?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.
This installment of ?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is brought to you by the Windup Watch Shop.

Worn & Wound

Talking Vintage Watch Restoration Ethics with James Lamdin, Eric Ku, and Eric Wind

Before and after at LA Watch Works.

The vintage watch world can be a dangerous place, so we were glad to get some insight from three of the top vintage dealers in the game today. Be sure to check out this story from earlier this week in which James Lamdin, Eric Ku, and Eric Wind share their thoughts on the ethics of case restoration, laser welding, and the like from their own unique perspectives. Also, be sure to check out our earlier profile of Kamil Dunkowski, an expert in the art of refinishing Seiko and Grand Seiko cases with that perfect zaratsu polish. Read the full story here

LA Times

One Man?s 1,648-Page Quest to Preserve an American Watch Company?s History

Speaking of vintage watches, this story in the L.A. Times deserves a look if you?ve ever admired any of the classic American watches from the golden age of American watch manufacturing, particularly those from the Illinois Watch Co. Fredric Friedberg has an astonishing collection of Illinois watches, and literally wrote the book on the company and their timepieces. History buffs will enjoy this one too, as will anyone who has ever bee...