?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of some of our favorite watch content on Worn & Wound, great stories from around the web, and cool gear that we?ve got our eye on.
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Worn & Wound

Affordable Vintage: King Seiko Ref. 5621-7020, and Some Things to Consider When Buying King Seiko 

On this week?s Worn & Wound podcast, we dove deep into the latest new releases from Seiko and Grand Seiko. But if you love Japanese and vintage is more your bag, we?ve got you covered. Check out this entry in the Affordable Vintage series from back in 2018, where contributor ZQ Chia takes us on a tour of his own King Seiko 5621-7020, and provides some useful tips on shopping for your own vintage Grand or King Seiko. Read it here

The New York Times Magazine

The Weirdly Enduring Appeal of Weird Al Yankovic

If you came of age during the 80s or 90s, there?s an extremely high probability that your first exposure to certain major popular music hits wasn?t those hits themselves, but the incredibly popular parodies of those songs by Weird Al Yankovic. Over a career that has spanned four decades, Weird Al has ingrained himself into popular culture like few artists have. In this profile in the New York Times Magazine, we get an intimate look at Weird Al?s life, and it might surprise some just how normal he actually is. 
Read it here

 

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