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The Worn & Wound Podcast
by Worn & Wound Podcast Network
The Worn & Wound Podcast is a weekly discussion of watches. We cover the latest news and reviews on wornandwound.com, bring you our first-hand account of watch events from around the world, and sit down with our friends and colleagues from the watch industry to get their take on the latest in watches. Check out our other podcast Time on Screen, Changing Gears, and Time on Track for some additional fun topics!
Episodes
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Ep 471 Windup NYC Preview
This week on the podcast, Worn & Wound CEO and Cofounder, Blake Malin is joined by Kyle Snarr, Head of Partnerships, and Myra Shallan, our new Event Manager, to discuss what is shaping up to be the biggest consumer-facing watch event around. Windup Watch Fair NYC is our flagship event of the year...
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Ep 470: Welcoming Taylor Mason, Worn & Wound’s New Media Director
This week on the podcast, we welcome Taylor Mason to the Worn & Wound team. Taylor is Worn & Wound’s new Media Director, and we thought it would be a good idea to get him in front of the mic to introduce him to our podcast audience. Taylor is a talented filmmaker whose work will probably be...
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Ep 469: September New Releases, In Review
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss sit down to talk about a string of new releases from brands both large and small. New watches from Rolex and Hublot (with Jeff Koons) were the big headline grabbers in September, but there were also interesting new watches from…
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Ep 468: A Look Back with Kat Shoulders
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Kat Shoulders for her final episode as a member of the Worn & Wound team. As Kat prepares for what’s next, she sits down for a conversation covering her time at Worn & Wound, some of the projects and experiences that stand out, and a...
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Ep 467: Poking Holes in Watch Industry Conventional Wisdom
This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders are interrogating some watch industry conventional wisdom. There’s a lot of it out there. From the idea that it’s the “story” that matters most in a watch, to the principle of “buying what you love,” and even the idea that everyone needs a...
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Ep 466: The Geneva Watch Days Debrief
Zach Kazan and Zach Weiss are back from Geneva, and breaking down their experience at this year’s Geneva Watch Days in this episode of the Worn & Wound podcast. From overall impressions of the show, to favorite watches, and even meeting Jiro Katayama, it was a very full week in an unseasonably…
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Ep 465: Doug LaViolette & Brian’s Sheffield
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders welcome Doug LaViolette. Doug is the founder of the Brian LaViolette Scholarship Foundation, and recently collaborated with Sheffield on a new watch that honors his late son, Brian, and raises money for the foundation named for...
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Ep 464: Watches We Were Wrong About
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan and Cait Bazemore are holding themselves accountable and talking about the watches they were wrong about. After years of collecting and working in the watch industry, Zach and Cait have both realized there have been times when they were just plain...
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Ep 463: How Collections Evolve
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan welcomes Zach Weiss to the podcast for an old-fashioned discussion on the nature of collecting. Specifically, they’re talking about how their taste has evolved over the course of years. They drill down on how working in the industry, being exposed...
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Ep 462: Summer Review Roundup: Sinn, Moser, the DWC Terra, and More
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...
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Time on Screen: The Odyssey
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…
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Our Favorite Watches Under $1,000
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...
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Unwinding: Lorier
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...
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EP 460: July Q&A
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...
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Ep 459: How to Know When to Upgrade Your Camera
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...
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Ep 458: Georgia Benjamin on Social Media, Design, and Degendering Watches
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...
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Ep 457: Windup Chicago Preview
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…
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Time on Screen: High Fidelity
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...
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Ep 456: The Best Watches, and Biggest Stories, of 2026 So Far
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...
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Ep 455: Watch Writing Cliches, New Releases, and More
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....
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Ep 454: What’s Going on with Seiko? Also, Our Bagel Orders, Favorite Pizza Toppings, and More
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,...
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Ep 453: Visiting Citizen in Japan, and a New Horological Machine from MB&F
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...
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Ep 452 Summer Watches
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:...
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Ep 451 Catching Up with Ben Cook, from Ben’s Watches
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...
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Ep 450: Royal Pop Reactions
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...
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Ep 449: Monthly Q&A: AP x Swatch, Grand Seiko, and Condiment Corner
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...
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Ep 448: Recapping the San Francisco Windup Watch Fair
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...
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Time on Screen: Zodiac
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...
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Ep 447 The Windup Watch Fair San Fransisco Preview!
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…
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Ep 446: A Watches & Wonders Debrief
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...
