The Worn & Wound Podcast

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. 

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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

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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.

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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.

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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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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

In this episode of A Week In Watches we take a closer look at the some exciting news from Oris, Ming, G-Shock, and more. You may have heard that this year marks the 40th anniversary of G-Shock, something they’ve been celebrating throughout 2023. This week, we got a pair of new watches from the brand as part of the celebration, and they are some of the coolest square cased G-Shocks we’ve ever seen. These watches get ultra-light carbon cases and include a pretty wild colorway that is one of our favorite uses of the color purple in recent memory. Cheers to you, G-Shock, and may we say many happy returns.

Elswhere, Ming dabbles in rose gold with a new 37.04 Monopusher Chronograph, that even gets a solid gold dial with a deep guilloché pattern, and it really works. Also opting for warm tones heading into fall we find Oris and Collective Horology with a new Divers Seventy-Five, which embraces a funky set of orange and brown colors across its dial, along with the retro-Arabic numerals. If that’s not quite your think we’ve got something very green from Zenith in a new Chronomaster Sport done with Aaron Rodgers.

Big thanks to the sponsor of this week’s episode: Citizen and their new Citizen Promaster Skyhawk watches – with unparalleled functionality and utility. The new release continues Citizen’s focus on style, versatility, and performance for the pilot or aviation enthusiast in their Promaster Air Collection. Discover the new Promaster Skyhawk Collection, for adventures on the air or ground, at Citizen Watch.

On this week’s podcast, Blake welcomes Jason Gong, founder of Complecto, to the podcast. Jason joins Blake and Zach to chat about the origins of Complecto, their mission to advance diversity within the watch community, and the launch of their first limited edition, a super cool gray dialed Jet Star made in collaboration with Bulova. Along the way, they also chat about how Jason’s obsession with watches began at an early age, how his work in Silicon Valley and in finance informs the ideas behind Complecto, and a whole lot more.

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Show Notes

• Jason’s wrist check: Bulova x Complecto Jet Star LE
• Zach’s wrist check: Autodromo Group B
• Blake’s wrist check: Zenith El Primero “Rainbow” Flyback
• Zenith & Aaron Rodgers Reveal New Green Chronomaster Sport Chronograph
• Complecto
• Zach K. on the OT Podcast  

This week on the podcast, Blake welcomes Zach Weiss and Zach Kazan to talk about a pair of recent releases from Omega and Ming that cover similar ground in their use of interesting and uncommon materials, all in the name of reducing weight. The new Omega Planet Ocean diver uses a titanium movement to cut weight in a package that’s already quite chunky, and the Ming LW.01 is a literal record setter, lighter in weight than any other mechanical watch.These non-traditional watches have us thinking about the merits of lighter weight watches in general and also the use of new materials more broadly, these two new releases in particular inspired quite a bit of conversation.

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Show Notes

• Time On Screen: In The Mouth of Madness
• Zach K’s wrist check: Arcanaut Arc II Fordite
• Zach W’s wrist check: Grand Seiko SBGW277
• Blake’s wrist check: Oris AquisPro
• Fears Brings Mother of Pearl to the Brunswick, But Not In the Way You Might Expect
• Omega Introduces a New Ceramic Compound to their Collection and Puts a Titanium Movement in the New Planet Ocean
• Ming Surprises with What Could Be the Lightest Watches Ever Made
• A Lange & Söhne Gives Zeitwerk Minute Repeater the Honeygold Treatment for New NYC Boutique

Time on Screen is back this week with a seasonally appropriate entry, an underrated mid-90s classic from the Master of Horror himself, John Carpenter. Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss and Chris Antzoulis (all horror movie fans to their core) for this discussion of In the Mouth of Madness, the capstone to Carpenter’s “Apocalypse Trilogy,” and a personal favorite of this crew. There are other Carpenter horror movies that are more famous, but none that take place largely in New Hampshire, and few that are quite this unhinged, following Sam Neill’s insurance investigator as he tries to track down a missing horror writer whose latest novel has the power to make its readers insane, forever altering their reality, and bringing about the end of the world as we know it. In other words, perfect spooky season fare. 

There are watches in the movie as well, but In the Mouth of Madness really fits into this series for the way the narrative plays with time, using elliptical storytelling techniques to underscore the idea that our characters are losing their grip on reality.

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Welcome to a special episode of A Week In Watches filmed live on the floor of our Windup Watch Fair New York. This episode features first hand looks at some of the new watches released at or around the fair with commentary from the people behind them. This year’s fair was our biggest ever, so unfortunately we weren’t able to get to all the new watches, but we pulled aside a handful of the most interesting watches caught our eye during the fair. This includes watches from Laco, Baltic, Isotope and more, along with some of the EDC brands that showed up this year. There was no shortage of exciting watches to check out, and as always, some incredible watch spotting in the crowd of enthusiasts that showed up.

Thanks to our lead sponsors: Oris, Christopher Ward, Zodiac, G-Shock, and Citizen for making such a great impression upon first walking into the fair!

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This week on the podcast, Blake and Zach are on mic after a long Windup weekend to recap the show, including our favorite watches and experiences over the course of the show. This was a particularly memorable Windup Watch Fair, with a record number of brands across two floors of the Altman building, with all of them bringing their best watches to the show. We also saw more EDC brands exhibiting than ever before, adding a new dimension to the experience, and were able to connect with a number of Worn & Wound+ members throughout the weekend, underscoring the community feel of the event. 

Before the Windup recap, Blake takes us through a cool new diving experience he had with the FDNY, as well as an attempted mod of one of his favorite Tudors.

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Show Notes

• Zach’s wrist check: Timex x The James Brand Ironman
• Blake’s wrist check: Tudor Pelagos FXD
• Baltic Unveils the All New Hermétique Collection
• Sherpa Watches Launches with Two True Super Compressors
• The Lorier Hydra Zulu
• Laco DIN 8330
• Hands-On: the Isotope Hydrium California
• Isotope Moonshot Chronograph
• (Hands-On)The Genta IWC Ingenieur Era Returns With New Automatic 40
• Worn & Wound+
• Fears Brings Mother of Pearl to the Brunswick, But Not In the Way You Might Expect

This week on the podcast, Blake welcomes Kyle Snarr and Nelly Calhoun to the podcast to talk all things Windup Watch Fair, which returns to New York City this weekend. The New York City fair is always special, and this year’s is our biggest yet, taking place over two floors of the Altman Building, including a number of brands making their Windup debut. In this episode, Kyle and Nelly answer questions submitted by our Worn & Wound+ Slack community about the ins and outs of Windup, how the show comes together, and the best way to get the most out of your Windup experience. We also highlight some exciting changes to this year’s program, including an expanded “EDC Alley” and an exciting debut from Fossil.

