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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 196: Grail Watches Jul 28, 2021

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Blake Buettner and Zach Kazan run down some of the most exciting recent releases, and tackle one of the most pressing topics for many watch collectors: grail watches. What is a grail watch, anyway? In this episode, we talk about how to define a grail, it’s importance (or lack thereof) in collecting, and the feasibility of a one (or slightly more than one) watch collection.

What are your thoughts on grail watches? Do you have one of your own, or do you bristle at the very idea of chasing after a single watch? Be sure to let us know in the comments, and we’ll be sure to return to this topic in a future podcast.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 195: A Roundup of New Summer Releases, TAG's new Mario Watch, and More Jul 21, 2021

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re playing catch up, and talking about some of our favorite recent summer watch releases. We’ve had a string of podcasts with some great guests recently (check out the archive here if you missed anything) but today it’s just Zach Weiss, Blake Buettner, and Zach Kazan talking about new releases, recent acquisitions, and a certain controversial smartwatch featuring a popular video game plumber. We also talk about a few of the watches to be sold at the Only Watch auction later this year, including a very special watch from Baltic, and a very strange watch from F.P. Journe featuring a unique method for reading the time through a hand shaped automaton built into the dial, conceived in part by the director of Jack (really – it’s all true). There’s also the matter of a very cool new watch from an upstart brand in the Netherlands, a little preview of the upcoming Windup Watch Shop Summer Pop-Up, and, oh yeah, a new release from Tudor. Who says summers are slow in the watch industry?

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 194: A Conversation with Ben Clymer, Founder of Hodinkee Jul 14, 2021

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This week on the podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, and Blake Malin are joined by Hodinkee’s Ben Clymer for a wide ranging discussion reflecting on a long, shared history in the watch media landscape. Ben is the founder and Executive Chairman of Hodinkee, and in the thirteen years since he started the website, it’s grown into a leading resource for all things watches, a one-stop retail shop for new, vintage, and pre-owned watches, and a whole lot more. As Worn & Wound celebrates its tenth anniversary, it was a great time to sit down with Ben and talk about how the watch world has changed over the last decade, and how far both Worn & Wound and Hodinkee have come. This is a great conversation that you won’t want to miss if you’re a regular reader of either site.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 193: Listener Q&A Jul 07, 2021

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This week on the podcast, Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, and Zach Kazan are once again taking your questions. When you submitted questions for our recent podcast with the Worn & Wound co-founders, we had a bunch left over that we wanted to get to. We cover some pretty big topics here, including how our collecting habits and tastes have changed, and the watches that have most impressed and surprised us over the years, and very recently. We also dig into the much discussed idea of “cost per wear” and how that can justify an expensive purchase and potentially reveal hidden value.

We love to answer your questions on the podcast, so please keep them coming! Never hesitate to message on Instagram or email us at the address below if there’s anything you’d like us to discuss on the air. And be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for video clips of this podcast and others.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 192: Recasting Watches Jun 30, 2021

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Have you ever found yourself watching a movie, and thinking to yourself that a particular character is wearing a watch that just doesn’t make any sense? Conversely, are there watches that feel perfectly cast in your favorite movies? Of course you have – it’s the cross that all us as watch fanatics must bear. Today on the podcast, we’re diving deep into watch casting, choosing the watches that we think make the most sense in some particularly iconic films, and choosing new watches for characters in movies you’ve suggested. Hear us weigh in on watches that would make sense on the wrists of Forrest Gump, the Stand by Me kids, Arnold Schwarzenegger (in multiple movies) and more. This is a fun one for movie and watch fans alike, and definitely a topic we’ll be returning to in the future, so be sure to let us know if you have characters and movies you’d like us to cast or recast from a watch nerd perspective.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 191: The Craziest High End Independent Watches, with Steve Hallock Jun 23, 2021

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This week on the podcast, Zach and Blake are joined by watch industry veteran Steve Hallock. Steve has been around the watch industry for years, working for MB&F, creating content for YouTube, and as a dealer of some of the most exotic independent watches you’ll ever see. The watches that Steve is an expert on are truly rare and unique, and even if you can’t afford or don’t aspire to own watches like these, there’s a lot of horology to appreciate, and Steve’s enthusiasm for watches is infectious. Throughout the course of this conversation, he takes us through his own story of his time in the watch industry, as well as a handful of watches pulled from his safe that are not to be missed. And since we understand the limitations of podcasting as an audio medium, be sure to check out our YouTube channel, where you can see these watches up close and personal.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 190: A Conversation with the Worn & Wound Partners Jun 16, 2021

