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In the first race back from the summer break, McLaren, who was already on a positive trajectory, smoked their closest rival to the tune of a 22 second gap at the finish line. A gap reminiscent of the first race of the season where Max Verstappen had us believing it would be 2023 all over again. After months of asking for more competitive challengers, it now seems like McLaren will only be taking Redbull’s place. We discuss if this dominant performance will be the new norm and how Redbull’s current trajectory may mean a battle for the Driver’s Championship isn’t an unrealizable dream for the papaya team.

We also look forward to Monza and wonder if Ferrari is holding upgrades back specifically for their home race. It wouldn’t be the first time we’ve seen the team hyper-focused on success at one racetrack. What’s more, with a new racer on the grid (Bye Logan, Hi Franco), we enthusiastically await what the Temple of Speed has to offer this weekend.

Start up your podcast player and listen to this episode for more of our thoughts on the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix.

Today, we sit down with Kenneth Lam of Arken Watch Co. We chat about what kind of watch collector he was early on, what inspired his brand, and what's to come from Arken. As many of you know, his designs stand out among the many micro-brands out there, and Ken is using some interesting complications we dive into on the pod this week. 

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Today on the podcast, Zach Kazan sits down with Griffin Bartsch, Worn & Wound contributor and watch collector, about his path into collecting and why he’s stuck around in the hobby. Griffin got started in the hobby at a young age with a hand-me-down vintage watch, and that set the stage for years of exploration into watches of all kinds. Griffin takes us through some of the watches that have defined his taste over the years, and how his outlook has changed over time, including through his experiences at auctions, writing about watches, and working for a major watch retailer. Griffin also gives us a preview of his upcoming review of the Zenith Defy Extreme Diver, one of the most talked about new releases of the year.

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Show Notes

• Griffin’s wrist check: Rolex Datejust
• Zach’s wrist check: Citizen Tsuyosa Small Seconds  
• Our Favorite Summer Watches
• Review: the Lorier Astra
• The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep 356: Our Watch Origin Stories, and First Watch Recommendations
• Four of the Biggest Surprises from Chicago’s Windup Watch Fair
• Interview: A Conversation with Benoit de Clerck, Zenith’s New CEO

Last week, Formula 1 visited Brazil's famed Interlagos track for round 21 of the season. Like last year, this was a sprint weekend, meaning less time for setup, and more time for racing drama, which we saw plenty of. In this episode, Ricardo and Blake dive into the details of the race weekend, lamenting the string of horrible luck Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has been experiencing the past season and a half. This race saw his exit from a P2 starting position during the formation lap leading into the race. Lando Norris was happy to take over that position during the race itself, pushing Verstappen early in the race, and keeping a respectable distance from the leader much of the way. 

On this week’s podcast, Blake welcomes Jason Gong, founder of Complecto, to the podcast. Jason joins Blake and Zach to chat about the origins of Complecto, their mission to advance diversity within the watch community, and the launch of their first limited edition, a super cool gray dialed Jet Star made in collaboration with Bulova. Along the way, they also chat about how Jason’s obsession with watches began at an early age, how his work in Silicon Valley and in finance informs the ideas behind Complecto, and a whole lot more.

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Show Notes

• Jason’s wrist check: Bulova x Complecto Jet Star LE
• Zach’s wrist check: Autodromo Group B
• Blake’s wrist check: Zenith El Primero “Rainbow” Flyback
• Zenith & Aaron Rodgers Reveal New Green Chronomaster Sport Chronograph
• Complecto
• Zach K. on the OT Podcast  

Round 20 of the 2023 Formula 1 season saw action in sunny Mexico City around the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit, which threw plenty of heat at the cars over the course of the weekend. That meant high degradation on the tires, and little in the way of clean air for the cars to enjoy. We saw yet another lap 1, turn 1 incident punish an overly aggressive move by Sergio Perez hoping to take advantage of a tremendous start, unfortunately leading to his retirement from the race in front of his home crowd. The front of the pack was quickly filled by the Ferrari and Mercedes cars vying for podium spots behind Verstappen, who took his record breaking 16th win of the season. A strong race from Hamilton saw him taking P2, while the race’s pole sitter, Leclerc, held on for P3.

This week on the podcast, Blake welcomes Zach Weiss and Zach Kazan to talk about a pair of recent releases from Omega and Ming that cover similar ground in their use of interesting and uncommon materials, all in the name of reducing weight. The new Omega Planet Ocean diver uses a titanium movement to cut weight in a package that’s already quite chunky, and the Ming LW.01 is a literal record setter, lighter in weight than any other mechanical watch.These non-traditional watches have us thinking about the merits of lighter weight watches in general and also the use of new materials more broadly, these two new releases in particular inspired quite a bit of conversation.

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Show Notes

• Time On Screen: In The Mouth of Madness
• Zach K’s wrist check: Arcanaut Arc II Fordite
• Zach W’s wrist check: Grand Seiko SBGW277
• Blake’s wrist check: Oris AquisPro
• Fears Brings Mother of Pearl to the Brunswick, But Not In the Way You Might Expect
• Omega Introduces a New Ceramic Compound to their Collection and Puts a Titanium Movement in the New Planet Ocean
• Ming Surprises with What Could Be the Lightest Watches Ever Made
• A Lange & Söhne Gives Zeitwerk Minute Repeater the Honeygold Treatment for New NYC Boutique

Time on Screen is back this week with a seasonally appropriate entry, an underrated mid-90s classic from the Master of Horror himself, John Carpenter. Zach Kazan is joined by Zach Weiss and Chris Antzoulis (all horror movie fans to their core) for this discussion of In the Mouth of Madness, the capstone to Carpenter’s “Apocalypse Trilogy,” and a personal favorite of this crew. There are other Carpenter horror movies that are more famous, but none that take place largely in New Hampshire, and few that are quite this unhinged, following Sam Neill’s insurance investigator as he tries to track down a missing horror writer whose latest novel has the power to make its readers insane, forever altering their reality, and bringing about the end of the world as we know it. In other words, perfect spooky season fare. 

There are watches in the movie as well, but In the Mouth of Madness really fits into this series for the way the narrative plays with time, using elliptical storytelling techniques to underscore the idea that our characters are losing their grip on reality.

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Welcome to a special episode of A Week In Watches filmed live on the floor of our Windup Watch Fair New York. This episode features first hand looks at some of the new watches released at or around the fair with commentary from the people behind them. This year’s fair was our biggest ever, so unfortunately we weren’t able to get to all the new watches, but we pulled aside a handful of the most interesting watches caught our eye during the fair. This includes watches from Laco, Baltic, Isotope and more, along with some of the EDC brands that showed up this year. There was no shortage of exciting watches to check out, and as always, some incredible watch spotting in the crowd of enthusiasts that showed up.

Thanks to our lead sponsors: Oris, Christopher Ward, Zodiac, G-Shock, and Citizen for making such a great impression upon first walking into the fair!

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As we enter the final stages of the 2023 Formula 1 season, the cars and teams look to make their final updates to secure position, and even to plan ahead for next season. Round 19 saw action return to the US for the race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX, and this Sprint race weekend brought plenty of drama both on the track, and off it. We saw competitive racing out front thanks to a revitalized Mercedes car running a new floor, a strong presence from McLaren, and of course the ever present Red Bull leading the pack. The final result was anything but predictable this week, with a determined Lew Hamilton chasing down Max Verstappen, though his bid for victory ultimately fell just a few seconds short. Ultimately, it wouldn't have mattered as the Mercedes driver (along with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc) was handed a DSQ thanks to a floor plank being out of spec after the race.