The Worn & Wound Podcast

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan welcomes Hamza Masood back to the podcast. Hamza Masood is Head of Partnerships at WatchCharts, a website whose mission is to provide as much pricing data and transparency as possible to the watch buying public and the larger watch industry. It’s a truly invaluable resource, and we think you should bookmark it and refer to it whenever you find yourself shopping for a new or pre-owned watch. In this episode we get a market update from Hamza and a broad overview of the state of the pre-owned watch world, including a few notable surprises.  

Hamza also tells us about his latest project, the American Watchmaking Directory. Hamza has always had an interest in American watchmaking and the state of the industry here, and the American Watchmaking Directory is a bit of a passion project that has been in the works for some time. It seeks to document as many American watch brands as possible, and will eventually also list suppliers and manufacturers of other watch components based in America as well. The idea is that it can be a place not just for collectors and enthusiasts to research American watchmaking, but to connect brands with each other and suppliers so they might collaborate more easily.

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• Review: the RGM Model 222-RR “Ferguson”
• Typsim Makes Watches for the True Watch Nerd
• Exploring WatchCharts Marketplace, a New Watch Sales Platform Backed by Historical Pricing Data
• The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 245: Hamza Masood from WatchCharts Walks Us Through this Crazy Market and His Own Unique Collecting Strategy
• American Watchmaking Directory
• The Cornell Watch Company Introduces the Lozier, with a Case, Crown, Dial and Hands Made in the United States

What better way to celebrate the beginning of fall than with our monthly Q&A podcast? This week, Zach welcomes Kat, Garrett, and Devin to the podcast to once again field questions from our audience, submitted via our Worn & Wound+ Slack channel as well as Instagram and YouTube. The questions were great this month, covering a wide range of topics on everything from our fantasy watch travel destinations to our personal wallet preferences and other EDC topics. The team also weighs on the age old question: dive watch with a GMT bezel, or GMT with a diver bezel? Let us know where you stand in the comments.

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• Hands-On: The Longines Spirit Zulu Time 1925
• Bellroy wallets
• Esterbrook Niblet fountain pen
• Hublot on Worn & Wound
• Watch Scrolling: Great Photography, Hot Takes, and Some Watch Related Art
• Buckingham Nicks

Time on Screen returns this week with an all new episode about one of the most acclaimed movies of its era, Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood. When it arrived in 2007, There Will Be Blood was hailed as a masterpiece almost immediately, and its stature has only grown since then. With a new PTA movie, One Battle After Another, now just days away from release, we thought now would be a great time to revisit his magnum opus. 

Zach Kazan is joined by Kat Shoulders and Liam O’Donnell for this episode, and together they discuss their initial reactions to the film when they first saw it, how they’ve grown with the movie over the years, and the complex themes and ideas that Anderson is playing with in TWBB. They also spend some time discussing the incredible Daniel Day-Lewis performance at the center of the film, and what makes him and this role in particular so special. Finally, Zach, Kat, and Liam each pick their personal top three PTA movies.

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Show Notes 

• There Will Be Blood x “Born to Run”
• Men, women, and There Will Be Blood

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan puts Kat Shoulders and Liam O’Donnell through an excruciating thought experiment: could we simplify our watch ownership to a one watch collection? It seems like a truly exotic concept when you work in the watch industry or are otherwise deep into the hobby, but it’s also an idea that can help focus what’s really important to us in a watch. Zach, Kat, and Liam each pick a watch that could potentially be a fabled “one watch” and also discuss the practical and theoretical concerns about owning a single watch when we’re all so accustomed to a wider variety. 

Also in this episode, Liam updates us on a recent trip he took with Tudor (a brand that factors into our one watch collection discussion in a major way). Liam was recently in Canada with Tudor and their cycling team for an inside look at a major cycling race. Keep your eyes on Worn & Wound for more coverage of that event very soon.

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• Tudor Releases their Latest Pelagos FXD Chrono
• Missed Review: the Omega Seamaster Ploprof
• [VIDEO] Owner’s Review: the Tudor Black Bay “Burgundy”
• Time on Screen: Alien: Romulus
• Go4x4YouTube
• This Watch Life
• Lydia Winters on Instagram
• Vu Bui on Instagram

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re talking all things Geneva Watch Days 2025. Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss and Devin Pennypacker to recap the event and the most interesting watches that came out of it. Before getting into the watches themselves, the group talks about their impressions of the event itself and its relative importance on the watch industry calendar. This was Zach W’s first time at Geneva Watch Days (and Zach K’s second), and the show itself is rapidly changing, so there’s a lot to talk about on this front. 

While the releases at Geneva Watch Days aren’t as splashy as the novelties you’ll find at Watches & Wonders, there are still plenty of gems to be found, the event represents a great opportunity for small brands to get a ton of attention. That was really the case this year, as you’ll hear Zach and Zach that some of the watches that most impressed them came from true indies (at all price points), like Behrens and Dennison. 

Let us know what you thought of this year’s crop of Geneva Watch Days releases in the comments below.

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• Hands-On: Behrens and Vianney Halter Collaborate on the Impressive Master Collection “KWH” Limited Edition
• Dennison Doubles Down on Their Stylish Stone Dials (Real Shots)

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders welcome Elodie Townsend, one of Worn & Wound’s newest contributors. Elodie is a watch enthusiast based in San Francisco, and has a deep appreciation for all kinds of timepieces, particularly funky tool watches. In this episode, we chat about how Elodie was introduced to watch collecting and recent watches she’s admired. Elodie is also a longtime car enthusiast, and much of the conversation here focuses on the many ways these hobbies overlap.