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Show Notes

• Kyle’s wrist check: Bulova A11 Hack
• Blake’s wrist check: Rolex Explorer II 16570
• [VIDEO] Christopher Ward Treads Familiar Ground With The Twelve
• Oris Celebrates the Life and Career of a Baseball Legend with the Hank Aaron Limited Edition
• So Many Lasers, So Much Tagging—Recapping the Zodiac x Worn & Wound Super Sea Wolf Laser Tag LE Launch Party
• Windup Watch Fair

A Week In Watches returns with big news from Seiko, who revealed a pair of new Prospex references which celebrate the brand’s history in land-based watches. The pair of limited editions each pick up something special from Seiko’s history, starting with the SPB411 GMT, a watch that recalls the Navigator Timer of the ’60s, which was Seiko first GMT to feature a rotating bezel. The second is a revival of the Landmaster in celebration of its 30th anniversary, where Seiko has brought back the 3 dimensional compass bezel and blue gradient dial. Both work exceptionally well, and highlight the brand’s deep tool watch roots at their very best.

Elsewhere we were thrilled to see a new release from Baltic this week, which shifted away from old-school-cool dive watches and put focus on classic field watches. The frame works brilliantly here with lumed applied numerals, a svelte case, and a trick crown that sits flush with the case wall. The watch boasts 4 different dials at launch, and is a welcome expansion of the brand’s refined sense of design.

Finally, new releases from Nomos and Ming, as well as a collaboration between Montblanc/Minerva and Collective round out the news that’s caught our attention this week. Catch the full episode below for the run down, and be sure to leave a comment on your thoughts in the video for us to highlight in the next episode.

Thanks to this week’s sponsor, Shinola, for their support.

To commemorate 10 years of American design and manufacturing, Shinola Detroit is proud to share this video that reveals the company and its employees as a team that can carve a distinct pathway forward with their own sense of, as they say, “timeless American design.”

This cinematic video gives an insider glimpse of their watchmakers assembling timepieces, soaring views of the Detroit headquarters, and shares perspective on the past decade as well as Shinola’s aims for the future.

Learn more about Shinola’s Timeless American Design, their latest watch and apparel releases right here.

You will also be able to see a selection of Shinola’s watches and fine goods at Windup Watch Fair NYC on October 20-22 at The Altman Building, located at 135 W 18th St, New York, NY.

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake and Zach are talking about a range of new releases, including a big new release from Collective and Montblanc, as well as a fascinating modern take on the field watch from Baltic. They also catch up about some recent travel (including a visit to the Vortic headquarters in Fort Collins, CO), and reviews that they’ve completed recently on a 90s favorite and a new entry in the “leisure sport” category.

Today’s episode of the Worn and Wound Podcast is brought to you by the New York Windup Watch Fair. Windup Watch Fair is a three-day-long shopping experience that brings watch brands and customers together in a fun, approachable, and engaging environment. Always free and open to the public, Windup Watch Fair encourages everyone from seasoned collectors to first-time watch buyers to come in, take a look, shop, and talk watches. Over 80 watch, apparel, and gear brands will participate this year, including our lead sponsors, Bulova, Christopher Ward, G-SHOCK, Oris, and Zodiac. Experience Enthusiasm™ in person at the New York Windup Watch Fair, at the Altman Building – 135 W 18th Street, from Friday, October 20th through Sunday, October 22nd. To learn more, visit www.windupwatchfair.com.

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Show Notes

• Zach’s wrist check: Lorier Hydra Series III
• Blake’s wrist check: Autodromo Group B Chronograph “Night Stage”
• Time on Screen Podcast: Contact
• So Many Lasers, So Much Tagging—Recapping the Zodiac x Worn & Wound Super Sea Wolf Laser Tag LE Launch Party
• Collective Horology Introduces their Latest Limited Edition, a Collaboration with Montblanc Featuring a Gorgeous Minerva Caliber
• Baltic Unveils the All New Hermétique Collection
• Inside Vortic as they Launch the Colorado Watch Company
• [VIDEO] Missed Review: The Titanium Omega Seamaster 300 2231.50.00
• Hands-On: the Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Sport Automatic in Rose Gold

This week on the podcast, Blake and Zach are chatting with Asher Rapkin, co-founder of Collective Horology, about their latest release, the 1858 Minerva Monopusher Chronograph “Blue Arrow” P.05. This is a seriously high end, and beautiful, chronograph that takes inspiration from vintage Minerva stopwatches from the 1940s and 50s. Asher takes us through how the watch was conceived, with a variety of different design cues coming together to form a watch that represents a fascinating bit of “historical nonfiction,” as Asher puts it. It’s a watch that Minerva never made, but could have if they decided to move in a slightly different direction.

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Show Notes

• Zach’s wrist check: Lorier Hydra SIII
• Blake’s wrist check: Omega Seamaster 300
• Asher’s wrist check: Autodromo Group C
• Missed Review: The Titanium Omega Seamaster 300 2231.50.00 
• Collective Horology Introduces their Latest Limited Edition, a Collaboration with Montblanc Featuring a Gorgeous Minerva Caliber

A Week In Watches returns this week with a look at a trio of divers that take their inspiration from the past, and apply in a thoroughly modern way. No faux lume or tropical dials in sight, prompting us to wonder if that trend is behind us. Divers from Oris, Tudor, and Seiko all paint a clear picture of a way forward that’s not a carbon copy of the past. You might say Seiko has always been ahead in that game, and their latest Prospex divers, which bring the 62MAS flavor into a tidy modern skindiver case that we’ve loved since it was released in 2020. If this is what we can expect more of, count us in.

Elsewhere, Farer dropped a pair of new chronographs called the Chrono-Contempo with colorways inspired by two vibrant streets found in London. These are Farer through and through, with unexpected colors and a clean, modern design language. As usual, Farer nails the proportions here thanks to their use of the hand wound SW510M from Sellita.

Finally, a collaboration between our friends at Fratello and Minase comes together for the second time, continuing a trend of subtle yet powerful dial executions from the pair. The latest is the M-3 Nori, and gets a dial inspired by Japanese seaweed, which comes together way better than you might expect. Here’s to the next one.

On this episode of Time on Screen, Zach welcomes Ricardo Simé to the podcast to chat about Focus, an underseen 2015 film starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie. Focus has become something of a cult favorite since it came and went at the box office nearly ten years ago, and it strikes a particular chord if you’re a watch collector with what are some frankly terrifying scenes involving watch theft. Theft is something that’s on the mind of many watch collectors these days - it seems like a week doesn’t go by where a story isn’t shared of someone losing their watch to a thief, so Focus is incredibly topical at the moment. In addition to that, it’s just an incredibly entertaining crime film with a ton of great screwball energy and real chemistry between Smith and Robbie, with one of the best gambling scenes we’ve ever seen on film.

