The Worn & Wound Podcast

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Windup Watch Fair Discussions: Christopher Ward and Oak & Oscar Apr 27, 2022

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This week on the podcast, we’re doing something a little different. All week, we’ll be bringing you a series of conversations from the recent Windup Watch Fair in the great city of San Francisco. If you were following along on the blog and social media over the last few days, you already know that we hosted a ton of great brands and thousands of guests over three days at the Terra Gallery in San Francisco, and we didn’t miss the opportunity to sit down with as many brand owners and founders as we possibly could. Naturally, we recorded those conversations for posterity, and over the next week or so will be presenting them to you in podcast form, for your listening pleasure.

Today, we’ve got two interviews to kick things off. First up, we’re talking to Chase Fancher, the founder of Oak & Oscar. Then we’ve got a great conversation with Christopher Ward CEO Mike France, along with Jorg Bader, who leads the product team at the brand.

Later in the week, we’ll be bringing you interviews with Lewis Heath of anOrdain, Raphael Granito of Formex, MK II’s Bill Yao, Wes Kwok of Nodus, Baltic’s Etienne Malec, and Nivada-Grenchen’s Guillaume Laidet. If you’re subscribed to the Worn & Wound podcast feed already, be sure to check it regularly, as we’ll be publishing the rest of our interviews soon.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 235: Reddit, Tacos, and Roger Dubuis Apr 20, 2022

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, the gang’s all here to talk about our recent AMA on the r/watches sub on Reddit. Last week, the editorial team had the chance to field your questions on watches, trade shows, tacos (yes, tacos) and a whole lot more, and on today’s episode we’re tying up loose ends, returning to answer some additional questions, and getting our own Ed Jelley’s take on many of the hot-button issues that were covered. This is a truly wide ranging conversation that runs the gamut, which is quite simply a result of the fantastic questions we were asked during the AMA. Naturally, we continue the ongoing conversation on big new releases like the Tudor Black Bay Pro, but we also dive into more esoteric topics, like our feelings on celebrity ambassadors, favorite reviews from the Worn & Wound archive, and Producer Josh’s hat collection.

What questions do you have for us that weren’t covered on Reddit last week? Drop them in the comments or hit us on Instagram and we’ll be sure to answer them!

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 234: the MoonSwatch, our Favorite Bell & Ross Ever, and Watches & Wonders Loose Ends Apr 13, 2022

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, the editorial team is back from Geneva, and we’re tying up loose ends. Remember the MoonSwatch? It seems (to us, at least) like a million years ago that the Omega x Swatch collaboration broke the internet, but really it’s just been a few weeks. In all the Watches & Wonders hysteria, we never even discussed it on mic. Well, that’s rectified in this week’s episode. Also, right in the middle of the show, Bell & Ross (not a Watches & Wonders participant) released one of our absolute favorite watches of the year, a crazy “multimeter” chronograph in black ceramic. Can you read it? Not really. But it’s great, and we just love the way it looks. We also reflect on some of the small details of Watches & Wonders that made this year’s show so special, from the scale of it all, to our favorite booths, and even some of stuff we missed that has us looking forward to next year.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 233: Wrapping Up Watches & Wonders Week Apr 06, 2022

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Today on the Worn & Wound podcast, it’s another dispatch from Geneva, this time to put a bow on Watches & Wonders 2022. It was a great show, and today’s episode of the podcast is a recap highlighting some of our favorite watches, Geneva experiences, and sandwiches. Yes, sandwiches. There were a lot of little sandwiches consumed this week.

This podcast was recorded at Barton 7, one of the many smaller watch events held concurrently with Watches & Wonders. On the day of the recording, we had spent the morning with Urwerk and F.P. Journe, both great learning experiences that we get into in this episode. We also talk through some of the very cool watches we saw at Barton 7, including pieces from Singer Reimagined and Ikepod.

Thanks to everyone for following along on our first trip back to Switzerland in far too long. Be sure to check in here for even more coverage of Watches & Wonders and new releases from other brands who didn’t participate in the show in the very near future.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 232: Day One of Watches & Wonders Mar 31, 2022

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Today on the podcast, the Worn & Wound editorial team is on the ground in Geneva, taking in the first full day of Watches & Wonders. Trade Shows are officially back, and it’s an exciting thing for the watch community. We saw a lot of watches on day one, but the highlight was probably our very first meeting of the day: Tudor. We’ve got our first impressions of our favorite watches from their new lineup, as well as our takes on some of the watches that are already among the most talked about at the show, including new releases from Rolex, Grand Seiko, and more.