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• Owner’s Review: the Sinn EZM 7
• Driving Design: European Cars and a Family Heirloom Seamaster

In this episode of Changing Gears, host Kat Shoulders sits down with Betty Van of Switch and Click, the creator behind one of the most popular YouTube channels in the mechanical keyboard space along with W&W co-founders Blake Malin and Zach Weiss. 

The W&W team and Betty kick things off with a wrist check and keyboard check before diving into the story of how Switch and Click began, the inspiration behind the channel, and the moment Betty realized it could turn into something much bigger than a hobby. They explore what makes gear so addictive, from the sensory joy of clicks and textures to the way personal objects can become an extension of who we are.

Betty shares her favorite discoveries in the keyboard world, her tips for anyone buying their first board, and how she balances making in-depth content that’s still approachable for beginners. The conversation also covers building community, staying authentic in a niche that can sometimes feel intimidating, and Betty’s newest passion: watches.

Whether you’re a seasoned keyboard builder, a gear enthusiast, or just curious about what makes these objects so fascinating, this episode is full of insights, laughs, and inspiration.

We hope you like this new podcast format and really appreciate all the listeners! Kat has some awesome interviews in the works for those of you that love gear! To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subscribe to The Worn & Wound Podcast — now available on all major platforms including iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Spotify, and more. You can also find our RSS feed here.

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Watches:

• Junghans Max Bill Damen
• Whoop band
• Hebring Josef
• Paulin Mara Dive Watch
• Monta Triumph
• Traska Summiteer
• Tudor Black Bay 54

Keyboards & Other:

• MacBook Air Keyboard
• Hibi June R3 Keyboard
• Neo 65 Keyboard
• Mode Tempo 60 Keyboard
• Nuphy Air 75 Keyboard 
• EPOMAKER x AULA F75 Keyboard
• EvoWorks Evo 80 Keyboard
• Miniphone Ultra Elrow Industries 

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, it’s another round of listener Q&A. Zach is joined by Kat Shoulders and Garrett Jones as they field questions from our Worn & Wound+ Slack channel and YouTube audience. As always, the questions are great and a huge range of topics are covered, from the concept of luxury field watches to the brands we most associate with our colleagues. Thanks to everyone who submitted a question for this episode! If your question wasn’t answered in this episode, we’ll be back next month with a new Q&A episode and another opportunity to pose questions to members of the Worn & Wound team. 

Before we get into the Q&A, we also chat about some recent new releases from Jack Mason and Holthinrichs. It’s been a relatively slow period for new releases as we move through the summer, but there have definitely been some gems. Let us know your favorites in the comments below.

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• Review: the Holthinrichs Signature Ornament LAB Series 1.24
• The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 352: A Conversation with Michiel Holthinrichs
• Jack Mason
• The Pepsi Challenge: Seiko Continues their Summer of Licensing
• [VIDEO] Owner’s Review: the Tudor Black Bay “Burgundy”
• Project Indigo

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach is joined by Andy Green and Felix Scholz, hosts of OT: The Podcast. Over the last several years, Felix and Andy have developed OT into one of the top watch podcasts out there with a series of fantastic interviews with watch industry insiders, their own great rapport and sense of humor, and an enthusiastic community of fans (be sure to check out their Discord here). The last time Felix and Andy came on the Worn & Wound podcast, they had just released their first (and so far only) collaborative watch with anOrdain, and on this episode they spend some time reflecting on that experience and teasing what might be ahead. They also discuss the unique nature of watch enthusiasm in their native Australia, the appeal of the Apple Watch, how their attitude towards press trips has changed as the years pass, and some of their favorite releases from the year so.

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• Zach Weiss on OT: The Podcast
• Zach Pina on OT: The Podcast
• Zach Kazan on OT: The Podcast
• A Collector’s Retrospective: Two Years Wearing the Arcanaut Arc II
• anOrdain and the Guys From OT Team Up On a Pair of Limited Editions in a New Case Size
• The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 215: Felix Scholz and Andy Green from OT: The Podcast, and their New Collaboration with anOrdain
• Inside Hour Precision, the Machine Shop Determined to Revitalize American Watchmaking
• Andy on Instagram
• Felix on Instagram

On the podcast this week, Zach Kazan welcomes Devin Pennypacker to discuss a topic that comes up in the real life conversations of watch enthusiasts fairly often: how do you start a collection? When you’re the watch collector in a group of non-collectors, it’s something that’s inevitably asked from time to time by those who are curious about the hobby. Starting a collection, or entering the hobby at any level, is a very different proposition in 2025 than at any other time we can remember, so Zach and Devin provide some advice based on the current state of the watch world. They discuss everything from how to find your specific niche community within the larger watch world, how to filter out all the noise from social media, and of course they offer some suggestions for specific watches and brands to look at if you’re just getting started. 

Before all of that, Zach and Devin also run through some of the notable recent releases from the last week, including a MoonSwatch that has generated no shortage of hot takes, and a Timex pulled from the archives. And stay tuned until the end of the episode for a new round of cultural recommendations. 

We’d love to hear from you about the best ways to enter the hobby in 2025. What advice would you give to someone with a burgeoning interest in watches that Zach and Devin didn’t cover?

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• We’re Still Doing This, Apparently: the Mission to Earthphase Moonshine Gold is Revealed
• The Pepsi Challenge: Seiko Continues their Summer of Licensing
• How Central Park Holds the Answers to Big NYC Secrets