excuse to finally get on the mic. Not only is this a deep dive into The Killer, but Charith and Zach take some time to talk about their love of Letterboxd, and then in the back half of the pod they rank their top five Fincher films. This is a great conversation about a movie and a filmmaker that are incredibly rewarding to talk about.

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Show Notes

• Charith’s wrist check: Tudor North Flag
• Zach’s wrist check: Arcanaut Arc II Fordite
• Letterboxd

It’s Q&A time once again! In this episode of the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Weiss, Kat Shoulders, and Zach Kazan are fielding questions from you, our listeners, submitted via Instagram and our Worn & Wound+ Slack channel. For this round of questions, we field queries from a diverse range of topics, including our favorite straps to splurge on, the bags we carry, and even what we did before our Worn & Wound days. We also tackle the age old question of how we know it’s time to sell a watch, and we even touch on the possibility of the Windup Watch Fair heading to the UK (spoiler alert: no definitive plans yet, but we love to think about it). 

We love answering your questions and will be sure to do more episodes like this in the future, so if you want a chance to submit your own question, hit the link for our Worn & Wound+ Slack channel in the show notes below.

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Show Notes

• Kat’s wrist check: Grand Seiko SBGA439
• Zach W’s wrist check: Kintoshi Kyoto
• Zach K’s wrist check: Lorier Hydra SIII
• Worn & Wound+
• [Hands-On] Ming Brings Lightweight and Big Textures to Dubai Watch Week
• Furlan Marri, with an Assist from Revolution and Auro Montanari, Unveil their First Mechanical Chronograph
• Pakt Travel Backpack
• Huckberry x Mystery Ranch

The 2023 Formula 1 season drew to a close this weekend with the final race once again taking place in Abu Dhabi in the UAE. The drivers and constructors championships were long since decided, but many of the remaining positions for both teams and drivers came down to the final laps, delivering the last bits of drama of the season in some unexpected ways. Our own Blake Buettner was at the race, coming out of Dubai Watch Week the week prior, so this is a special episode recounting the experience, the race, and the season as a whole. The race in Abu Dhabi capped the most dominant season of the sport ever witnessed, with Max Verstappen claiming his 19th victory of the 22 race season, and his 3rd consecutive driver’s championship in the process. Red Bull as a team won all but a single race this season, and did so with what appeared to be relative ease. As decisive as the season was, there was still plenty of racing to enjoy behind the Red Bulls, and plenty to look forward to in 2024.

For this bonus edition of the Worn & Wound Podcast Zach Kazan sits down with Ryan White, who is the Senior Creative Director over brands like Fossil and Zodiac. He’s one of the creative masterminds behind some seriously fun releases this year such as the 100 Year Anniversary Disney | Fossil Collection, which includes the iconic Mickey Mouse Watch, as well as the wild, ‘90s-infused Zodiac x Worn & Wound Super Sea Wolf Laser Tag Limited Editions. Ryan is an enthusiast through and through. From diving to design and from pop culture to deep horology, Ryan knows what he’s talking about. Chances are you’ve already interacted with his designs, now you get to meet the man behind those decisions.

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Show Notes

• The Magic of Mickey: Fossil Launches the Latest in a Legacy of the Happiest Watches on Earth
• The Holiday Gift Guide to Finding Something for Everyone with Fossil
• Introducing the Zodiac x Worn & Wound Super Sea Wolf Laser Tag Limited Editions

This special episode of A Week In Watches takes a break from the regular news cycle to answer some of your questions submitted to us through the Worn & Wound+ Slack channel. Join Zach Weiss and Blake Buettner as they tackle some of your questions, from trends and recent releases, to how they met and what kinds of watches keep them from getting jaded. There are plenty more questions yet to be answered in the Slack channel, so keep an eye out for more episodes like this, and even podcast episodes dedicated to answering your questions.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to submit a question, we will do our best to get through them all through one of our channels so keep an eye out for more coming soon. If you have a question or discussion prompt for us, you can sign up for Worn & Wound+ for free by subscribing to our newsletter at the bottom of the homepage.