This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders are taking over while Blake is on vacation for a special episode where they tackle questions from our Worn & Wound+ Slack community. These questions were a lot of fun and really ran the gamut, covering everything from flexing your Rolex at the gym, to caring for your watch bracelets, and favorite articles and photography campaigns we’ve been involved with. We’ll definitely be doing this again, so if you have questions for members of the Worn & Wound team, drop them in the comments. Better yet, join the Worn & Wound+ community by clicking here.

Today’s episode of the Worn and Wound Podcast is brought to you by the New York Windup Watch Fair. Windup Watch Fair is a three-day-long shopping experience that brings watch brands and customers together in a fun, approachable, and engaging environment. Always free and open to the public, Windup Watch Fair encourages everyone from seasoned collectors to first-time watch buyers to come in, take a look, shop, and talk watches. Over 80 watch, apparel, and gear brands will participate this year, including our lead sponsors, Bulova, Christopher Ward, G-SHOCK, Oris, and Zodiac. Experience Enthusiasm™ in person at the New York Windup Watch Fair, at the Altman Building – 135 W 18th Street, from Friday, October 20th through Sunday, October 22nd. To learn more, visit www.windupwatchfair.com.

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Show Notes

• Zach’s wrist check: Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Sport Auto
• Kat’s wrist check: IWC C.03 Pilot Chronograph 41
• Worn & Wound+ Slack Community
• My Secret Seiko
• Windup Watch Fair NYC
• Introducing the Nivada Grenchen x Worn & Wound Chronomaster Valjoux 72 and Datomaster VK64
• Jean-Claude Biver, the Matterhorn, and Carbon Fiber with Some Color: A Few Days in Zermatt with Norqain and the New Wild One
• The Howard, Davis & Dennison #3: Inside the Sale of the Most Valuable American Pocket Watch
• Out Of Office: Cruising the California Coast With The Grand Seiko SBGE285
• We Finally Got Our Hands on the Bell & Ross BR 03-94 Multimeter, and Here’s a Video to Prove It
• Owner’s Review: The Arcanaut Arc II Fordite

Racing returns this week with the first of a double header featuring Singapore and Japan, and the Marina Bay Street Circuit offered what is to this point, the best race of the season. For the first time this season, and the first time more than 15 races, a team other than Red Bull claimed victory, and without the dominant Verstappen in the lead, the door was opened to the most competitive racing out front we’ve seen all season long. There was effectively a 4 way battle for the top spot that ran right to the end of the race, with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz taking the checkered flag just ahead of Lando Norris, and Lewis Hamilton.

Singapore’s relatively bumpy street circuit meant Red Bull wasn’t able to run their suspension in it’s usual, very low, sweet spot. This threw the car’s aerodynamics off just enough to bring the car back to earth a bit, with high mid field pace that saw Verstappen finish in P5, and Perez in P8. Ferrari took advantage this week, qualifying in pole position, and a good enough race strategy to maintain the lead through the race. Both Mercedes cars the McLaren of Lando Norris made thing interesting out front, however, with a brilliant strategy call by Mercedes late in the race nearly handing them the victory.

We’ll return next week with a look at the race in Japan around the iconic Suzuka Circuit, which we expect a full return to form by the Red Bull cars, but this is a sport where nothing can be taken for granted, so here’s hoping we’ll get some more competitive racing.

Today on the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake Buettner is checking in from his recent dive trip in Florida with Tudor, and is joined by fellow dive watch aficionado Justin, AKA @the_wristorian on Instagram, where you’ve probably seen him post tons of amazing content on just about everything you can imagine relating to dive watch history. He’s a true authority, and a genuine enthusiast, and his feed is worthy of a follow if you’re not already checking in. 

In this conversation, Blake and Justin discuss all the action on the ground and under the surface with Tudor, including their experience at the Man in the Sea museum, home to SEALAB-I and many other important pieces of diving history, and their reactions to the latest Tudor FXD, this time clad in a black dial. This one is absolutely loaded with dive watch content, so get ready for a full exploration of the Tudor dive watch lineup, and where it stands now with the latest addition to the collection. 

Today’s episode of the Worn and Wound Podcast is brought to you by the New York Windup Watch Fair. Windup Watch Fair is a three-day-long shopping experience that brings watch brands and customers together in a fun, approachable, and engaging environment. Always free and open to the public, Windup Watch Fair encourages everyone from seasoned collectors to first-time watch buyers to come in, take a look, shop, and talk watches. Over 80 watch, apparel, and gear brands will participate this year, including our lead sponsors, Bulova, Christopher Ward, G-SHOCK, Oris, and Zodiac. Experience Enthusiasm™ in person at the New York Windup Watch Fair, at the Altman Building – 135 W 18th Street, from Friday, October 20th through Sunday, October 22nd. To learn more, visit www.windupwatchfair.com.

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Show Notes

• Justin’s wrist check: Tudor Pelagos 39
• Blake’s wrist check: Tudor Pelagos FXD
• Man in the Sea Museum
• Tudor Introduces New Pelagos FXD in Black
• The Wristorian

Time on Screen is back this week, and Zach Kazan welcomes his Worn & Wound colleagues Nelly Calhoun, the team’s Events Manager, and Nina Flanders, Worn & Wound’s Customer Experience Coordinator. In this episode, they’re talking about Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. In a huge movie year, no movie has been more talked about than Barbie, and there is so much to discuss, including an all-time great triple watch-spot on the wrist(s) of Ryan Gosling, a hilarious and poignant performance by Margot Robbie, and the unlikely way a huge piece of IP like Barbie was able to start a nuanced discussion of feminist ideas among huge numbers moviegoers. It’s an unprecedented movie in a lot of ways, and this conversation dives into what makes Barbie so unique, and why it’s likely to endure for years.

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This week on the podcast, Blake is joined by Zach Kazan to talk about all the big news coming out of Geneva Watch Days, including an impressive collaboration between MB&F and H. Moser for Only Watch, an impressive new chronograph from Sylvain Pinaud, and a Doxa that, perhaps, stole the show (for better or worse). But first, they talk about what will surely be one of the most talked about releases of the year, the new Swatch x Blancpain Scuba Fifty Fathoms. It was inevitable that Swatch would follow up the massive success of the MoonSwatch with something, but it’s kind of hard to believe that we’re really here talking about a colorful, BioCeramic take on the vaunted Fifty Fathoms. 

Let us know what you think of the new Scuba Fifty, as well as the big Geneva Watch Days releases, in the comments below, or in our new Slack community, which you can join by clicking here.

Today’s episode of the Worn and Wound Podcast is brought to you by the New York Windup Watch Fair. Windup Watch Fair is a three-day-long shopping experience that brings watch brands and customers together in a fun, approachable, and engaging environment. Always free and open to the public, Windup Watch Fair encourages everyone from seasoned collectors to first-time watch buyers to come in, take a look, shop, and talk watches. Over 80 watch, apparel, and gear brands will participate this year, including our lead sponsors, Bulova, Christopher Ward, G-SHOCK, Oris, and Zodiac. Experience Enthusiasm™ in person at the New York Windup Watch Fair, at the Altman Building – 135 W 18th Street, from Friday, October 20th through Sunday, October 22nd. To learn more, visit www.windupwatchfair.com.

