The Worn & Wound Podcast

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A Week In Watches Ep 37: Analog Tech and Retro Digital Feb 19, 2023

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Time on Screen Podcast: Predator Feb 17, 2023

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Time on Screen is back this week, and for this episode Zach Kazan welcomes Ed Jelley to the show to talk about Predator, a film that basically personifies “80s Action Movie” about as perfectly as one can imagine. The Arnold Schwarzennger vs. alien romp in an unnamed South American jungle is full of iconic moments, including a stream of classic one-liners that is only limited by characters rapidly being knocked off by the aforementioned alien. This movie is a lot of fun, a personal favorite of Ed’s, and it also happens to be a very important watch spotting movie, featuring as it does an ana-digi Seiko that would come to be inextricably linked with Schwarzenegger himself.

Ed also spotted another ana-digi watch worn by another character in the film, which begs the question: why is the ana-digi format so perfect for hunting an alien in the jungle? Ed and Zach have some theories.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 283: Palate Cleansers, Perpetual Calendars, and Paul Rudd’s Grand Seiko Feb 15, 2023

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake Buettner is joined by Zach Weiss for a good old fashioned watch chat focused on recent releases, what we’re wearing and enjoying now, and all the diversions you’d come to expect. That includes a discussion on the etiquette of a lowball offer on eBay, the notion of a watch as a palate cleanser, and the inherent role of sentimentality in watch collecting. Blake and Zach also dive into a new batch of King Seikos (and a mysterious new Seiko caliber), an even bigger batch of new releases from Audemars Piguet, the practicality of perpetual calendars, and ponder the question of whether or not Paul Rudd is a watch guy.

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A Week In Watches Ep 36: AP Does All the Complications, Seiko’s New Movement, & A Charming Hand-Wound Chronograph Feb 12, 2023

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Welcome to episode 36 of A Week in Watches! We tackle a packed week of news from the likes of Audemars Piguet, Citizen, Seiko, and the return of Meraud with an incredibly charming chronograph called the Antigua. Audemars Piguet dropped plenty of new watches on the world this week, including their most complicated watch ever, the RD4 in the Code 11:59 body. Read more of our thoughts on the new AP releases right here. Seiko revealed a new movement in a trio of new King Seiko references, as well as a special 110th Anniversary King Seiko with a beautiful geometric brown dial.

Finally, we discuss a sophomore release from the brand Meraud, who impressed us with their Antigua, a colorful hand wound chronograph with a rather unexpected movement. You can read more of our thoughts on this watch in this hands-on review. Catch all this and more in the full episode below, and be sure to subscribe for more great watch content.

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.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 282: eBay’s Tirath Kamdar Feb 08, 2023

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On today’s episode of the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake Buettner and Zach Kazan are joined by Tirath Kamdar, GM of Global Luxury at eBay. Tirath is a watch lover who oversees everything you see when you’re constantly searching for that grail watch on eBay. Tirath tells us about his history in the watch world, the watches he’s looking to add to his own collection (hint: he’s into bright colors), and his own thoughts on where the watch market is heading.He also dives deep into the eBay Authenticity Guarantee, how it works, and why he feels it’s increasingly important in a competitive marketplace.

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A Week In Watches Ep 35: What’s Old is New Again Feb 05, 2023

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It’s time for episode 35 of A Week in Watches! This week, Zach Weiss is back with some new, old releases. Well, they are all new versions of watches that have existed before, to be more accurate. There’s a stunning urushi dial from Grand Seiko, a cool collab from Synchron, a funky Zenith, and some unabashedly bold Citizens.

This week’s episode is sponsored by Whatnot, a live-stream auction app where you can buy and sell unique items. Join the Windup Watch Shop on Tuesday, February 7th ET, where they will be showing and selling various items from the shop, including the Zodiac x Rowing Blazer Sea Wolf and ADPT Series 1 Watches. There will be giveaways, auctions, and more! Follow this link to sign up for Whatnot and get $15 in credit toward your first purchase.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 281: Recommendations from the Team Feb 01, 2023

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, Kat Shoulders, and Zach Kazan are taking a break from dedicated watch talk (mostly) and gathering around the mic to bring you some of our personal recommendations for a whole host of things. From movies, to booze, to gear and apparel, we like a whole lot of stuff, and our interests inform how we approach watches in unexpected ways. This is a truly wide ranging conversation that covers everything from horror movies to craft cocktails, and we hope you enjoy it and can take one or two things we like and incorporate them into your own life.

As always, we want to hear from you. Have a recommendation for us? Something we should read or watch? A travel destination? Leave us a comment and let us know.

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A Week In Watches Ep 34: A New Balance from Omega, Dune Watches from Christopher Ward, and a Gold Metric from Brew Jan 29, 2023

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Welcome to episode 34 of A Week in Watches, where we’ve got managing editor Blake Buettner jumping back in to discuss a handful of new releases, and one important survey. We’re kicking things off with the biggest news of the week that’s focused on something very small from Omega, and that is their new Spirate Balance, which we introduce on the site right here, and react to in real time right here. We still not sure how it’s pronounced but the technology is impressive! The watch its packed in also makes quite the statement, and we’d love to hear your thoughts on this one.

That Omega wasn’t the only big news this week, though. Brew dropped a stunning gold Metric on us that works way better than it has any business doing. Is this the watch that gets us into gold? Likely. Next up are a couple releases from the UK, with the 36mm Three Hander collection of watches from Farer, and new C65 Dune watches from Christopher Ward. Lots of unique personality to find in these watches, from big colorful dials, to svelte shapely cases. Finally, we’ve got a watch and wrist size survey from Mark Cho of NYC’s The Armoury. Let your voice be heard by taking the survey found right here.

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.

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.

Time on Screen: Arrival Jan 27, 2023

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This week on the Time on Screen, Zach is joined by Kat Shoulders to talk about Arrival, Denis Villeneuve’s 2016 first contact tale starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. Arrival is the kind of movie that Time on Screen was made for: deeply interested in time itself as a theme, with a narrative structure that contorts and reconstructs our sense of time throughout. If you’ve seen the film, this is a really fun discussion that fully dives into the complex implications and questions that Arrival brings to the surface. And if you haven’t seen it? Well, you’ll want to do that before hitting play on this one, because it’s impossible to discuss without spoiling.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 280: Hands on at LVMH Watch Week Jan 25, 2023

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This week on the podcast, the editorial team is in the studio to talk about all the watches they saw at LVMH Watch Week in New York. From a SAXEM Hublot that makes us think of radioactive tennis balls, to impeccably skeletonized Zenith Defys, there was a lot to take in. Be sure to check out our photo report and all of our LVMH Watch Week coverage linked below, and let us know about your favorite debuts, and what you’re looking forward to seeing at Watches & Wonders, likely the next big proving ground for new watch releases this year.

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