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Time On Track: THE SUMMER BREAK Aug 23, 2024

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It’s finally over.

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

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

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

The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 360: Live from the James Brand Summer Pop-Up Aug 21, 2024

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

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A Week in Watches Ep. 87 – TAG Heuer Actually Made a Cool Watch and More! Aug 19, 2024

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

The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 359: A Report from the Mubadala City DC Open with Rado, and First Impressions of the New Seiko Samurai Aug 14, 2024

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

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

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Time On Track: The 2024 BELGIAN GP Aug 09, 2024

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

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

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

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

The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 358: Listener Q&A with Kat Shoulders and Zach Kazan Aug 07, 2024

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

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

And if you like what you hear, then don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes.

If there’s a question you want us to answer you can hit us up at info@wornandwound.com, and we’ll put your question in the queue.

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Time On Screen: Mad Max: Fury Road Aug 01, 2024

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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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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 357: What it's Like to Write About Watches, and Impressions of the Zenith Defy Extreme Diver Jul 31, 2024

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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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Time On Track: The 2024 BRITISH and HUNGARIAN GP Part II Jul 26, 2024

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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.

The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 356: Our Watch Origin Stories, and First Watch Recommendations Jul 24, 2024

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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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