?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

Watches on the Screen – the Omega Timepieces of “First Man”

The Academy Awards are Sunday night, capping the end of a long awards season. In that spirit, we thought we?d highlight a story from the Worn & Wound archives that takes a look at the watches of ?First Man,? Damien Chazelle?s film dramatizing the life of Neil Armstrong. Of course, there are many, many Speedmasters in the film, but a surprising variety of watches are highlighted in this story from October of 2018. Chazelle?s film is notably meticulous in its period details, something that not every movie can claim. Read it here

Vox

Why Spotify and a Casino Bought The Ringer and Barstool 

It?s been a big week for two of the most prominent new media companies to emerge in the last few years, with Spotify?s purchase of The Ringer (and its many, many podcast properties) and Barstool Sports being sold to Penn National Gaming, a regional gambling company (and, we imagine, big fans of on-the-street pizza reviews). While the high prices paid for the two companies is a story in and of itself, this piece in Vox?s Recode blog takes a dive into what it means that a streaming music platform and a casino are di...