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Show Notes

• Zach’s wrist check: IWC Pilot Chronograph 41 Ceratanium
• Blake’s wrist check: Porsche Design Chronograph 1
• We Finally Got Our Hands on the Bell & Ross BR 03-94 Multimeter, and Here’s a Video to Prove It
• Swatch Asks “What If?” with their New Collection of Square, Bioceramic Watches
• Our First Reactions to the Swatch X Blancpain Scuba Fifty Fathoms
• Talking Watches With Jean-Claude Biver
• Review (with Video): Omega x Swatch BioCeramic Speedmaster MoonSwatch Mission to Jupiter
• H. Moser Collaborates with MB&F for Only Watch Stunner Pandamonium Streamliner
• The Doxa SUB 300β Sharkhunter is one of the Strangest Releases of the Year
• [Hands-On] De Bethune Goes All Blue (Again) with New Kind of Blue DB28XP
• Hands-On: The Chronograph Monopoussoir Sylvain Pinaud x Massena LAB

A Week In Watches returns with a special episode featuring Zach and Blake discussing the new releases from Geneva Watches Days, as well as a few other surprises thrown in for good measure.

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This week, a special episode of the podcast, hosted by Worn & Wound cofounder Zach Weiss and featuring fellow cofounder James Helms and Jonathan Ferrer, founder of Brew Watch Co. Jonathan has been a friend to us at Worn & Wound since the earliest days of Brew, and this conversation is a fun look back at the history of his brand, including an early Worn & Wound limited edition, the watch that saved Brew, and the triumph of the hugely successful Metric. Jonathan and Zach also give us the inside story on the just launched Brew x Worn & Wound Metric Regulators, a colorful and slightly tweaked version of the original Metric that you can read more about right here.

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Show Notes

• Jonathan’s wrist check: Brew Automatic Metric 
• James’s wrist check: Omega Speedmaster Professional  
• Zach’s wrist check: Grand Seiko SBGW277
• Introducing the Brew x w&w HP-1 Limited Edition
• Introducing the Retrograph, a “Shot Timer” from Brew Watch Co.
• Brew is Back with the Retromatic, an Espresso Inspired Time and Date Watch with an Automatic Movement
• Brew Gets Funky With All New Metric Chronograph
• Introducing the Brew x Worn & Wound Metric Chrono Regulators

Today on the podcast, Blake Buettner is joined by Worn & Wound cofounder James Helms and Chad Tsagris, who runs Laco, Out of Order and other brands in the United States, and is the SVP of Watch Gang (you’ve almost certainly seen him at a Windup if you’ve attended one recently). This is a wide ranging discussion covering why it’s scary to dive into vintage watches, the difficulty surrounding buying a Rolex at retail, and the late breaking news that Rolex has bought Bucherer, the longtime luxury watch retailer.

This episode is brought to you by Worn & Wound+, a free online community for like-minded enthusiasts to connect and discuss watches, gear, and more. Worn & Wound+ is the latest opportunity for our readers to experience enthusiasm and share what they’re passionate about. Membership benefits include early access to content, events, new releases, monthly live streams, direct access to the Worn & Wound team, and special promotions from the Windup Watch Shop. You’ll even have access to Drops From The Vault, a series of sales for the most sought-after Windup Watch Shop limited editions from the past, in practically new, untouched condition. Join today for free right here.

Show Notes

• James’s wrist check: Omega Speedmaster Professional
• Chad’s wrist check: Heuer Incabloc
• Blake’s wrist check: Brew Metric
• Double Red Sea Dweller
• Worn & Wound+

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach and Blake are discussing a wide range of topics, inspired by the recent debut of our “Watches and What Else” series, focusing on the artwork of Bryan Braddy. Just on the Worn & Wound team alone, the staff represents a huge variety of watch adjacent interests, and we’ll be digging into those more on the site in the coming months. Everything from record collecting, to mechanical keyboards, to open water diving is on the table. But first, we’ve got a new releases to talk about from Brew in the first ever mechanical iteration of the Metric, and a very clever memento mori watch from Mr. Jones.

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Show Notes

Zach’s wristcheck: ADPT x VERO Workhorse Limited Edition

Nivada Grenchen x Worn & Wound Chronomaster Valjoux 72 Chronograph

Brew Introduces the first Mechanical Metric, a Limited Edition of 500 Pieces

Mr. Jones Continues to Expand their Mechanical Collection with the Release of The Accurate, A Clever Take on the Memento Mori

Zenith Gets Colorful with the High Frequency Defy 21 Chroma II

Watches and What Else: Bryan Braddy and His Unique Horological Art

This week on the podcast, we’ve got a full roster of Worn & Wound team members on the mic to talk about some of the recent news in the watch world, as well as a topic that’s near and dear to all of us: navigating the enthusiast forums to sell your watches online. Zach Kazan recently wrote an editorial that asked if this process has ever been more problematic, and on this episode the whole team is here to share their thoughts. There’s also a discussion about a big new release from Longines, and one of the more interesting small brands we’ve come across as of late, the Impossible Watch Company, based in Talkeetna, Alaska. All that, plus a spirited defense of The Snyder Cut, coming from Zach W. and Zach K., as you’d expect.

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Show Notes

• Kat’s wrist check: Hamilton Khaki Field
• Zach K’s wrist check: Tudor Black Bay 41 METAS
• Zach W’s wrist check: Porsche Design Chrono 1
• Blake’s wrist check: Omega Seamaster 300M 2230.50
• Longines Redesigns HydroConquest With New GMT Collection
• Raging Against the Machine in Talkeetna, Alaska: The Impossible Watch Company
• We’re Living in a Society: Don’t Do This When Buying a Watch

On this special episode of Time on Screen, we’re coming to you live from the Editorial Lounge at the Chicago Windup Watch Fair, where Zach Kazan was joined by Worn & Wound’s Head of Partnerships, Kyle Snarr, and Neall Brick from Citizen. They’re there to discuss Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino’s ninth feature film. This is one of the best watch spotting in recent years, primarily for a well documented mistake that has a Citizen chronograph on Brad Pitt’s wrist that definitely didn’t exist in 1969, when the film takes place. That’s the jumping off point for a spirited discussion about the film, the complicated reaction to it, and Tarantino’s career.

There’s also plenty of talk about the watch featured in the film, which was the inspiration for the recently released Citizen 50th Anniversary Tsuno Chronograph, a 1970s inspired gold tone chronograph that looks particularly at home on a bund strap.

