Introducing the Le Jour Hammerhead GMT
After the launch of their Heritage Collection in January, Le Jour has made a quick turnaround with the drop of their new Hammerhead GMT just weeks ...
01-03-2021 19:37
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3 Watches Ready for the Great Outdoors
For many of us, it?s been a long winter. As temperatures start to rise and cabin fever is at an all-time high, it?s time to start thinking about ge...
28-02-2021 19:41
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Grand Seiko Introduces a New Series of GMT Watches Based on
The Japanese think of changing seasons differently than many in the west. In Japanese culture, each of the four seasons can be broken down into sho...
27-02-2021 19:40
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Watches, Stories, & Gear: Virtual Furniture, Exploring
?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, e...
27-02-2021 19:40
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Seiko Celebrates 140 Years With Four New Limited Editions
This year marks the 140th anniversary of Seiko?s founding in 1881 by a 21 year old Hattori Kintaro. In celebration of this milestone, Seiko is rele...
26-02-2021 19:35
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Introducing the Seiko Presage Sharp Edge GMT
For all the commotion around affordable GMT watches in the last few years, it?s frankly surprising that we haven?t seen a glut of them from Seiko. ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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IWC Pays Tribute to the 3705, a Classic Ceramic Chronograph
Ceramic is a material that is now relatively common in watchmaking. It?s a nearly ubiquitous choice for bezel inserts on modern dive watches, and w...
26-02-2021 19:35
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Seiko Pays Tribute to the Original Alpinist from 1959 with F
This year is set to be a big one for Seiko, as the brand celebrates their 140th anniversary. They?ve got a ton of new watches in the works, and as ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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Introducing the Breitling Top Time Deus Limited Edition
In case you didn?t get the memo, it appears that this is the unofficial limited edition collaborative chronograph week in the land of new watches f...
25-02-2021 19:40
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Hands-On With The Melbourne Watch Co. Collins Auto
We often argue about the real-world practicality of complications around here. What do you actually use that chronograph for" The HEV" Let’s not ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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A Dive Watch for Mountaineering: Introducing the Seiko Prosp
The last several years of Seiko Prospex dive watches has been studded with recreations of their own iconic watches from the ?60s and ?70s. From Tur...
25-02-2021 19:40
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Introducing The Luminox Bear Grylls Air Collection
Luminox is adding a new collection to their collaborative Bear Grylls Survival family called the Air series. The newest collection features a GMT s...
24-02-2021 19:34
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Zodiac Debuts Four New Variants of their Grandrally Chronogr
Zodiac?s Grandrally chronograph gets a refresh today with four new colorways that represent both contemporary and classic takes on the brand?s vint...
24-02-2021 19:34
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Introducing the TAG Heuer Carrera ?Dato? Limited Edition for
Hodinkee has once again teamed up with TAG Heuer for a limited edition Carrera. This new edition, available today, is a follow up to the hugely suc...
23-02-2021 19:36
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Introducing The Ikepod X Tom Christopher Megapod ?Skaters In
Ikepod returns to the art world with their latest collaboration with Tom Christopher. The new watch represents the third such collab, with Ikepod f...
23-02-2021 19:36
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Hands-On With The Iridium Torpedo
For a new brand aiming to produce watches at, or under, the $500 mark the safest route is often to make a dive watch. To narrow it down one step fu...
22-02-2021 19:39
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An Interview with Jin Yoong, Founder of Convoy Co
Tell us about Convoy Co. What types of products do you make and what makes them special"
Convoy Co. is an industrial design studio based in Kuala L...
21-02-2021 19:38
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Swatch Partners with MoMA on a New Collection Inspired by Gr
Swatch has announced a new series of watches that are part of their long standing partnership with New York City?s Museum of Modern Art. MoMA is a ...
20-02-2021 19:39
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Watches, Stories, & Gear: Mortal Kombat, Mars Rovers, &
?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, e...
20-02-2021 19:39
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Hands-On With The Fortis Flieger Collection
Fortis hit the reset button on their Flieger family with three new watches that look to set a new tone for the brand as a whole. The 3 watches, whi...
