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Why I Bought It: Wyler Vetta Beaux Arts Triple Calendar Moonphase Chronograph, a Blast from the Past

The Wyler Vetta Beaux Arts collection’s design language is firmly rooted in its Italian origins.  Love it or hate it, one glance will confirm you’re in the presence of something decidedly different.

Introducing: A New 35mm Vacheron Constantin Overseas In Pink Gold With Diamonds – And A Bit More

The brand has also found a new partner who knows ice – and I'm not just talking diamonds.

Not new, but still great: Czapek Antarctique Rattrapante

We take a second look at the rather amazing Czapek Antarctique Rattrapante. We had a close look at the watch again in Geneva this year.

New McGonigle Ogma for 2024: No Watch, No Photos, No Sketches, No Launch, But First Editions Already Nearly Sold Out – Welcome To the New Normal

There are no photos (either real or CAD) nor sketches of the McGonigle Ogma, and there’s been no public announcement; however (surprise, surpise!), most of the watches have already been reserved. How times have changed. In the words of Dorothy to her dog in The Wizard of Oz after being sucked up by a tornado, "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

8-Bit Nostalgia – Introducing the AVI-8 Flyboy Capcom 1942 Automatic Limited Edition

If you were to stop and think of an iconic video game from your childhood, assuming you were an early millennial, one of a handful of characters or series might first come to mind. Mario, Sonic, Mortal Kombat, etc. While making a watch inspired by any of those major franchises would certainly draw a dedicated customer base, it wouldn’t be a surprising thing to do. This is why I got very excited when I learned that AVI-8 was collaborating with Capcom to create a watch inspired by 1942. 1942 was first released, apparently, in 1984. I too was released that year, but I only played it for the first time, as memory serves, in an arcade at a hotel I was staying at with my family. I was likely five or six. I played it for what felt like hours, though given that I was spending my parent’s quarters, it was likely a lot less. Regardless, I was obsessed. I had dreams about it, neigh, nightmares. I later discovered I could rent it for my Nintendo at the local video store (feeling old yet?) and the obsession continued. You see, unlike the typical side-scrolling platform games of the day, which I wasn’t very good at, 1942 was a vertical-scrolling shooter. Your fighter plane was always firing, and you swayed left and right to avoid incoming ammunition. There were powerups, big bosses, levels with ships, and other stuff that I just found epically exciting at the time. It was a fun game. But, what it lacked was a central character. An iconic central figure to idolize, save a little an...

Introducing: Celebrating The AP Royal Oak Offshore's Anniversary With Some Music And A Bit Of 37mm-Sized Bling

AP goes from tasting the rainbow to dishing out a healthy dose of salmon and a few other options in between.

Deployant Reacts: 5 Watches I Love but Would NEVER BUY

Following the first Deployant Reacts article, we decided to follow up with another piece, this time with Britt Pearce's thoughts on certain watches.

Why I Bought It: A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus (A Photofest!)

If you’re at all a Lange enthusiast like GaryG, you’ll likely understand the most compelling reason for buying the Odysseus is that it's an A. Lange & Söhne watch you can wear every day.

De Bethune DB28: How I Launched It, Why I Bought It, And Why It’s The Perfect ‘One Watch’ – Reprise

De Bethune celebrated the tenth anniversary of its groundbreaking DB28 in 2020 and, as Ian Skellern's relationship with the model goes back the full decade, it seemed an appropriate time for him to share the story of how he came to launch the DB28, own a DB28, and what he thinks of the DB28 after wearing one regularly for 10 years.

Grand Seiko Blue Snowflake: Why I Bought It (Despite The Strap And Buckle) – Reprise

After a week on the wrist, Chris Malburg had some issues with Grand Seiko’s Blue Snowflake Reference SBGA407. Even so, he pulled the trigger. Here Chris explains how he fixed those issues and why this watch just might deserve a place in your collection too.

Marathon Introduces A New Steel Navigator. But Is It Worth The Price?

A look at the new Marathon Navigator pilot's watch, featuring a fully blasted steel case with a screw-down crown and 100m of water-resistance.

Watches, Stories, & Gear: Starting Your Mornings With a Rolex (Not the Watch, but a Tasty Egg Wrap), a Smart Tripod with Autonomous-Leveling Capability, & the SpaceX Starship’s ‘Successful Failure’

“Watches, Stories, and Gear” is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, explore interesting content that inspires us, and put a spotlight on causes we believe in. Oh, and any gear we happen to be digging on this week. We love gear. Share your story ideas or interesting finds with us by emailing tcalara@wornandwound.com Header Image Via: New York Times Getting To Know The Other “Rolex” Via New York Times What if we told you that you could purchase your very own “Rolex” for 1,500 Ugandan Shillings, or roughly 40 U.S. cents? And then what if we followed that up by saying you can even make a “Rolex” within the confines of your very own home? If you haven’t figured it out by now, we’re not talking about the privately-owned Swiss powerhouse watch company commonly known as the “The Crown,” but a popular Ugandan street food that has adopted the Rolex name. Via New York Times The hearty Ugandan snack’s nickname is actually derived from what the meal actually is – “rolled eggs” (say that a few times fast, and you can see how it gets the name) and it even has its own dedicated annual festival in Uganda. Essentially, it’s a vegetable omelet rolled up in chapati, a form of bread similar to that of roti. The omelet seems to be the straightforward part of the recipe, but the chapati however, is a bit more tricky. Although chapati is traditionally made up of only four ingredients, t...

