The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 201: Our Favorite August Releases

This week on the podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, and Zach Kazan are discussing some of the recent new releases that have caught our collective eye in the month of August. There’s a lot of Grand Seiko activity to discuss, including some new US exclusive limited editions at an affordable price point, and some flagship Spring Drive releases that have the watch community buzzing. There’s also the matter of a new four-way collaboration between Habring, Massena LAB, J.N. Shapiro, and the Horological Society of New York, which produced not only a beautiful and interesting watch (that sold out almost immediately) but provided a preview of the potential for great things to come from the HSNY and the independent watch community. Speaking of collaborations, the latest release from Oris and Hodinkee is discussed as well, along with our hottest possible takes on the pricing of Oris’s latest watches with their in-house caliber. 

What were your favorite releases in the month of August? Be sure to comment below or hit us up on Instagram with your picks, and let us know what you thought of the watches we talked about in this episode.

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Show Notes 

• Zach K’s wrist check: Zodiac x Worn & Wound Super Sea Wolf
• Zach W’s wrist check: Seiko Tuna
• Blake’s wrist check: Rolex Explorer
• Introducing The Habring x Massena LAB ERWIN LAB03 (ft. Joshua N. Shapiro)
• Horological Society of New York
• Grand Seiko’s Latest is the Thinnest Automatic Spring Drive Yet
• Introducing the Grand Seiko SLGA008, the Brand’s Latest Precious Metal Timepiece with a “Tree Ring” Dial
• Hands-On with the Grand Seiko SLGH005 “White Birch”
• The Classic Grand Seiko Hand Winder Gets Some Color In New, US Exclusive LEs
• Oris and Hodinkee Collaborate on a Limited Edition Caliber 400 Equipped Divers Sixty-FIve
• Review: Oris Divers Sixty-Five “Cotton Candy”
• New Farer Segrave Chronograph Gets Monopusher and Big Eye
• Missed Reviews: The 3706 “Fliegerchronograph” is a Reminder of What IWC Used to Be