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Ep 462: Summer Review Roundup: Sinn, Moser, the DWC Terra, and More
Ep 462 · Aug 12, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss and Ed Jelley to talk about some of the watches they’ve each had in for review over these last few months. The summer is traditionally a slow time for the watch industry, so we took the opportunity to get as many review samples in the office as possible, and there have been a bunch of standouts. The conversation kicks off with a recap of Zach W’s review of the Otsuka Lotec No. 8, which Zach K. has been wearing a lot as well. And then E…
Time on Screen: The Odyssey
Aug 7, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
This week, a special, epic edition of Time on Screen on the most epic movie of the year: The Odyssey. We weren’t going to miss an opportunity to talk about the biggest movie of the year by one of our favorite filmmakers. Zach Kazan is joined by Kat Shoulders, Garrett Jones, and Ricardo Sime to talk about their favorite moments from the film, how it stands up to Nolan’s other work, and more. In the back half of the episode, Kyle Snarr talks to Hamilton CEO Francesca Ginocchio about the new Khaki…
Our Favorite Watches Under $1,000
Ep 461 · Aug 5, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
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 com…
Unwinding: Lorier
Jul 30, 2026 · 54 min
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…
EP 460: July Q&A
Ep 460 · Jul 29, 2026 · 57 min
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, miles…
Ep 459: How to Know When to Upgrade Your Camera
Ep 459 · Jul 22, 2026 · 56 min
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. B…
Ep 458: Georgia Benjamin on Social Media, Design, and Degendering Watches
Ep 458 · Jul 15, 2026 · 55 min
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 watch…
Ep 457: Windup Chicago Preview
Ep 457 · Jul 8, 2026 · 38 min
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, it’s time to preview the Windup Watch Fair in Chicago. Partnerships Director Nelly Calhoun takes over hosting duties this week, and is joined by Worn & Wound CEO Blake Malin to talk all things Chicago. Together they discuss all the ins and outs of the upcoming show, including a brand new venue, our fantastic sponsors, and all of the exciting activities happening over the course of the weekend. Just as a reminder, the Windup Watch Fair in Chicago will be hap…
Time on Screen: High Fidelity
Jul 7, 2026 · 58 min
This week on Time on Screen, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders explore High Fidelity, the cult hit starring John Cusack as a lovelorn record store owner from 2000. Why High Fidelity? Two reasons. First, it’s set in Chicago, and ahead of our Windup Watch Fair in the Windy City, we wanted to check out a Chicago set film. Second, this movie is truly about an entire enthusiast culture. There are more than a few similarities between the music obsessives in this film and watch enthusiasts we all experience…
Ep 456: The Best Watches, and Biggest Stories, of 2026 So Far
Ep 456 · Jul 1, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss to take a look back at the year so far. We’re about halfway through 2026, so it feels like a good time to think about some of our favorite watches of the year so far, as well as some of the biggest watch stories. This has actually been a very eventful year to this point, with too many great releases to name, and some major changes to the trade show scene which will have a major impact on 2027. We discuss it all in this epi…
Ep 455: Watch Writing Cliches, New Releases, and More
Ep 455 · Jun 24, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan welcomes Kat Shoulders to the show to explore a topic first covered here: watch writing cliches. Zach and Kat run through some of the cliches mentioned in Zach’s original article and discuss whether these ideas hold up and why they happen in the first place. It’s actually an interesting conversation, and gets to the heart of how watches are covered in the media, and what approach should be taken. We’d love to know your thoughts, so let us know what cliches ne…
Ep 454: What’s Going on with Seiko? Also, Our Bagel Orders, Favorite Pizza Toppings, and More
Ep 454 · Jun 17, 2026 · 60 min