19-02-2021 19:39
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Review: the Grand Seiko SBGA211 “Snowflake”
Many watch brands have a model that defines the company. Rolex has the Submariner, Omega the Speedmaster, Audemars Piguet the Royal Oak, and so on....
19-02-2021 19:39
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Kurono Rethinks Their Chronograph with a New Dial Color
Kurono Tokyo, the affordable brand conceived by renowned independent watchmaker Hajime Asaoka, has announced their first watch release of 2021, the...
19-02-2021 19:39
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Review: The Zenith A385 Revival
Prior to the big reveal of their all-new Chronomaster Sport, Zenith quietly revealed the A385, the third reference of the Revival series, joining t...
19-02-2021 19:39
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Introducing the Yema x Worn & Wound Superman Maxi Dial
Founded in 1948 and in continuous operation since, Yema Watches is one of the great sports watch brands of the twentieth century. From one of the f...
19-02-2021 19:39
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G-Shock Goes Transparent with Six New Models
File this one away under: not what I was expecting. In writing about the recently released GMWB5000RD-4, I commented on G-Shock leaning heavily int...
16-02-2021 19:34
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Oris Launches the Next Watch in their Change for the Better
When it comes to producing watches that focus on a good cause, few brands rival Oris. Their ?Change for the Better? campaign has been going strong ...
16-02-2021 19:34
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Introducing the Longines Silver Arrow
Just like that, we?ve leaped headlong into the new release season, as some of the big watch brands have begun to tease and present new models that ...
15-02-2021 19:39
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Introducing: The ADPT Strap in Rust
We?ve always wanted to make an orange ADPT strap, but knew it was a risky proposition. Orange nylon straps tend to fall into the ?that?s so bright ...
14-02-2021 19:41
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Watches, Stories, & Gear: LEGO Porsche, Mushrooms, and
?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, e...
13-02-2021 19:39
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Introducing the Grand Seiko SLGH005, Featuring the 9SA5 Hi-B
It was only a matter of time. Last year, when Grand Seiko unveiled their next generation high frequency movement, caliber 9SA5, it was only availab...
13-02-2021 19:39
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Hands-On With The Nivada Grenchen Depthmaster
Following the reissue of their Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver, Nivada Grenchen is poised to launch the next chapter of the brand?s resurgence with ...
12-02-2021 19:40
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Surprising Value: A Brief Guide to the Annual Calendar
Most of the time when we talk about complicated watches on Worn & Wound, we?re looking at the most popular complications on sports watches: the chr...
12-02-2021 19:40
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Coming February 18th – the Yema x Worn & Wound S
We?re over a month into 2021, which means it?s time to – almost – launch our first limited edition collaboration of the year. So, mark your cal...
11-02-2021 19:38
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Hands-On With The Seiko Prospex SPB187
Seiko dive watches have had a bit of a renaissance in recent years. If you?re a regular around here you?ve no doubt noticed. Gone are the SKX model...
11-02-2021 19:38
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Exploring the Paragon, the First Solo Venture From Bradley T
One of the things that never fails to energize me when it comes to contemporary watchmaking is the idea of a watchmaker communicating their artisti...
11-02-2021 19:38
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CronotempVs Collectors & Oris Create Ultra-Limited Spir
The Oris Diver Sixty-Five family has seen a number of special and limited editions since its resurrection in 2015, from Movember editions to Carl B...
10-02-2021 19:41
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Introducing The Bremont RFU 150 Limited Edition
Bremont have just launched their new RFU 150 limited edition watch to mark their association with rugby and 150 years of the Rugby Football Union â...
09-02-2021 19:36
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In Detail: Getting Flight-Ready With The Citizen Promaster N
The tools we use can inspire us to go beyond our limits. We explore our boundaries with confidence and learn more about ourselves as well as the wo...
09-02-2021 19:36
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Swatch Introduces Three New Watches With Laser Cut Dials and
Swatch is one of the most prolific of watch brands, constantly refreshing their product lines and introducing new models. It can be a dizzying expe...
09-02-2021 19:36
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Hanhart Introduces the Limited Edition Pioneer One in Bronze
Hanhart is back with their latest limited edition, and you?ll have to quick if you plan to snatch one of these, as they?ll only be making 150 in to...