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Ep 445: Previewing Watches & Wonders 2026
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…
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Changing Gears: Gear Updates, Blade Show, & Upcoming Trips
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,...
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Ep 444: Assessing New Releases from Longines and Omega
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…
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Ep 443: Case Materials, New Seiko's, and More From Our Q&A
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,...
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Ep 442: Recapping British Watchmakers' Day and Windup Dallas
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 &...
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Ep 441: Preview of the Windup Watch Fair Dallas
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...
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Ep 440 : The New IWC Portugieser Chronograph Ceratanium, and Our Thoughts on Blacked Out Watches
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…
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February Q&A: Worn & Wound in Ten Years, Preventing Watch Burnout, and What We Put on Our Hotdogs
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...
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Ep 438: Collection Updates
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....
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Ep 437: Our First Luxury Watch Purchases
This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan welcomes Ed Jelley for a conversation about their first luxury watch purchases. Entering the “luxury” world as a watch enthusiast is a strange phenomenon and Zach and Ed unpack what it means both practically and emotionally as collectors. They also spend some...
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Ep 436: Our Watch Regrets
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’re talking about regrets. Yes, we’ve had a few. Zach Kazan welcomes Kat Shoulders and Zach Weiss to the pod this week to talk about the watches they’ve bought and sold that they wish they hadn’t, and even some takes and loosely held opinions that have...
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Worn Out: Mark Cho on Temporal Works
Worn & Wound co-founders, Blake Malin and Zach Weiss, return for another episode of the Worn Out podcast. At the end of last year, Blake and Zach sat down with Mark Cho, co-founder of the menswear retailer The Armoury, to discuss his new watch brand, Temporal Works. Described by Mark as “the navy...
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Ep 435: The LVMH Watch Week Recap
This week on the podcast we’re talking all things LVMH Watch Week. Last week’s launches from the LVMH brands served as the unofficial start to a new year of watch releases, with novelties on display from TAG Heuer, Zenith, Hublot, and other brands. In this episode, Zach Kazan chats with Zach…
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Ep 434: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Press Trips
This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Kat Shoulders and Liam O’Donnell to peel back the curtain on watch press trips. Zach just got back from Colorado with Oris, so the topic is front of mind. We reached out to members of our Worn & Wound+ Slack channel to solicit questions on press...
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Ep 433: Our Underrated Field Watch Picks
In this episode of the Worn & Wound Podcast, Kat Shoulders is our surprise host while Zach Kazan is away and she is joined by Garrett Jones and Liam O’Donnell for a deep conversation about field watches that deserve a little more love. Each host brings a personal shortlist of some of their...
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Ep 432: What We Did Over Winter Break
Happy new year! For this first episode of the Worn & Wound podcast in 2026, the team is here to check in on what they did over their winter break. Zach Kazan hosts Liam O’Donnell and Myra Shallan to discuss all the watch related and non-watch related shenanigans they got up to over their time…
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Ep 431: End of Year Q&A!
It’s the last day of the year, and our final Q&A of 2025! As we send the year out, we’ve turned once again to our listeners, readers, and viewers to solicit questions about watches, the end of year rush, and just about anything else. Zach Kazan is joined by Kat Shoulders and Liam O’Donnell in…
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Ep 430: Our Favorite Content of 2025
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss and Liam O’Donnell to celebrate some of our favorite content of the year. This was a fantastic year for Worn & Wound’s blog, YouTube channel, and of course this very podcast, and this is an opportunity to highlight some of...
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Ep 429: Our Favorite Watches of 2025
It’s that time once again: our annual best watches of the year episode! Every year we get on the mic to talk about the year in watches and pick some of our favorites, and this year Zach Kazan is joined by Liam O’Donnell and Zach Weiss to walk through some of the best of the best. There were a lot...
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Ep. 428: Precision, Craft, and Carry – Designing Watches and Knives with Sam Amis
This week on the podcast, Zach Kazan welcomes Sam Amis to the podcast to talk about the intersection between pocket knife and watch enthusiasm. Sam is a Worn & Wound contributor, industrial designer, and knife and EDC industry veteran. He just wrote an article that seeks to show in a very…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Worn & Wound Podcast is a weekly discussion of watches. We cover the latest news and reviews on wornandwound.com, bring you our first-hand account of watch events from around the world, and sit down with our friends and colleagues from the watch industry to get their take on the latest in watches. Check out our other podcast Time on Screen, Changing Gears, and Time on Track for some additional fun topics!
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