The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 199: Grail Watches, Revisited

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake Buettner and Zach Kazan pick up their recent discussion on grail watches, and this time they’re joined by Zach Weiss and you, the listener, by way of questions and comments submitted through Instagram. We asked for your thoughts on the concept of the “grail watch” and our recent editorial on the subject, and you had a lot to say. In this conversation we take an even deeper dive into how the idea of a grail watch guides and informs our collecting, and we react to plenty of listener feedback. It turns out that there are a lot of ways that you can properly classify a “grail,” from hypothetical watches that may or not exist, to watches that have a particular set of specs, and, of course, all manner of vintage Rolex and rare, handcrafted, luxury watches. We also talk about how our ideas of a grail watch can change over time (and how that’s part of being an engaged collector) and the role that marketing plays (or doesn’t play) in pointing us toward a grail.

Be sure to keep the conversation going – if you have thoughts on the idea of the grail watch, be sure to let us know in the comments either right here or on Instagram.

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Show Notes

• Zach W’s wrist check: Christopher Ward x Worn & Wound C65 Sandstorm
• Zach K’s wrist check: Delft Watch Works Oostpoort
• Blake’s wrist check: Linde Werdelin Spidolite II  
• Don’t Choose Poorly: Revisiting The Concept Of “Grail Watches”
• Is the term “GRAIL” misused nowadays?
• Talking Watches With Alfredo Paramico
• The Golden Ratio
• Phillips Sells a $1.5 Million Philippe Dufour Simplicity
• Rolex vs. Smiths: Which Watch Summited Everest in 1953?