08-02-2021 19:43
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Review: Raven Trekker 39mm
The term ?tool watch? is thrown around a lot, typically used when referring to a watch that carries out a specific purpose. A dive watch with its t...
06-02-2021 19:29
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Watches, Stories, & Gear: New Cadillacs, Crowd Funded S
?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, e...
06-02-2021 19:29
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Review: The Bell & Ross BR V3-94 Black Steel
Several years ago when I first began to really indulge my interest in watches, Bell & Ross was one of the first brands outside the household names ...
05-02-2021 19:35
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Introducing the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M ?Beijing 2022? Sp
Omega?s long association with the Olympics continues with a new Seamaster announced this week. What began in Los Angeles in 1932 with the use of st...
05-02-2021 19:35
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Introducing The TAG Heuer Carrera Porsche Chronograph Specia
TAG Heuer and Porsche have announced a new partnership this morning that begins, fittingly enough, with a special edition Porsche Carrera chronogra...
04-02-2021 19:39
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Hands-on with the Christopher Ward C60 Sapphire Black
I feel like I?ve written or said this statement several times over the last few months, but it has yet to lose its relevance: Christopher Ward is o...
03-02-2021 19:40
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Tissot Introduces the PRX, a Value Oriented Integrated Brace
Last week Tissot quietly dropped a new and affordable entry in the ever popular stainless steel integrated sports watch market, the PRX. This is a ...
03-02-2021 19:40
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RZE Watches Introduces the Endeavour, a Tough Titanium Diver
Singapore based RZE Watches is back after a rebrand (they were formerly known as Reise Watches, and we covered their first release right here) with...
02-02-2021 19:40
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Hands-On With The Batavi Architect
I can?t recall seeing a watch like this in person before. I?ve seen wooden watches ? where the case and bracelet are also wooden, usually fitted wi...
02-02-2021 19:40
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Zenith Introduces a New Defy 21 Chronograph with a Green Cer
If you?re at all engaged with the watch internet, you?re probably well aware of Zenith?s recently released Chronomaster Sport (Blake went on hands ...
01-02-2021 19:38
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Fly Fishing on the Connetquot River with ADPT Straps, Canton
Turns out, waking up at 5:30am doesn?t have to be a miserable experience. Especially when you know you?re going to hit the river for some fly fishi...
31-01-2021 19:37
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Introducing the Garrick S4, with a Dial Made By Hand
Garrick is a small British watch brand making elaborate, old fashioned mechanical watches, largely by hand using a mix of traditional and modern wa...
30-01-2021 19:31
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Watches, Stories, & Gear: A New Blue, Fujifilm Cameras,
?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, e...
30-01-2021 19:31
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Hands-On With The New Christopher Ward C1 Worldglow
We don?t see many worldtimer watches released from small independent brands around here, and for good reason, they?re difficult to do well and aren...
29-01-2021 19:36
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Owner’s Review: the Omega Speedmaster Automatic Day-Da
As a watch collector, it?s only natural to create lists, whether physical or mental, of the timepieces we wish to acquire. On one end of the list m...
29-01-2021 19:36
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Introducing The New Farer Field Watch Collection
Farer has announced a trio of new Field watches that look to encompass a range of utility from land to sea. That means these aren?t exactly your ty...
28-01-2021 19:35
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Seiko Introduces Three Limited Edition Divers Inspired by Ir
On a recent podcast I remarked that the year of the green dial had come and gone, and that perhaps we were on the verge of a new color dominating n...
28-01-2021 19:35
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Review: The Ten Eleven Nine Researcher
The label ‘elegant tool watch? is a bit of an oxymoron when you think about it. Objects we?d traditionally refer to as tools are generally far re...
27-01-2021 19:44
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Bulgari Introduces a New Octo Finissimo with a Stunning Silv
Today marks the beginning of LVMH Watch Week, the official launch point of new watches from brands in the LVMH stable, such as Zenith, Hublot, and ...
27-01-2021 19:44
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Introducing the Nezumi X RUF Voiture
It seems like you can?t move for chronographs powered by Seiko mecaquartz engines nowadays. One tried and tested route to stand out is by giving yo...