We’re grateful to our friends at Citizen for making this episode possible. Their Promaster collection is built on a century worth of technological research and innovation. The collection represents professional-grade sports watches built for sea, land, and air. Each watch is designed to overcome the elements and empower the wearer to “Go Deeper, Go Further and Go Higher” and the watch casting in Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood is a solid representation of that ethos.

To learn more about the Citizen Tsuno Chronograph 50th Anniversary Limited Edition and explore the collection, head to citizenwatch.com.

A Week In Watches returns with a look at a plethora of new releases that include updates from Christopher Ward, Glashütte Original, Nomos, and Tissot. Everyone has a new dial color or case size, it would seem, but they all work well here, bringing new renditions to old favorites, and further dialing in already great platforms. The big news this week comes from Longines, who redesigned their HydroConquest family with a new collection of GMT watches. Unique colorways and a few odd details on the dial preserve some of that classic HydroConquest character, while showing some serious sings of maturity in the process.

In other news, we’re about a year away from the 2024 summer Olympic games in Paris, and Omega is ready to kick things off with a new Seamaster 300commemorating the games. Omega and the Olympics go way back, like way way back, so it’s no surprise to see Omega getting a head start on things with a new LE, and we suspect that this won’t be the last to do so.

Finally, can you ever have too much of a good thing? Tissot doesn’t think so, and just keeps iterating on the wildly popular PRX range, most recently with new dial colors and even a fully gold plated example in their 35mm Powermatic 80 PRX line. It should come as no surprise that they work rather well. Catch more details on these watches in our full intro.

Reminder that you can catch us again in 2 weeks for more watches, people, and news in episode 62 of A Week In Watches.

This week on the podcast, Blake and Zach sit down to talk about some of the watches they’ve reviewed recently, including what might be the ultimate Zenith Defy, as well as the summer ready TAG Heuer Carrera Skipper, a reissue of one of the most sought after of all Heuers. There are also some fun new releases to talk about, including a new Vulcain with a dive table that’s tough to wrap your arms around, and a pair of new Nomos Ahois in a more compact size.

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Show Notes 

• Zach’s wrist check: Grand Seiko SBGA469
• Blake’s wrist check: Girard-Perregaux Laureato Copper Dial
• [VIDEO] Hands-On With The Entirely Unnecessary (But Entirely Awesome) Apple Watch Ultra
• Vulcain Brings Back the Nautical Cricket (Again)
• The Sportiest Nomos Gets an Update with a New Size and Two New Dial Colors
• Review: the Zenith Defy Skyline in Black Ceramic
• [VIDEO] Review: The New TAG Heuer Skipper Carrera

In this episode of Time on Screen, Zach Kazan and Blake Buettner are both fresh off of seeing Oppenheimer, one of the biggest and most talked about movies to be released in years, covering events that Christopher Nolan seems to think are the most important in all of human history. That might be up for some debate, but it’s just one of many things to tackle from this dense, loud, visually impressive, and head spinning film. Of course, as a period piece, there are some historical vintage watches to discuss that appear on screen, but the movie is so immersive and so full of ideas, it’s not likely to leave you distracted by watch spotting.

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Show Notes 

• Blake’s wrist check: TAG Heuer Skipper
• Zach’s wrist check: Lorier Hydra III
• Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Features Carefully Curated Vintage Hamilton Watches, Sourced from Collectors
• The Day After Trinity

This week on the podcast, Blake and Kat are joined by Barbara Palumbo, a longtime fixture in the watch enthusiast community and a friend of the show who you might know better as @whatsonherwrist on Instagram. Barbara is one of our favorite personalities in the watch world, and as you’ll hear in this conversation, is an exceptional storyteller. Barbara tells us about the genesis of her children’s book inspired by an Oris watch, reminisces about watch trade shows of the past and what makes Dubai Watch Week in particular so special, and we get to hear the origin story of her own limited edition watch made in collaboration with Out of Order to celebrate her 50th birthday.

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Show Notes

• Blake’s wrist check: Porsche Design Chronograph 1
• Kat’s wrist check: Rolex Explorer 2
• Barbara’s wrist check: Out of Order “Scotch on the Rocks” Limited Edition
• Flores Delores and the Oris Chronoris
• Dubai Watch Week

In this edition of Time on Screen, Zach Kazan and Kyle Snarr recount their experience with Indiana Jones and dip into the newest installment of the franchise, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Zach gives us all the details around his recent red carpet experience at the LA premiere of the film (more on that here) and gets into the watch on Indy’s wrist—Hamilton’s classically-designed Boulton.

From there the episode transitions into a first for the Time on Screen podcast, Zach gets the chance to interview the Prop Master from the film, Ben Wilkinson. Together they dive deep into the role of the ‘property master’ and how objects on screen should always help move the story forward. A big thanks to Hamilton, Disney, Lucasfilm and our guest Ben Wilkinson for making this episode a reality!

We’re back with a fresh episode of A Week In Watches, covering news from Norqain, Oris, Vulcain, and of course, Linde Werdelin. Additionally, it wouldn’t be a new week without a new collaboration to discuss, and this time it comes courtesy of our friends at Massena LAB and Revolution Magazine in the form of a new, mostly original take on the Uni-Racer Chronograph. Elsewhere, Oris returns to the baseball field to honor the great Milwaukee (okay, and Atlanta) Brave, Hank Aaron with a new colorway of their Big Crown Pointer Date. Another unique configuration of an existing watch released this week is a new Octo Moonphase from Linde Werdelin, who still have a knack for killer case architecture and open dial work.

A favorite release this weeks comes from Vulcain, who is once again bringing back the Nautical Cricket, a diving alarm watch with a gnarly inner bezel which includes a full decompression table. This is a historic watch that’s more than just a novelty, it’s got some serious pedigree under its belt that dates back to the early ’60s. Plus, it offers two caseback options, a move we rarely see at this price point. Keep an eye out for more on that one coming soon. Until then, enjoy this week’s episode below.

A quick note on a programming change with A Week In Watches: this series will be moving to a bi-monthly format, allowing us more time to bring you a broader selection of curated news, at an even better production quality. A lot of work goes into creating these, and we want to make sure we can maintain the best possible balance to bring you our thoughts on all the people, watches, and stories from the industry. This change will take effect beginning next month.

This week’s episode is brought to you by Artem straps. Artem is a modern watch strap maker out of Australia creating a high quality sailcloth-style watch straps. After much testing and iteration, Artem developed a meticulous material selection process which landed on a unique blend of materials that offered just the right finish, flexibility, and water resistance. The upper side of their straps are an embossed synthetic, while the underside is a combo of coated leather and natural rubber. The results are impeccable, made with a quality usually only found in very high-end OEM straps. Visit artemstraps.com to learn more about the brand and its array of products.

