From the Editor: Here?s to the Next Ten
About a year ago, shortly after taking over the reins of the editorial side of the business for Worn & Wound, I wrote a hands-on piece about the Zenith Defy 21 Land Rover Edition. Prior to then, not exactly the type of watch you?d see around here that often. A thoughtful comment left on that post has stuck with me, in which a reader expressed concern about seeing this kind of watch on a site known for covering the more affordable end of the hobby, asking, ?…is anyone reading Worn & Wound for articles about $14,000 watches"? He later adds, ?The watch blogosphere is awash in websites catering to the deeply privileged,? a sentiment with which I wholeheartedly agree.
You may have noticed that we have not stopped writing about $14,000 watches in the time between then and now. Nor have we stopped writing about the likes of Seiko, Farer, Brew and G-SHOCK. Our enthusiasm for the accessible, the micro, the unusual, or just plain unconventional has not waned a bit in recent years. Rather, that enthusiasm, how we experience it, and most importantly how we share it, has grown. As a result, we?re able to reach a broader, more diverse selection of enthusiasts and collectors, regardless of the perceived monetary value assigned to the contents of their watchbox.Â
The watches we talk about here at Worn & Wound may have expanded a bit, but how we talk about and experience those watches certainly has not. You won?t find us hemming and hawing over the latest ...
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