The Worn & Wound Podcast

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Kat Shoulders and Cait Bazemore for what might be, according to some, an exercise in futility: identifying three watches (each) under $1,000 that have been released this year. With all the chatter about rising prices (and Geneva Watch Days coming up, an event not known for its orientation toward value) the team thought it would be worthwhile to identify some truly affordable watches that have come to market recently. What they’ve come up with is a good mix of some of the usual suspects, as well as some surprising newcomers. 

We also have our usual cultural recommendations, including a directive from our friend Mark Cho to participate in his Ideal Watch Size survey which can be found hereand closes on Saturday evening. You can find links to our previous coverage of this survey from past years below. It’s always valuable and provides a ton of insight into our perceptions on what’s big, small, and somewhere in between.

 

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Show Notes

Nuncier x Nina

The Power of Community: Expanding My Watch Family at the Brew Summer Popup

The Prevail Onward Seeks to Redefine the Military Watch

Heart and Armor Foundation

Defining a New Era of French Watchmaking

Astor+Banks Launches the New Terra Scout, a Contemporary Take on the Classic Field Watch

Review: The Trafford Crossroads S 36 & 40

Ideal Watch Size Survey

Mark Cho’s Survey of Watch Size Preference and Our Own Wrist Size Perceptions is Back

The word has been out for a little over a week, but in case you missed the news, Worn & Wound acquired Lorier. We’re super excited about it. Before the news went public (save for a small leak), Blake, James, and Zach sat down with Lauren and Lorenzo Ortega, the founders of Lorier, to discuss the acquisition. It’s a very open, honest conversation about what led up to the decision as well as about our goals now that we are working together.

To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subscribe to The Worn & Wound Podcast on all major platforms including Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and more. You can also find our RSS feed here.

If you like what you hear, then don’t forget to leave us a review. 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.

Show Notes 

Worn & Wound has Acquired Lorier – Let’s Talk About Why, and What This Means for Lorier’s Future

Lorier Re-Introduces Four of their Classics: the Neptune, Hyperion, Astra, and Falcon

Editor’s Note: we had some audio issues on this recording and apologize for the rough patches.

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, it’s once again time to answer your questions submitted through Instagram and our Worn & Wound+ Slack channel. Zach Kazan is joined by Garrett Jones and Zach Weiss to talk about the usual wide ranging topics of interest to our listeners and readers. Among them: managing our growing collections, the state of Omega, our favorite types of cheese for sandwiches, milestone watches we’d never sell, and our favorite movies of the year so far. There are, as always, plenty of digressions along the way, including a dive into Garrett’s energy drink habit, and an update on OraOrea.

We’ll do another Q&A episode in about a month! 

 

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Show Notes

Worn & Wound has Acquired Lorier – Let’s Talk About Why, and What This Means for Lorier’s Future

Lorier Re-Introduces Four of their Classics: the Neptune, Hyperion, Astra, and Falcon

Lorier on Instagram

The Tool Watch Box

Watches & Wonders: Nomos Introduces the Club Sport neomatik Worldtimer in a Classic Colorway

Watches & Wonders: the Nomos Tangente neomatik 38 Update Brings the Date Ring and the Midas Touch to a Smaller Size

Omega’s New Constellation Observatory Collection Debuts, with a First for a Certified Chronometer

Out of Office: Exploring the Canadian Rockies with Citizen’s Team Promaster

[VIDEO] First Impressions: the James Lamb Origin Series

[VIDEO] Owner’s Review: the Tudor Black Bay “Burgundy”

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Garrett Jones, Worn & Wound’s Lead Photographer, joins Zach to discuss something many of us have quietly (and sometimes loudly) wondered about: how do I know when it’s time to upgrade my camera? And what about all of our other gear? How do we know when we’re just justifying a gear purchase in the flimsiest way, versus timing an upgrade strategically? Zach and Garrett get into the weeds on how they think about upgrading cameras, EDC gear, and even watches. 

Before that, Garrett updates us on his recent excursion with Tudor and the Flying Bulls, and once in a lifetime aviation experience over Manhattan.

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Show Notes 

Nick Mankey Designs

Worn & Wound has Acquired Lorier – Let’s Talk About Why, and What This Means for Lorier’s Future

Photo Report: Tudor and Red Bull Take to the Skies

“Odysseys” on the Criterion Channel

This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders are joined by Georgia Benjamin, who by day works in design at Adobe, but by night (and probably all around the clock, frankly) has become quite a force in the watch world. By the numbers, she is among the most followed female watch personalities on social media, and has become a fixture in the broader enthusiast and collecting community. Georgia talks to us about what drew her to watches, how her career at Adobe informs her interest in watches, the growing influence of women in the watch enthusiast space, and why degendering watches is so important in the watch space. 

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Show Notes 

Georgia on Instagram

Georgia Benjamin and Courtney Bachrach on the Collectability podcast

Georgia’s article on WatchPro

Introducing the Anoma A1 Prehistoric

Toledano & Chan Introduces the b/1.3r, with a Solid Gold “Ripple” Dial

Yves Saint Laurent exhibit at the International Center of Photography