This week on the podcast, we’re going back to the 90s for a discussion about the unique nostalgia that period right before the turn of the millennium. We had a great conversation with Gabe Reilly from Collective Horology in front of a crowd at the Windup Watch Fair in Chicago, and are sharing that here this week. The 1990s saw a lot of great (or at least interesting) watches that perhaps don’t get the respect they deserve, and we try to figure out why in this panel discussion.

This episode is brought to you by Artem. Artem is a modern strap maker out of Australia. During their search for great aftermarket watch straps, it became apparent to them that oftentimes, the sailcloth straps offered by many retailers felt like a bit of an afterthought. The quality just wasn’t up to par with straps of other materials. This opportunity provided motivation for them to embark on a journey to create a high quality sailcloth-style watch strap that they’d want to wear everyday, no matter the activity. After much testing and iteration, Artem developed a meticulous material selection process which landed on a unique blend of materials that offered just the right finish, flexibility, and water resistance. The upper side of their straps are an embossed synthetic, while the underside is a combo of coated leather and natural rubber. The result speaks for itself… straps with that classic look and functionality of sailcloth, but with the outer satin sheen they’ve become known for and quality usually only found in very high-end OEM straps. Visit artemstraps.com to learn more about the brand and its array of products.

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Show Notes

• Zach’s wrist check: Citizen Fugu Dive Watch
• Gabe’s wrist check: Omega Seamaster 300M
• Blake’s wrist check: Bell & Ross Multimeter
• Missed Reviews: The 3706 “Fliegerchronograph” is a Reminder of What IWC Used to Be
• [Video] Missed Review: The Sinn EZM1, The First Mission Timer

Want to check out a Windup Watch Fair for yourself? The next one will be in New York City from October 20 – 22, 2023. It’s going to be our biggest fair yet. To stay up to date check out windupwatchfair.com, follow the fair @windupwatchfair, and sign up for our newsletters.

This week on the podcast, we’re coming to you live from the Windup Watch Fair in Chicago, and we’re thrilled to be joined for the second year in a row by James Stacey and Jason Heaton, who you almost certainly know as the co-hosts of The Grey NATO podcast. Blake Buettner and Kat Shoulders joined the TGN guys on stage in front of a live audience on Sunday afternoon of Windup weekend, for a wide ranging discussion that featured a recap of a Lake Michigan dive trip with Benrus the day before, insight into what goes into the decision to actually buy a watch, candid thoughts on some big new releases, and a proper evaluation of how to pronounce “Pelagos.” 

Just like last year, this is a two part episode, so be sure to look out for the rest of the conversation on TGN’s feed tomorrow, which includes a great Q&A with Windup attendees.

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Show Notes

• 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
• James Stacey’s wrist check: Citizen Aqualand
• Jason Heaton’s wrist check: Benrus Ultra-Deep
• Kat’s wrist check: IWC x Collective Pilot Chronograph 41
• Blake’s wrist check: Omega Seamaster PLOPROF
• Tudor Reveals Set of New FXD Watches For Alinghi Red Bull Racing
• TAG Heuer Hits The Seas With New Carrera Skipper Chronograph
• TAG Heuer Reinvents an Icon with the Carrera Chronograph 39mm “Glassbox”
• Introducing: The TAG Heuer Mikrograph
• The Black Bay’s Back, Alright! Tudor Launches the New Black Bay 54 and more
• Arken Introduces their Second Act with the Dual-Time Equipped Alterum
• Seiko Announces the SJE093, a Nearly Identical Recreation of the 62MAS Dive Watch

On this week’s episode of A Week in Watches, we have a bunch of complications and some pretty cool case materials. We start with the UK’s Garrick and their Regulator MK2. From there we head to Austria to check out Habring2’s new Top-Seconds chronograph. After, it’s off to Switzerland for Ochs Und Junior’s new, but old Ochs line Moonphase. Lastly, it’s back to the US for Zodiac and their new line of white ceramic Super Sea Wolfs.

This week’s sponsor is the Windup Watch Shop. New in the shop are some fun, colorful watches that are perfect for the summer like the Citizen Promaster Dive Eco-Drive Unite with Blue and the G-SHOCK MTG Aurora Oval. Be sure to check those out and more at windupwatchshop.com

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In this edition of Time on Screen, recorded following a festive Fourth of July weekend during which no members of the Worn & Wound team were eaten by a shark, Zach Kazan and Kyle Snarr examine Jaws, Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic, and perhaps the ultimate summer movie. Jaws is often credited with creating the modern summer blockbuster, and in this conversation we look at exactly how that happened, from an ingenious and novel marketing strategy to old fashioned great technical filmmaking.

As watch fans are likely aware, Jaws is also a great watch spotting movie, and has made a cult hit out of the humble Alsta Nautoscaph, worn by Richard Dreyfuss throughout the film. Kyle has spent significant time with the Alsta, and gives his impressions of the watch, along with some thoughts on alternative watch casting for other members of the Orca shark hunting crew.

Show Notes: 

• Affordable Vintage: Deep Dive with the Alsta Nautoscaph “Jaws” Diver
• Watches, Stories, and Gear: The “Jaws” Watch, Heath Ledger’s Joker, and More
• Alsta Resurfaces—Introducing the Nautoscaph II Dive Watch
• Watches on the Screen: Jaws

This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan is filling in for the vacationing Blake Buettner, and is joined by Tell the Time’s Dana Li to talk all things Only Watch. Zach and Dana are bringing back the fantasy draft format for this week’s episode, with each picking a three watch slate from the sixty-two watch collection of unique pieces that will be auctioned off for charity later this year. It was a hotly contested draft, with each throwing a wrench into the other’s depth chart at various points, so be sure to vote on your favorite set of watches today in Worn & Wound’s Instagram stories.

This episode is brought to you by the Chicago Windup Watch Fair. Windup Watch Fair is a three-day-long shopping experience that brings watch brands and customers together in a fun, approachable, and engaging environment. Always free and open to the public, Windup Watch Fair encourages everyone from seasoned collectors to first-time watch buyers to come in, take a look, shop, and talk about watches.Over 40 watch, apparel, and gear brands will participate this year, including our lead sponsors, Citizen, Fortis, G-SHOCK, Oris, and Zodiac. There will even be live panels, podcasts, presentations, and a cash bar. Experience Enthusiasm™ in person at the Chicago Windup Watch Fair, at Venue West -221 N. Paulina St, from Friday, July 14th through Sunday, July 16th. To learn more visit www.windupwatchfair.com.