27-01-2021 19:44
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Review: The Accutron DNA
Before jumping into this new, forward-looking watch, let?s rewind back to the 1960?s for a minute. With the start of the 1960?s, a new type of wat...
25-01-2021 19:44
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Pure Imagination: The MB&F Horological Machine No. 9 &#
Last week MB&F dropped their latest entry in the ongoing Horological Machine series, the HM9 SV. SV, in this case, stands for ?Sapphire Vision,? an...
25-01-2021 19:43
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A New Q, an Oris, and Some Compasses Too
It?s 2021, the holidays are behind us, so it?s time to get back to the business of adding cool watches and gear to the Windup Watch Shop. To kick t...
24-01-2021 19:34
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Watches, Stories, & Gear: A Taylor Stitch Raffle, Carbo
?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, e...
23-01-2021 19:34
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Hands-On With The New Zenith Chronomaster Sport & The 1
Zenith is returning to their Chronomaster Sport collection with the debut of 2 new El Primero fitted chronographs that set a new tone for the brand...
22-01-2021 19:37
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Tudor Brings The Black Bay Bronze Bucherer Blue to the US
It?s been five years since Tudor launched their Black Bay Bronze model in an attempt to diversify the popular Black Bay family into new materials a...
22-01-2021 19:37
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Introducing the REC P-51 Little Red & Green Hornet
The connection between cars and watches runs deep, and it is a relationship we?ve seen many watch brands leverage over the years. None do so quite ...
22-01-2021 19:37
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Introducing the Le Jour Heritage Collection
When we last left Le Jour, the newly reincorporated brand had just released their Hammerhead dive watch, a 70s inspired tool watch with a ton of co...
21-01-2021 19:37
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Introducing the Axios Flagship
Axios is a small brand based in Singapore that released their first watch, the Ironclad, in 2019. Their newest creation, the Flagship, is a colorfu...
21-01-2021 19:37
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Review: The Accutron Spaceview DNA
Before jumping into this new, forward-looking watch, let?s rewind back to the 1960?s for a minute. With the start of the 1960?s, a new type of wat...
20-01-2021 19:50
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Three Watch Collection Under $5,000: Chris Wright
To me, a three-watch collection is about versatility. If I?m spending five thousand bucks on timepieces, I need to have all my bases covered: they?...
19-01-2021 20:00
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Oris Introduces their Latest Carl Brashear Limited Edition,
Back when Oris introduced their first watch with the all new in-house Caliber 400 movement, the guessing game of what watch would be next to featur...
19-01-2021 20:00
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Introducing the Seiko Alpinist SPB201J1, a European Exclusiv
The Seiko Alpinist is a favorite among enthusiasts for its history, value, and very specific brand of rugged elegance that isn?t particularly commo...
18-01-2021 19:39
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Watches, Stories & Gear: A Bucatini Shortage, HSNY Scho
?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, e...
16-01-2021 19:35
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Introducing the G-Shock GMWB5000RD-4, Their Latest in Full M
Reading over the press release for the most recent G-Shock release, it occurred to me that it?s entirely possible that a generation of watch enthus...
15-01-2021 19:36
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Owner’s Review: The Grand Seiko SBGH271
Some watches resist easy categorization. Very often you?ll see a watch or try one on and immediately recognize it as a diver, or a dress watch, or ...
15-01-2021 19:36
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Introducing the Ming 27.02
Ming is a favorite of ours at Worn & Wound for their daring, contemporary designs and an extreme attention to the smallest of details. They?re back...
15-01-2021 19:36
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Hands-On With The New BOLDR X Kenji Chai ?Chaigo Venture?
Watchmaking and street art don?t seem a natural fit on the surface. Watch brands that have dabbled in this space before to varying degrees of succe...
14-01-2021 19:35
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Introducing the Hach V, the New Watch from London’s Ob
Objest, the London based watch brand and design house, has a new watch in the works to be funded through a Kickstarter campaign beginning next mont...
13-01-2021 19:39
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The Sinn U50, Tudor BB 58 Blue, & Seiko SPB149 Walk Int
Among the many great watch releases of 2020 there are 3 dive watches in particular that stand out as exemplary: the Tudor Black Bay 58 Blue, Sinn U...
