Zach Kazan

New Hampshire

Managing Editor at Worn & Wound

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Articles

Naoya Hida & Co. Has Announced their 2025 Releases

1 day ago | wornandwound.com | Zach Kazan

Seeing a watch made by Naoya Hida & Co. in person for the first time was one of those moments when you truly realize that you have to experience a watch in the metal before casting judgement. At the time, the brand was only in its second full year, and most of the people commenting on the watches in online forums, Instagram, etc. were reacting to what they perceived as an exorbitant price tag.
Tudor Introduces the Pelagos FXD Chrono "Pink'' for the Giro d’Italia

3 days ago | wornandwound.com | Zach Kazan

It’s deja vu all over again. Just last week, we brought you news of Tudor’s latest release in carbon fiber, a Black Bay Chronograph made to celebrate their partnership with the Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 team. Just days after that announcement, Tudor followed up with yet another carbon chrono, this one built on the FXD platform.
Brew Introduces the Metric Manual Wind, with a Swiss Mechanical Movement

1 week ago | wornandwound.com | Zach Kazan

Brew’s recent history has been marked by two distinct types of watch releases. There are watches that incorporate bold design choices in established platforms, like Metric Star from last year, or our own Metric Chrono Regulator Lumint limited edition. These releases take a distinct point of view on something that is familiar to Brew fans and watch enthusiasts more generally, and keep moving the ball forward on the brand’s aesthetic.
Tudor Adds a Limited Edition Carbon Chrono to the Black Bay Chronograph Lineup

1 week ago | wornandwound.com | Zach Kazan

We haven’t remarked on it all that much to this point, but one of the inescapable trends at Watches & Wonders this year was a prevalence of F1 cars making appearances around the Palexpo. If you scheduled your meetings in a particular way, you could easily be convinced that every Swiss watch brand has some level of involvement with the sport. IWC, of course, is just beginning to promote F1, the highly anticipated new film starring Brad Pitt that is said to feature many, many IWC watches.
Awake is Back with a Pair of "Jurassic Watch" Limited Editions

2 weeks ago | wornandwound.com | Zach Kazan

I love Jurassic Park. It is, on any given day, my most likely response if I’m asked to name my favorite movie. To me, it’s a perfectly constructed film, and the absolute pinnacle of a type of event movie that is, unfortunately, no longer made. The way it blends state of the art (for the time) CGI with practical effects is unmatched, and somehow, over thirty years after the movie premiered, all of those effects still hold up.
Massena LAB and Raúl Pagès Unveil the Noctograph, their Third Collaboration

2 weeks ago | wornandwound.com | Zach Kazan

Massena LAB has announced their latest limited edition, a third collaboration with independent watchmaker Raúl Pagès. The new Noctograph also represents the first release from Massena LAB since it was revealed that the brand would now be part of the Alternative Horological Alliance (AHA), a group founded last year by Ming, Fleming, and J.N. Shapiro (the alliance also added Fears at the same time as Massena LAB).
Nivada-Grenchen Updates the F77 with a Redesigned Case

2 weeks ago | wornandwound.com | Zach Kazan

We have officially reached that point in the integrated bracelet sports watch trend where the late entrants are getting their second generation, “improved” models to market. Case in point, Nivada-Grenchen and their F77. The F77 launched in March of 2023, a time period that most would agree saw the hype around this genre of watch begin to cool in a significant way. That doesn’t take anything away from the F77 as a watch, of course.
Garrick Takes a Huge Step Forward with the S3 Deadbeat Seconds

2 weeks ago | wornandwound.com | Zach Kazan

One of my favorite stories in independent watchmaking over the last few years has been the evolution of Garrick, the Norwich based brand specializing in meticulously finished, custom made watches. In a relatively short time, the brand has transformed itself into something of an experimental haute horlogerie specialist. The first Garrick watch I can recall writing about was the S4, upon its announcement, which represented the entry point into the brand at around £4995 (in 2021).
Furlan Marri Celebrates their Fourth Anniversary with the New "Red Hunter"

3 weeks ago | wornandwound.com | Zach Kazan

It feels like Furlan Marri has been around longer than four years, doesn’t it? Their trajectory from “Kickstarter brand” to one of the most consistently interesting small indies/micros/whatever has been fascinating to watch simply because it doesn’t correlate at all with the typical growth of a watch brand, regardless of the size.
ochs und junior's two timezones + date Gets the "Ochs Line" Treatment

3 weeks ago | wornandwound.com | Zach Kazan

It’s easy in this job to get into the habit of casually skimming press releases as they hit our inbox. We get a lot of new release announcements, and most of them, for one reason or another, never make it to the website. There’s a certain formula to these press releases that makes it easy for us to identify the key features and attributes of a new watch with a cursory glance, but there are certain releases where it really pays to slow down and drink it all in.