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Ep 388: Under the Radar Watches Mar 05, 2025

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Garrett Jones and Devin Pennypacker to talk about one of our favorite subjects: under the radar watches. We all know about the usual suspects: your Submariners, your Speedmasters, your Seiko divers, and so on. But there’s a whole world of watches out there to be discovered, and the team is here to help you find some that are bubbling just beneath the surface. Our panel discusses how we define an “under the radar” watch in the first place, and then provides a whole bunch of recommendations across a variety of categories. Just to make things interesting, we set a limit of $1,500 per watch in an effort to prove you don’t have to spend a lot of money to find something interesting, unusual, and rewarding.

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A Week In Watches EP100 Mar 02, 2025

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Welcome to episode one hundred of A Week in Watches! It’s hard to believe we’ve reached this milestone—what started in 2022 as a weekly rundown of the latest watch releases has now spanned two and a half years. We’ve covered countless releases from big brands, independent watchmakers, and everything in between. There have been plenty of opinions shared, a few laughs along the way, and most importantly, a thriving community of viewers who have made this journey so rewarding. Your continued support, comments, and enthusiasm keep this show going.

To mark episode 100, we wanted to do something special, so we reached out to the Worn & Wound Plus Slack community and our Instagram followers for a special AMA session with Zach Weiss. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions, and apologies if we didn’t get to yours.

This episode is made possible by the Windup Watch Shop, featuring Worn & Wound’s latest limited edition collaboration with Nivada Grenchen—the 36mm Meca-Quartz Datomaster in green and teal with a hint of purple. Check those out and more here.

Time on Screen: 2025 Academy Awards Preview Feb 27, 2025

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Time on Screen returns this week with one our favorite episodes of the year, our annual Academy Awards preview. Zach Kazan is joined by Kyle Snarr for this episode, where they’re committed to helping you win your office Oscar pool, or just have a better understanding of the biggest night in movies.

This year’s Oscar season has been one of the most memorable of recent years, with no clear front runner for much of the season. This represents a big change as the last few years have seen clear favorites emerge relatively early in the race, but this year is marked by at least some uncertainty in many of the most high profile categories. This has also been a year that’s marked the return of some good old fashioned gamesmanship at the Oscars, with controversies real and imagined gaining traction in the press. Whether they’ll impact the race or not is an open question, but Kyle and Zach discuss them all here and do their best to handicap the race to this point.

Thanks as always for listening, and be sure to drop your Oscar picks in the comments below!

Ep 387: What Do We Value in Watches? Feb 26, 2025

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This week, Griffin Bartsch makes his return to the Worn & Wound podcast, where he joins Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss for a conversation focused on how we find value watches. Inspired by Griffin’s recent review of his Vertex Aqualion, they dig into concepts of price sensitivity, how we rationalize the cost of a watch, and what actually makes us think a watch is “overpriced.” It’s a fun discussion on a topic at the forefront of the minds of many collectors as watch prices rise but the overall quality of a watch doesn’t necessarily follow suit.

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Changing Gears: Sam Amis on Crafting Meaningful Objects Feb 21, 2025

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In this episode of Changing Gears, Kat chats with industrial designer Sam Amis, whose career has taken him from innovating cutting-edge gear at Nike, to shaking up the world of everyday carry at The James Brand. They dive into his journey from art-loving high schooler to designing some of the most modern pocket knives out there. Sam shares behind-the-scenes stories from working with Timex, his love for iconic design (think Swiss Army knives and Air Jordans), and how his obsession with symmetry influences his work. They also geek out over watches, talk about the magic of good product design, and even touch on AI’s growing role in the creative process. Whether you’re a design nerd, a gearhead, or just love a good origin story, this one’s a must-listen!

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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Ep 386: A Dive Watch Draft Feb 19, 2025

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re drafting divers! Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss and Devin Pennypacker to participate in a fun but ultimately fruitless exercise whereby they pick their favorite divers at three different price points: under $5,000, between $5,000 and $15,000, and over $15,000. It’s always fun to play with fake money, and our panel picks a truly wide and sometimes strange selection of divers, from the common to the completely obscure and everywhere in between.

Before they get into the diver conversation, Zach, Devin, and Zach discuss two of the bigger pieces of news to come across the transom last week, Rolex shuttering the Bucherer brand, and the news that Breitling is apparently set to acquire Gallet.

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A Week in Watches Ep. 99: Grand Seiko, Baltic, and More! Feb 16, 2025

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On Episode 99 of A Week in Watches, Zach takes us through a few new releases and ends on a brand-obit. First up are a few new models from Grand Seiko that, shocker, are inspired by nature. Next is a look at a new take on the Hermétique sport/field watch by Baltic with added functionality. After, it’s over to Germany to check out the new and very impressive watches by Jochen Benzinger. Finally, it’s time to bid farewell to Carl F. Bucherer.

The DIY Watch Club sponsors this episode of A Week in Watches. Building a watch will elevate your appreciation for timepieces. Perfect bezel alignment? Blued steel hands? Mind-blowing lume? With DIY Watch Club, you get to experience the craftsmanship firsthand and gain a whole new level of appreciation for your watches. Learn more here

Ep 385: February Q&A Feb 12, 2025

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast it’s question time once again – we’ve reached out to our Worn & Wound+ Slack community and Zach Kazan, Devin Pennypacker, and Garrett Jones have assembled to answer them. We’ve got fun questions this month on a range of topics, from hypothetical racing team sponsorships to pocket knife preferences, and many things in between, including pizza and the state of the moviegoing experience. There are even some watch questions mixed in there from time to time.

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Ep 384: New Releases for LVMH Watch Week, British Watchmakers’ Day, and More Feb 05, 2025

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, it’s a good old fashioned new release roundup. We are (finally!) through the first month of 2025, and an initial batch of new watches have made an appearance from brands large and small. The season kicked off with new watches at LVMH Watch Week, which saw product announcements from TAG Heuer, Zenith, and the rest of the LVMH stable. We’ve also seen several limited editions announced ahead of British Watchmakers’ Day coming up in March, and several notable stray releases from indie favorites.

In this episode, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders run through a selection of these new releases, and provide some thoughts on what (if anything) they portend for the rest of the year, including Watches & Wonders, which is right around the corner.

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Changing Gears: Our Favorite Gear from 2024 Jan 31, 2025

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On today’s episode of Changing Gears, Kat Shoulders and Garrett Jones go over their favorite gear from last year. They both spend a lot of time in the photography and EDC space and have both counted up a list of their favorite items in 2024. We hope you love this episode as much as we did and we're excited to hear what your faves were from last year!

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