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Show Notes

• Dana’s wrist check: Rowing Blazers x Seiko 5 Sports
• Zach’s wrist check: Grand Seiko SBGA469
• Looking at Watch Trends Heading into Watches & Wonders with Tell the Time’s Dana Li
• Dana Li on Instagram
• Lot 34 – Krayon
• Lot 15 – Bulgari
• Lot 10 – Biver
• Lot 9 – Bell & Ross
• Lot 27 – Gronefeld
• Lot 25 – Gerald Genta

Aaaaaaaaand we’re back for episode 57 of a Week in Watches! It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for launches which includes a bounty of 62 concept watches from the Only Watch auction, so we’re playing a little bit of catch up this week. We start with a trip to the stars with the new Ming 37.05 series 2 and then head to the races with the new Tudor FXDs. After, I couldn’t help but take another look at Only Watch focusing on the incredible offerings from Baltic, Bvlgari, and Konstantin Chaykin. Our last topic was a surprise and surprising drop from Seiko in the form of a new 62MAS re-issue.

This week’s sponsor is Windup Watch Fair Chicago 2023! After a successful weekend in San Francisco, the highly anticipated Windup Watch Fair is heading back to the vibrant city of Chicago from Friday, July 14, through Sunday, July 16, 2023. The fair will be held at Venue West, located at 221 N Paulina St in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago, and feature over 40 brands. Visit and follow windupwatchfair.com for the full list of participating brands.

On today's episode of Changing Gears, Kat is joined once again by Kyle Snarr, our Head of Partnerships here at Worn & Wound. They chat about Kyle's recent trip to France and the Tool/kit he put together for Serica while he was traveling through the French Alps. Kat and Kyle discuss best packing practices as well as handy hacks that are incredibly helpful to the both of them!  Are they team packing cubes or team roll your cloths?? Listen to find out!!! 

We hope you like this new podcast format and really appreciate all the listeners! Kat has some awesome interview 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: 

• Kyle's Wrist check
• Kat's Wrist Check
• Kyle's Kit Check
• Kat's Kit Check
• Tool/kit with The Serica 8315 GMT
• Solgaard Closet Suitcase
• Topo Designs Packing Cube
• Marie Kondo Folding Method
• ADPT Watch Fold 
• Leica Q2 

This week on the podcast, Blake, Zach Weiss, and Zach Kazan are talking about an unusually heavy schedule of new releases from some of the biggest brands in the business. Between new watches from Omega, Tudor, and a slate of one-offs for the Only Watch auction, there was a lot to catch up on. Let us know what you think of the Summer Blue collection celebrating the history of the Seamaster, and which of the week’s two big releases from Tudor has you most excited in the comments below. And be sure to check out all the Only Watch releases as we’ll be diving into these in more depth on a future episode of the podcast.

This episode is brought to you by the Chicago Windup Watch Fair. Windup Watch Fair is a three-day-long shopping experience that brings watch brands and customers together in a fun, approachable, and engaging environment. Always free and open to the public, Windup Watch Fair encourages everyone from seasoned collectors to first-time watch buyers to come in, take a look, shop, and talk about watches.Over 40 watch, apparel, and gear brands will participate this year, including our lead sponsors, Citizen, Fortis, G-SHOCK, Oris, and Zodiac. There will even be live panels, podcasts, presentations, and a cash bar. Experience Enthusiasm™ in person at the Chicago Windup Watch Fair, at Venue West -221 N. Paulina St, from Friday, July 14th through Sunday, July 16th. To learn more visit www.windupwatchfair.com.

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

• Zach K’s wrist check: Aracanaut Arc II Fordite
• Zach W’s wrist check: Ressence Type 8S
• Blake’s wrist check: Tudor Pelagos FXD
• Tudor Reveals Set of New FXD Watches For Alinghi Red Bull Racing
• Omega Celebrates 75 Years of the Seamaster with the New “Summer Blue” Collection
• An Unlikely Tudor Throwback (in Solid Gold) Heads to Only Watch
• Only Watch is Upon Us Once Again, This Year Featuring Furlan Marri and the Debut of their Impressive Perpetual Calendar

What a week! On episode 56 of A Week in Watches we cover a lot, yet barely even scratch the surface of what launched (don’t worry, we’ll get back to it next week). We start off with a look at the second collaboration between Louis Erard and Massena LAB. From there, we descend the depths of the Omega Seamaster catalog with a special collection of 11 new watches for the lines 75th anniversary.

After, there’s a speed round where we quickly cover the Tissot PRX 35mm, the Oris Divers Sixty-Five Steel 38mm Cotton Candy Collection, and the Cara Barrett x Timex collab. Whew. The last segment focuses on a truly epic project by Furlan Marri, the Secular Perpetual Calendar for the upcoming Only Watch auction in November. Quite a week.

This week’s sponsor is Windup Watch Fair Chicago 2023! After a successful weekend in San Francisco, the highly anticipated Windup Watch Fair is heading back to the vibrant city of Chicago from Friday, July 14, through Sunday, July 16, 2023. The fair will be held at Venue West, located at 221 N Paulina St in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago, and feature over 40 brands. Visit and follow windupwatchfair.com for the full list of participating brands.

This week on the podcast, Blake welcomes Ricardo Sime and Blake Malin to show to talk about a variety of topics in a freewheeling conversation, including our tendency to flip Tudors for other Tudors, what’s keeping Blake (Buettner) from picking up a Grand Seiko, and importance of a great bracelet on watches at a higher price point. There’s also an extended conversation on all things Seamaster, which took place almost a week before the big news from Omega that dropped recently. Did we conjure these new releases into existence? It’s definitely possible. 

The main topic this week is the concept of heritage inspired watches. It’s been over ten years since Tudor’s Black Bay helped usher in the era of vintage inspired everything, and we’re taking the temperature of the current state of heritage grounded designs, and how they contrast with more adventurous modern designs employed by some brands. How do you feel about vintage inspired watches in 2023? Has fatigue set it, or are you ready for more? Let us know in the comments.

This episode is brought to you by the Chicago Windup Watch Fair. Windup Watch Fair is a three-day-long shopping experience that brings watch brands and customers together in a fun, approachable, and engaging environment. Always free and open to the public, Windup Watch Fair encourages everyone from seasoned collectors to first-time watch buyers to come in, take a look, shop, and talk about watches.Over 40 watch, apparel, and gear brands will participate this year, including our lead sponsors, Citizen, Fortis, G-SHOCK, Oris, and Zodiac. There will even be live panels, podcasts, presentations, and a cash bar. Experience Enthusiasm™ in person at the Chicago Windup Watch Fair, at Venue West -221 N. Paulina St, from Friday, July 14th through Sunday, July 16th. To learn more visit www.windupwatchfair.com.

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.

Show Notes

• Ricardo’s wrist check: Seiko Speedtimer
• Blake Malin’s wrist check: Paulin Neo B
• Blake Buettner’s wrist check: Tudor Pelagos 39
• Omega Celebrates 75 Years of the Seamaster with the New “Summer Blue” Collection
• Owner’s Review: The Tudor Black Bay Pro
• Zenith Defy Revival A3691 Gets Throwback Red Dial
• Alpina Releases a Surprising Limited Edition for a Big Anniversary in the Heritage Carrée Mechanical

On this week’s episode of A Week in Watches, Zach Weiss covers a diverse group of new releases. We start at the high end with some new chronographs by Singer Reimagined and then head over to a limited quartet by Elka with some help from Ace Jewelers. Next up was a truly wild creation by Schwarz Etienne that was designed by vaunted designer, Eric Giroud. Last, we celebrate Alpina’s 140th anniversary with a look at their incredibly limited and incredibly cool new square watches powered by a vintage caliber.