This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Worn & Wound cofounder Zach Weiss as well as contributor Cait Bazemore for our latest Q&A session with questions submitted through the Worn & Wound+ Slack channel. Lots of great questions this month, including a whole bunch of non-watch questions, which we always appreciate. This month, the team tackles hot button issues like the most overrated and underrated pizza toppings, and, we’re finally doing it: our bagel orders. There are a few watch rel…
Ep 453: Visiting Citizen in Japan, and a New Horological Machine from MB&F
Ep 453 · Jun 10, 2026 · 50 min
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach welcomes Cait Bazemore to talk about her recent trip to Japan with Citizen to check out their Eco-Drive manufacturing facilities. This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach welcomes Cait Bazemore to talk about her recent trip to Japan with Citizen to check out their Ec-Drive manufacturing facilities. Citizen is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Eco-Drive this year, so they took the rare step to open up their headquarters in Japan to media in celebra…
Ep 452 Summer Watches
Ep 452 · Jun 3, 2026 · 52 min
This week on the podcast, Zach and Kat are talking summer watches. This is a conversation we return to every year, it seems. As the weather warms up, it becomes apparent that some watches are just better suited to the summer months. Zach and Kat each pick summer watches in three categories: favorite affordable summer watch, the summer watch they’ll actually be wearing this year, and a grail summer watch. Before that, they unpack and define the very nature of the summer watch, whether this is a c…
Ep 451 Catching Up with Ben Cook, from Ben’s Watches
Ep 451 · May 27, 2026 · 57 min
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan welcomes Ben Cook. If you spend any time on Instagram or TikTok, you probably know Ben from the Ben’s Watches accounts on those platforms. In this episode, Zach and Ben have a wide ranging conversation about the state of the watch world, watch media, and touch on some new releases that have been on our minds as of late (yes, the Royal Pop is discussed on this podcast for the third week in a row…). To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subsc…
Ep 450: Royal Pop Reactions
Ep 450 · May 20, 2026 · 56 min
This week on the podcast, what else could we possibly discuss but the launch of the Royal Pop? The new Swatch x Audemars Piguet collaboration has been the topic of conversation around the watch world, and it’s that rare release that has actually transcended our community and become a bit of a pop culture moment more broadly. The bioceramic pocket watch has proven to be divisive among watch enthusiasts, and the launch day itself was a mess, with many Swatch stores closing for the day thanks to un…
Ep 449: Monthly Q&A: AP x Swatch, Grand Seiko, and Condiment Corner
Ep 449 · May 13, 2026 · 55 min
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Garrett Jones for our monthly Q&A episode. Questions this month cover topics like Grand Seiko’s release strategy, the best straps for summer, and, of course, condiments (we’re about the trademark “Condiment Corner” for use on this podcast). We also got a lot of questions on the new watches from Swatch and Audemars Piguet, which at the time of this recording were not yet announced. Literally minutes after hitting “stop” on the recordi…
Ep 448: Recapping the San Francisco Windup Watch Fair
Ep 448 · May 6, 2026 · 46 min
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, the team is back from San Francisco, and yet another great edition of the Windup Watch Fair. Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders are on the mic to recap the fair via a series of rapid fire questions covering their favorite versions of the new Christopher Ward Sealander (there are a bunch), to their favorite brands making Windup debuts, and even their favorite dining experiences in what is one of the country’s great food cities. There’s a lot to talk about, but we…
Time on Screen: Zodiac
Apr 30, 2026 · 56 min
This week, the Time on Screen podcast returns! Ahead of the Windup Watch Fair in San Francisco, we’re talking about Zodiac, one of the great San Francisco movies and a favorite movie by David Fincer, one of our favorite filmmakers. Zach Kazan welcomes Kat Shoulders to the conversation, and they both have a deep appreciation for this film and have a lot to say about it. They run through some of their favorite scenes, a little production history, and discuss where this film sits in the San Francis…
Ep 447 The Windup Watch Fair San Fransisco Preview!