Stay tuned to Worn & Wound for more reporting live from Watches & Wonders for the next week, and be sure to follow along on Instagram as well for all the behind the scenes updates.

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Zach K’s wrist check: Grand Seiko SBGH271
Zach W’s wrist check: anOrdain Model 1
Blake Buettner: Rolex Daytona
Is the Tudor Black Bay Pro the 39mm GMT of Your Dreams?
Tudor Expands their Chronograph and GMT Collections with New Two-Tone References
Rolex Goes Destro With New GMT-Master II 126720VTNR

The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 231: Previewing Watches & Wonders Mar 23, 2022

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast: we’re going to Switzerland! Blake and Zach welcome Patrick Marlett, Worn & Wound’s Media Producer, to the podcast for the very first time to talk about (and speculate) about what’s to come in Geneva for Watches & Wonders. Excitement is really brewing for what is, for most of us, the first major in-person Swiss trade show since the onset of the pandemic back in 2020. Will brands be pulling out all the stops for the occasion? We expect they will, and we’ve got thoughts on what we’d like to see from Rolex, Tudor, Grand Seiko, and more on this week’s episode.

What are you hoping to see come out of Watches & Wonders this year? Let us know in the comments, and we’ll be on the ground in Switzerland to bring it all to you next week.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 230: New Releases from Omega, "Extra" Watches, and More Mar 16, 2022

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake and Zach take the mic to talk about, well, a little bit of everything. There’s a rundown of some of the biggest new releases of the last week or so, and then a deep dive into the latest drop from Omega (see the show notes for links to our coverage on those). And when we say “dive,” we mean it, because the big news was a new flagship dive watch line with a water resistance rating of a stunning 6,000 meters. That’s 20,000 feet! Almost four miles of water! Practical? That’s debatable. But it’s certainly a technological and engineering feat, and something definitely worth discussing.

Then we turn to Zach’s recent opinion piece on why he likes his watches a little bit “extra,” which itself was a response to Blake’s piece on “basic” watches. What did we discover? Unsurprisingly, there’s a lot more overlap here than we thought, and room enough for everything. How does this all relate to Nirvana’s “Something in the Way” and The Batman? Tune in to find out, and let us know your thoughts on the basic vs. extra debate, your favorite Batman, or anything else you’d like us to know in the comments below.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 229: A Conversation with Wesley Smith, founder of Standard H Mar 09, 2022

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This week on the podcast, Blake Buettner and Thomas Calara are joined by Wesley Smith, founder of apparel brand Standard H. Smith has been running Standard H since 2015, and describes it as “elevated casual for the discerning car and watch lover.” In this episode, you’ll hear about the beginnings of the Standard H brand, a sneak peak at what’s in store for the future, and how the watch and automotive worlds inevitably collide. Fair warning, there’s a lot of car talk in this one, including Wesley’s modding strategy on his own GTI (and how it relates to watches), and even a little F1 preview.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 228: Watches We've Warmed Up To Mar 02, 2022

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re talking about how our tastes have changed, and the watches that we’ve warmed up to over time. You know how it goes: you see a watch, have a neutral or even negative reaction, but over time it worms its way into your brain, and you begin to actually, against all odds, kind of like it. Why does this happen? We all have an example of a watch, a brand, or a style that we’ve grown to like over time. Whether it’s a diver with a strange shape, a blinged out Rolex, or a watch that on paper you’d have sworn was too thick, sometimes a watch is a slow burn, taking months or even years to reveal itself in the right light.

We want to know all about the watches that you’ve grown to like over time, so leave a note in the comments or on Instagram to tell us what watches you’ve warmed up to.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 227: A Conversation with Max from WatchCrunch Feb 23, 2022

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re joined by Max of Watch Crunch, a new and exciting social platform for watch lovers. Watch Crunch was launched only about three months ago, but it’s been in the works for much longer, and has made quite a splash in a relatively short period of time (it grew out of what was already a pretty successful YouTube channel). The idea is simple: provide a platform for watch lovers to connect over their shared interests in a new way. Sounds like a forum, you might say. But this one was created from the ground up with watch enthusiasts in mind, making it easy to share photos, reviews, ask questions, and more, all with a personalized feed tailored to your interests. Max has a lot planned for Watch Crunch going forward, and he talks about some of that, as well as how this all came about, in this conversation with Blake Buettner.

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