This week’s episode was brought to you by the Windup Watch Shop. For an excellent and ever-growing catalog of watches, straps, clocks, and more, head to windupwatchshop.com.

This week on the podcast, Zach is calling in from Los Angeles, where he was lucky enough to attend the premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny with Hamilton, who have a watch in the film, and he chats with Blake about his experience at the big premier, and why this movie might be particularly interesting to watch enthusiasts. Then they move on to some notable new releases, including a smaller Tissot PRX, and a great new Longines Spirit Zulu Time GMT with a new 39mm case. And don’t miss the end of the episode, where Zach shares his controversial thoughts on a certain West Coast burger chain.

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Show Notes

• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Premieres this Month, and a Hamilton Boulton is Featured on Indy’s Wrist
• Tissot Puts a Powermatic 80 Movement in their Smallest PRX
• Tissot Revives a Funky Archive Favorite with Modern Re-Interpretation of the Sideral
• [LIVE PICS] Longines Spirit Zulu Time GMT Welcomes New 39mm Case

With our first year behind us (thanks for all the well wishes!), we’re back with episode 53 of A Week In Watches with new releases from Tissot, Breguet, Seiko & more. One of our favorite watches of the summer (thus far) has come from Tissot, and it’s a forged carbon regatta timer called the Sideral. Yes, it’s a callback to something they’ve done in the past, and yes, it’s still awesome. With a carbon case and Powermatic 80 movement, this is a ton of watch (and funk) for about $1,100, see more here. Elsewhere, Breguet gives us a first look at new Type 20 and Type XX watches, with a stunning new movement and a date window that may leave you scratching your head. Head to the video on YouTube to give us your take on the date, as well as the rest of the watches in this week’s episode.

Rounding things out, we’ve got news of a new Pontos S Diver from Maurice Lacroix, which is a welcome site from the brand, though we wonder if it could have done with a slight bit of modernization? Speaking of, Seiko has modernized their King Seiko with a trimmer case architecture and a new movement which brings a date to the regular production modern King Seiko. Finally, IWC has brought the silver dial back to the Mark Pilot watch and it works about as well as you’d expect, which is to say, pretty damn well.

This week’s episode was brought to you by the Windup Watch Shop. For an excellent and ever-growing catalog of watches, straps, clocks, and more, head to windupwatchshop.com.

On this episode of Time on Screen, Zach is joined by Asher Rapkin, co-founder of Collective Horology. We return to the small screen this week to focus on what might just be as close as we’ll ever come to a consensus pick for the greatest television show of them all, The Sopranos. Zach and Asher reminisce about catching the series as it aired (they’re both kind of old) and acquiring those iconic DVD box sets, another collecting rabbit hole altogether. Then they dive into “Mr. Ruggerio’s Neighborhood,” the season 3 premiere that originally aired in the spring of 2001, setting the table for what some fans argue is the best single season of the show. This episode, which tracks an FBI team as they attempt to plant a listening device in the Soprano home (the “sausage factory”), is uniquely obsessed with time, and has what is easily one of the show’s great watch spots on Agent Harris. His Timex (with an Indiglo dial) is sneakily great character work, drawing a clear line between Tony and life of ill gotten gains, and the more humble means of the government employee just doing his job in trying to take him down.

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Show Notes

• Asher’s wrist check: Armin Strom Gravity Equal Force P.03 for Collective
• Zach’s wrist check: IWC Pilot Chronograph 41 Ceratanium
• The Ringer’s Sopranos Episode Ranking
• Not Fade Away
• The Many Saints of Newark
• Breakdown of the Sopranos finale

This week on the podcast, Blake, Zach Kazan, Zach Weiss, and Kat Shoulders are all in the studio. Maybe it’s the whole “recording in person” thing, but this one has a bit of everything, including a lengthy wrist check that dives into numerous tangents, from potential alternative terms for “strap monster” (and why we don’t refer to pants as “belt monsters”), weird watch tools we don’t know how to use, and how to solve the problem of too much text on a dial. Other topics in this totally normal episode of the podcast include our favorite Corvettes, toad straps, and watches that say Turbo on the dial. The main topic, such as it is, is a dive into our WatchRecon alerts, inspired by Zach Kazan’s recent editorial on the strange connection to old watch searches.

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Show Notes

• Zach K’s wrist check: IWC Pilot Chrono 41 Ceratanium
• Kat’s wrist check: Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical
• Zach W’s wrist check: Louis Erard x Konstantin Chaykin “Time Eater”
• Blake’s wrist check: Timex IronMan Flix
• The 4th Watch & The Importance of the Non-Essential
• Serica Bolsters the 5303 COSC Antimagnetic Diving Chronometer from Within
• Opinion: When WatchRecon Alerts Tell the Story of Your Life
• Hands On: the H. Moser Streamliner Tourbillon Vantablack
• A Closer Look at the Ressence Type 8S and Type 1 Round (w/ Video)  

We did it! We've done a full year of A Week in Watches! For episode 52 we decided to mix things up and have three hosts, all in studio, taking questions we received from the Worn & Wound+ Slack Community! 

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We're back after an unscheduled break that saw the cancellation of Round 6 of the F1 season, which was due to take place at Imola, due to heavy flooding in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy. Side note, you can learn more and even help those effected by visiting this web page outlining organizations set up to provide support. These events will mean the shortening of the F1 season from 23 races, to 22 races, though this past race in Monaco remains round 7 on the calendar. Monaco is of course the most glamorous date on the schedule, running through the streets of the Monte Carlo canton of the principality for the 80th time this year.

This week on the podcast, we’ve got summer on the mind. Blake Buettner, Kat Shoulders, and Zach Kazan sit down to talk about the ins and outs of the “summer watch” with our special guest Jessica “J.J.” Owens. J.J. is one of our favorite members of the watch community – her Instagram is a must follow for the french fry reviews alone – and she has a lot to say about the concept of the summer watch, along with a few recommendations and stories of summer watches past. She also tells us about her new venture, the Daily Grail, a watch website focusing on a fun and grounded approach to luxury, filtered through J.J.’s unique perspective.

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Show Notes

• The Daily Grail
• Introducing the ADPT Series 1 Watches
• Opinion: We Need to Talk About “Drop” Culture
• Introducing the Lorier x Worn & Wound Gemini Limited Edition
• Introducing The Omega Aqua Terra With Small Seconds
• Opinion: When WatchRecon Alerts Tell the Story of Your Life