To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subscribe to The Worn & Wound Podcast — now available on all major platforms including iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Spotify, and more. You can also find our RSS feed here.

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If there’s a question you want us to answer you can hit us up at [email protected], and we’ll put your question in the queue.

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake is recording straight from Dubai, where he’s been taking in the sights, sounds, and watches of Dubai Watch Week. He’s joined by Mark Kauzlarich, who you probably know from his great photography and his work as an editor at Hodinkee. Blake and Mark discuss the general vibe of Dubai Watch Week (in short, lots of crazy watches, cars, and everything else exotic) and some of their favorite watches making their debut at the show, including an Oris with an unusual colorful dial and an absolutely crazy MB&F Horological Machine.

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Show Notes

• Mark’s wrist check: Rolex Day-Date 1803
• Blake’s wrist check: Rolex Daytona
• Hands-On With the Iridescent New Oris ProPilot X Laser
• [Hands-On] H. Moser Refines Streamliner with New Small Seconds Blue Enamel
• [Hands-On] MB&F Reveals Horological Machine Number 11: Architecture
• Hands-On MB&F’s Horological Machine 11 ‘Architect’ – A House For The Wrist (Live Pics)
• Dubai Watch Week

On this episode of Changing Gears Kat is joined by James Helms, co-founder of Worn & Wound, and Evan Perrone, of Cannodale Bikes who is both an avid cyclist and watch enthusiast. The three focus their conversation on E-Bikes, discussing the different classes of E-Bikes, who they’re made for, and the stigma around them in the bike community. There’s also a bit of good ol’ gear chat as well. We’re stoked that Evan was able to come back on the podcast and hope to have him back again! 

We hope you like this new podcast format and really appreciate all the listeners! Kat has some awesome interviews in the works for those of you that love gear! To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subscribe to The Worn & Wound Podcast — now available on all major platforms including iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Spotify, and more. You can also find our RSS feed here.

If there’s a question you want us to answer you can hit us up at [email protected], and we’ll put your question in the queue.

Show Notes: 

• Evan’s Wrist & Gear Check
• James’ Wrist & Gear Check
• Kat’s Wrist & Gear Check
• Evan’s first podcast with W&W
• Cannodale’s E-Bikes
• Worn & Wound + Slack

On this episode of Time on Screen, Zach welcomes Worn & Wound contributor Brett Braley to the podcast to talk about Todd Field’s Tár, starring Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár, one of the most memorable movie characters in years. Tár became an object of fascination for many movie lovers a year ago when it hit theaters. In a period of time dominated by mass market, IP derived entertainment, Tár stands out as a film filled with ideas, with an all-time great performance from Blanchett at the center of it. Brett has a background in menswear and other pockets of the luxury world, making him the perfect guest to discuss the many aesthetic pleasures of Tár, from Lydia’s costuming to the immaculate set and production design. 

This week on the podcast, Blake and the team welcome Taylor Welden, Creative Director at Carryology, to the show. Carryology is a leading online resource for all things carry, from bags, to wallets, to luggage, they cover it all. The world of bags is a watch-like rabbit hole, and we always knew there was a lot of overlap between these two enthusiast communities, and chatting with Taylor makes it clear why. This conversation goes deep into Taylor’s love of titanium, how the small details matter in bag design, and why the Bic lighter is one of the most well designed objects of all time. Taylor also talks about the challenges and rewards of working on bag collaborations with small brands, another area with deep similarities to the watch world.

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If there’s a question you want us to answer you can hit us up at [email protected], and we’ll put your question in the queue.

Show Notes

• Zach’s wrist check: Grand Seiko SBGX331
• Kat’s wrist check: Rolex Explorer II
• Blake’s wrist check: Omega Speedmaster Professional
• Taylor’s wrist check: Omega Speedmaster HB-SIA Solar Impulse
• Weirdmaster: A Guide to Unusual Speedmasters
• Carryology
• GORUCK x Carryology Samurai
• Mystery Ranch x Carryology Unicorn 2.0