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Year in Review: the Changing Shape of Watch Media, and the Center of Watch Culture
by Zach Kazan December 26, 2025
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Ruhla: The East German Watch Brand That Went to Space
For decades now, watch collectors have become enamored with the significance, popularity, and (perhaps most importantly) the absurd affordability of Soviet-era watches. There’s the ingenious Vostok Amphibia dive watch; the various Poljot and Strela chronographs …
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Year in Review: the “Sleeper” Watches of 2025
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Introducing the Latest Collaboration Between Maurice Lacroix and Label Noir
While not my style, I can see the appeal of a skeleton-style watch–it’s admittedly engrossing to watch …
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Year in Review: the Best Travel Watches of 2025
Travel watches have been on the absolute rise in recent years. Where dive watches were once the default option for a first sports watch, GMTs, dual times, and world timers have been making a credible …
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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 430: Our Favorite Content of 2025
This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss and Liam …
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Year in Review: the Best “Money No Object” Watches of 2025
I’m long on record saying the mark of a genuine enthusiast is being able to get just …
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Year in Review: the Benefits of a Mobile Desk in a Travel Filled 2025
I was recently looking back at the year with my husband and roughly calculated that I had …
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Year in Review: the Best New Brands of 2025
It’s hard to launch a watch brand. And yet, every year, new brands appear. It’s honestly tough to keep up sometimes, and when looking back at 2025, there seemed to be a flurry of new …
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Year in Review: the Best Travel Watches of 2025
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