13-01-2021 19:39
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Introducing the John Robert Wristwatches Archetype, with an
John Robert Wristwatches comes to us by way of Melbourne, Australia, and their debut collection, the Archetype, is a watch that?s focused on the s...
12-01-2021 19:52
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Hands-On With The New Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Profession
Following the announcement of their new Speedmaster last week, Omega has begun rolling out the first examples to their lucky new owners. As core mo...
12-01-2021 19:52
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NEIGHBORHOOD and Seiko Team Up For Limited Edition Prospex D
Japanese streetwear brand Neighborhood has teased an upcoming release done in collaboration with Seiko: a limited edition Prosepx reference SBDY077...
11-01-2021 19:42
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Watches, Stories, & Gear: Drones That Smell, Negroni Tw
?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, e...
09-01-2021 19:43
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So, You Want to be an Astronaut" A look at the Forstner
It?s something of a truism that when it comes to sports watches, there are bracelet guys, and there are strap guys. We see the divide right here on...
08-01-2021 19:32
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Introducing The Hemel Airfoil
British pilot watch enthusiasts have been spoiled for choice in recent years (decades") with a plethora of options from the likes of Bremont, Farer...
08-01-2021 19:32
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Linde Werdelin Teams up with Black Badger for a Bold, Lume F
If you enjoy lume, and I mean really enjoy lume, and have a thing for unconventional dive watches, the new Linde Werdelin Oktopus Blue Sea might ri...
07-01-2021 19:40
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The New Moynihan Train Hall, and the Art Deco Clock at the C
Every year, millions of people visit New York City and have life changing, transformative experiences. And on a daily basis, thousands upon thousan...
07-01-2021 19:40
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Introducing The Zenith Chronomaster A385 Revival
We all know the story of the first three automatic chronographs hitting the scene in 1969. It?s a bit of watch industry lore that lives on today in...
07-01-2021 19:40
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Our Most Popular Watch Reviews of 2020
We reviewed a lot of watches in 2020. Seriously. Some were great, others less so, but there?s one clear theme that emerges when taking stock of our...
06-01-2021 19:35
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Compelling Collaborations from 2020
With 2020 finally in our rearview mirror, we wanted to take a quick look back at some of the limited edition collaborations we launched this year. ...
05-01-2021 19:32
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Introducing The New Omega Speedmaster with Caliber 3861
Today is a big day for the Omega Speedmaster, as it received a long awaited update that is sure to please many and create a lot of discussion withi...
05-01-2021 19:32
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Horage is Back with New Entries in the Autark Line
New for 2021, Horage has announced new versions of their unique sports watch, the Autark. We reviewed the Autark way back in 2015, and in the years...
04-01-2021 19:37
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Watches, Stories, & Gear: Atomic Clocks and 19th Centur
?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, e...
02-01-2021 19:33
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Make Yourself A Scottish Watches SWATCH Watch
Our favorite Scottish based watch media crew, the aptly named Scottish Watches, is giving you the opportunity to design your own SWATCH Watch with ...
01-01-2021 19:34
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The Curious Collector: Why Do We Turn Meteorites Into Watch
A few weeks ago, the NASA mission OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) bounced a spa...
31-12-2020 19:33
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Seiko’s Big Year: Two New Dive Watches and How they Re
When we look back at the end of a year in watches, it seems like Seiko releases are always a highlight. They never have a bad year, and consistentl...
31-12-2020 19:33
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Nodus Finishes 2020 on a High Note with Two New Additions to
In our recent Q&A podcast, a listener asked about trends that we?ve been happy to see take hold. A more adventurous use of color among watch brands...
30-12-2020 19:34
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Military Watches of the World: Israel Pt. I
In this installment of Military Watches of the World, we travel to the Middle East to examine the timepieces of the Israel Defense Forces. Header i...
29-12-2020 19:34
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Holthinrichs Teams Up With Revolution and The Rake for Two V
Back in October, in our podcast about great watches between $3,500 and $5,000, I mentioned Holthinrichs Watches, a small brand based in the Netherl...
29-12-2020 19:34
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