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, it’s a special episode with the three founders: Zach Weiss, Blake Malin, and James Helms. On the occasion of Worn & Wound’s tenth anniversary, Zach, Blake, and James sit down to reflect on where the website has been, where it’s going, and the many highs and lows along the way. They also answer questions submitted by you about topics ranging from the status of the Windup Watch Fair, what they’d do differently if they started the blog today, dream Worn & Wound collaborations, and more. This is a great conversation whether you’ve been with Worn & Wound since the beginning, or have just discovered the site, and offers a lot of insight into how the company has grown into what it is today.

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 189: Genre Bending Watches Jun 09, 2021

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re asking the age old question: what’s in a name? Not in the Shakespearean sense, but in the world of watches, what we call these things that we strap to our wrist can have an outsized impact on how we perceive them. We take Zach Weiss’s recent review of the Grand Seiko SBGE225 as the jumping off point to try to decide what, exactly, this watch is, sitting somewhere adjacent to a travel watch, a sports watch, and even a dive watch. In the end, does it really matter? Does a watch need to fit neatly into a certain genre for it to hold an appeal, or is the opposite true?

We also talk about some of the content to appear on the site in the last week, including a new limited edition from Oris, and Blake’s review of a highly anticipated new watch from Citizen, dubbed simply “The Citizen.” This one proved to be something of a love-it or hate-it release, so let us know where you stand in the comments or on Instagram.

Be sure to let us know how you feel watches that seem to bend genres, and what your favorite #GADA watches are, and why.

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Ep. 188: The Week in Review, and the Importance of Timekeeping Certifications Jun 02, 2021

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This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re looking back at the last week in watches, including some recent reviews of some new summer ready divers from Oris, and a big release from Tudor that we had no luck in predicting. We’re also asking some big questions, including whether or not to strike up a conversation with potential watch enthusiasts on a plane, and what beers are best positioned for a G-Shock collaboration. But our main topic this week is a focus on timekeeping, and specifically the ins and outs of METAS certification, and how important it is (or isn’t) in our daily lives. How accurate does a watch really need to be, anyway? Are you always checking time.gov or another trusted time signal to see how accurately your watch is running? There are a lot of different perspectives here, and a variety of ways to appreciate accurate timekeeping, and we touch on almost all of them. This is a good one for the chronometry nerds among us.

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Ep. 187: Limited Editions, Value in Complications, and Predicting a New Tudor Release May 26, 2021

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It’s been a busy week in the watch world, and we’re covering a lot of ground in this week’s Worn & Wound podcast to get to as much watch news as we can. First, we take you through the all new Zodiac x Worn & Wound Super Sea Wolf Limited Edition, our latest collaboration, and an LE that’s been in the works for a long time. Zach Weiss is here this week to talk about the wide ranging design influences that went into this Super Sea Wolf with a heavy 90s vibe. If sneakers and outdoor gear mean anything to you, and you have a fondness for bold colors in your watches, you’ll want to give this a listen.

We also spend some time talking about the current state of limited editions following the release of new watches from Ming x Massena Lab as well as Kurono Tokyo. These brands took different approaches with their big releases last week, with wildly different results. We want to put the question to our listeners: what’s the right way to release a limited edition watch in 2021?

Next, we discuss some of the watches featured in our recent guide to finding value in exotic complications. From Frederick Constant to Gorilla, there’s a world of complications out there that represent a ton of value compared to watches that cost several times as much, and it’s an interesting exercise to pick a handful and look at the highest end and entry level. If you have a favorite value oriented complication that would normally be found in a much higher priced watch, be sure to leave it in the comments.

And finally, we take our best guesses at predicting the latest release from Tudor. Anyone who has played this particular game before knows how difficult it is (did anyone figure that a sterling silver Black Bay Fifty-Eight would be making its way to us this year?), but we didn’t let that stop us from laying out some fairly wild guesses.

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