The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 220: Our Favorite Watches of 2021

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, we’ve got a full house to talk about our favorite watches of 2021. Blake Buettner, Zach Weiss, Ed Jelley, Zach Kazan, and Thomas Calara are all on the mic to run through the watch releases that stuck with us last year. From affordable value propositions to unattainable grails, we talk about it all on this week’s episode. Check out the show notes for links to our stories on the watches discussed, and let us know if you think we missed anything in the comments below, and also be sure to comment about your favorite pickup of 2021, either here or on Instagram.

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Show Notes

• Thomas’s wrist check: Rolex Explorer 
• Ed’s wrist check: Omega Speedmaster 
• Zach K’s wrist check: Grand Seiko SBGA469
• Zach W’s wrist check: Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Regulator 
• Blake’s wrist check: Unimatic Modello Uno
• Introducing The New Omega Speedmaster with Caliber 3861
• Introducing the Omega Speedmaster Calibre 321 in Canopus Gold
• Why I Love It: The Romain Gauthier Continuum
• Review: Vero Open Water Dive Watch
• Brew Gets Funky With All New Metric Chronograph
• Owner’s Review: the Synchron Military
• IWC Big Pilot Perpetual “Mojave”
• Favorite Under the Radar Releases of 2021: the ochs und junior Calendario Cent’Anni
• Carter SolarBeat Tank Must (in our Watches & Wonders roundup)
• G-Shock Goes Sci-Fi with the Titanium GMW-B5000TVA
• Introducing the Conceptual New Le Régulateur Louis Erard × atelier oï
• Introducing the Absolutely Striking Bulgari Octo Finissimo Tadao Ando Limited Edition
• Introducing the Zenith Chronomaster Original With El Primero 3600
• Zenith Collaborates with Artist Felipe Pantone, and a Brief Examination of the “Art Watch”
• The Classic Grand Seiko Hand Winder Gets Some Color In New, US Exclusive LEs
• Hands-On with the Grand Seiko SLGH005 “White Birch”
• J.N. Shapiro’s Latest Entry in the Infinity Series is a Tantalum Cased Engine-Turned Tour de Force