Ep 447 · Apr 29, 2026 · 39 min
This week’s podcast is a preview of our upcoming Windup Watch Fair in San Francisco! Blake Malin, Kyle Snarr and Nelly Calhoun talk about what to expect this weekend as Windup returns to the beautiful Gateway Pavilion at Fort Mason Center. This year’s Windup is a chance to see over 80 watch brands in person, try watches on your wrist, meet the people behind the brands, and connect with other enthusiasts. Shout out to our lead sponsors Bremont, Brew, Christopher Ward, Frederique Constant, and Ori…
Ep 446: A Watches & Wonders Debrief
Ep 446 · Apr 22, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min
Our team is back from Switzerland, and this week on the podcast Zach Kazan, Zach Weiss, and Kat Shoulders are recapping their time at Watches & Wonders. It was a busy week, filled with meetings, watches, lots of coffee, and very little sleep. This conversation covers several brands the team met with, including Tudor, Grand Seiko, Rolex, and more. They also discuss some brands that made their Watches & Wonders debut in 2026, as well as many of the ancillary shows to Watches & Wonders – there are…
Ep 445: Previewing Watches & Wonders 2026
Ep 445 · Apr 8, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss are previewing Watches & Wonders 2026, which at this point is just days away from opening. They discuss some of the fairly large changes that are in store for this year’s show, including the addition of Audemars Piguet and Sinn, a big change in location for Moser, and a host of satellite events happening at the same time throughout Geneva. There are also, of course, a few of our famously bad Tudor predictions. It’s going to be a bi…
Changing Gears: Gear Updates, Blade Show, & Upcoming Trips
Apr 6, 2026 · 53 min
This episode of Changing Gears finds Kat and Garrett settling back into conversation after some time away, catching up through the lens of the gear that’s been shaping their daily lives. What starts with a familiar wrist and gear check quickly expands into a broader discussion on tools—watches, knives, cameras, and even keyboards—and how they intersect with both work and personal expression. There’s a thoughtful throughline on craftsmanship, particularly as Garrett shares the realities of launch…
Ep 444: Assessing New Releases from Longines and Omega
Ep 444 · Apr 1, 2026 · 54 min
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss are on the mic to talk about some of their recent travels, both of which involved seeing new releases from Swatch Group brands, coincidentally debuting on the very same day. They also happen to be two of the most discussed releases of the year so far, for very different reasons. Zach Kazan was in Dallas right before Windup to see the new Longines Hydroconquest, and Zach Weiss just got back from a whirlwind trip to Switzerland to se…
Ep 443: Case Materials, New Seiko's, and More From Our Q&A
Ep 443 · Mar 25, 2026 · 54 min
This week on the podcast, we are once again answering questions submitted through our Worn & Wound+ Slack channel for our monthly Q&A episode. Zach Kazan is joined by Kat Shoulders and Worn & Wound contributor Cait Bazemore to field your questions on Tudor’s big anniversary year, silver watches, and a whole lot more, including some fun non-watch related questions for good measure. To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subscribe to The Worn & Wound Podcast on all major platforms including A…
Ep 442: Recapping British Watchmakers' Day and Windup Dallas
Ep 442 · Mar 18, 2026 · 45 min
It’s watch show season! This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss are catching up right after our Windup Watch Fair in Dallas to recap that show as well as British Watchmakers’ Day, which took place the week before. It’s the start of a busy season that peaks with Watches & Wonders next month, which of course is more than just Watches & Wonders, and really more of a widespread celebration of watches across the city of Geneva. For now, the focus is on wrapping our thoughts a…
Ep 441: Preview of the Windup Watch Fair Dallas
Ep 441 · Mar 11, 2026 · 31 min
This week’s podcast is a preview of our upcoming Windup Watch Fair in Dallas! Hosted by Blake Malin with guests Kyle Starr and Nelly Calhoun, the team talks about what to expect this weekend as Windup comes to Texas for the second year in a row. This year’s Windup is a chance to see over 40 watch brands in person, try watches on your wrist, meet the people behind the brands, and connect with other enthusiasts. Shout out to our lead sponsors Christopher Ward, Junghans, and Oris. And best of all,…
Ep 440 : The New IWC Portugieser Chronograph Ceratanium, and Our Thoughts on Blacked Out Watches
Ep 440 · Mar 4, 2026 · 46 min
This week on the podcast, Kat Shoulders is back to chat with Zach Kazan about her recent experience with IWC in Los Angeles. Most of what Kat saw she can’t discuss until Watches & Wonders embargoes lift, but the brand did drop a brand new version of their Portugieser chronograph in Ceratanium, and it has inspired a wide range of commentary across the watch community. Kat talks about her impressions of the watch itself, what makes Ceratanium special, and what its use in the Portugieser collection…
February Q&A: Worn & Wound in Ten Years, Preventing Watch Burnout, and What We Put on Our Hotdogs
Ep 439 · Feb 25, 2026 · 47 min
Today on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss and Blake Malin for our monthly Q&A podcast. This is a really fun episode with a great variety of questions covering a huge range of topics, watch related and otherwise. Zach, Blake, and Zach chat about how they use AI, what we do when a watch comes in for review that underwhelms, and what Worn & Wound might look like ten years from now. There’s also a spirited conversation about what we all like to put on our hot dogs. We’re…
Ep 438: Collection Updates
Ep 438 · Feb 18, 2026 · 54 min
This week on the podcast, Zach welcomes Kat Shoulders to the podcast for a long overdue collection update. Both Zach and Kat have picked up some new watches in the last few months, and in this conversation they dig into what they picked up and why, and the stories behind the purchases themselves. There’s some fun overlap here, but still plenty of variety. We’ll think you’ll enjoy the conversation. We want to know what you’ve picked up recently as well, so please let us know in the show notes if…
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