Technical Beauty Comes Around: A Retrospective of the Ulysse Nardin Freak

Hands-On: Three Bite-Sized Cartier Novelties From Watches & Wonders 2023

A teeny tiny Baignore, Panthère, and Tank Américaine.

Watches, Stories, & Gear: The Nothing Ear (2) Might be the Best (and Coolest) Apple Airpod Alternative, What Superluminal Travel Actually Looks Like, & the World’s Most Visited Art Installation in Times Square, But Nobody Knows It’s There

“Watches, Stories, and Gear” is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, explore interesting content that inspires us, and put a spotlight on causes we believe in. Oh, and any gear we happen to be digging on this week. We love gear. Share your story ideas or interesting finds with us by emailing tcalara@wornandwound.com Header Image Via: Nothing Tech Don’t Want To Follow The Wireless Headphone Crowd? Peep The Nothing’s Updated  Ear(2)  Via Gear Patrol For the longest, I have been “anti” Apple Airpods. I always thought people looked silly when they had those little white apparatuses sticking out of their ear canal and even sillier when I would see someone having a phone conversation, but to my eye, it looked like they were talking to themselves. Well, I’m ready to eat some crow, because as I’m writing these very words, I currently have a set of Apple Airpods Pro snuggled in and I do not hear a peep from the outside world. I now understand the appeal. They’re convenient and they sure do beat lugging around my Bose Comfort 45s. Via Gear Patrol But this WSG story isn’t about the Apple Airpod. It’s about another set of wireless headphones that could be a solid alternative in the event you were wireless-headphone-curious and didn’t want to look like everyone else. The Nothing Ear (2) is the latest from the London-based tech company whose main mission is to “remove barriers betwee...

10 Astronomical Complications That Have Not Been Invented As Suggested By ChatGPT: I Thought That A ‘Time Dilation Monitor’ Has Promise, But May Require Quantum Entanglement

Open AI's ChatGPT is many a lot of news and headlines recently, so Ian Skellern thought to see if this powerful technology could advance horology by asking it to, "Give him 10 astronomical complications for wristwatches that have not been invented yet." This is what it suggested . . .

Four + One: He Loves Watches, But He Might Like Watch Meet-Ups Even More

Giancarlo Rosselli inherited his grandfather's Omega Constellation, and so much more.

Hands-On: I Thought I Knew The Lange Zeitwerk But I Was So, So Wrong

How did a watch I thought I'd never love become a personal measuring stick for past-meets-future watchmaking?

Hands-On: The New IWC Mark XX: Yes, It’s Better. But Is It The Mark Series We Want?

A vintage nerd makes a few humble suggestions for where the Mark Series can go from here.

Buying, Selling, & Collecting: How A Pulsation Scale Actually Works, And Five Pulsation Chronographs That Make Our Heart Skip A Beat

From Patek to Omega, five pulsation chronographs after our own hearts.

How I'd Spend $100K: First, I’d Buy A Patek. Then A Rolex. But I’d Save Some Money For The Bunny

how to spend 100k on a watch collection according to one watch writer

G-SHOCK Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Frogman with a Limited Edition Inspired by a Colorful (but Poisonous) Frog

I’ve long held that you can tell an awful lot about a person by their taste in G-SHOCKs. By now, there are so many types of these watches out there, it’s not hard to get a sense of what kind of message a watch collector is trying to send out into the world about themselves through their choice in G-SHOCK. The hardcore collector types will naturally want to flex the limited or hard to find collabs. Your Rick and Morty and Budweiser editions, for example. I get the sense that people who are most likely to actually use their G-SHOCKs for their intended purpose are drawn toward simple, blacked out, “tacti-cool” watches that don’t draw too much attention. These are the simple, traditional G-SHOCKs being worn as nature intended, by the professionals who put themselves in dangerous situations for a living, or klutzes who know for a fact that their watch is going to become intimately familiar with every door jamb it approaches. And then there are people like me. We’re dabblers, interested in G-SHOCK but not obsessive, who are mostly drawn to aggressively colorful designs like the new GWFA1000APF1 seen here, made for the 30th anniversary of the Frogman.  The Frogman watches, if you need a quick refresher, are G-SHOCKs made with diving and water adventures in mind. While all G-SHOCK watches have ample water resistance, the Frogman series features analog time telling via large, dive watch style hands, and a dual coil motor system designed to quickly move those hands as y...

Oldies But Goodies: Six rare and discontinued watches (Part V)

In this week's article, we take a look at yet another fine selection of rare and discontinued watches from the yesteryear.

Victor & Charles Karma Champagne: Sensational Taste, But The Jury Is Out On That Diamond

Ken Gargett thinks that the Victor & Charles Karma champagne is an interesting addition to the champagne firmament and is certainly magnificently presented. And if anyone finds a practical purpose for that diamond, please let him know.

The Spec Sheet: The Carrera Calibre 5 Date May Not Be A Chronograph, But It's Still Pure TAG Heuer

A three-hander that looks good on Ryan Gosling's wrist, and yours too.