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Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Announcing Our Return to the 2026 Ride to Conquer Cancer Last year, for the first time, Worn & Wound supported and participated in the Ride to Conquer Cancer, a two-day, 200+ kilometer cycling event through Southern Ontario, Canada, which raises funds for the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre—one of the world’s leading cancer research institutions. the watch community demonstrated incredible generosity. Several Worn & Wound team members joined team “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop”, and we raised over $51,000 for cancer research. It was a powerful example of what this community can achieve when we rally behind a vital cause. Today, I’m proud to announce that our team is officially returning for the 2026 Ride to Conquer Cancer. Returning riders include myself, Matt Smith-Johnson, Atom Moore, and Brea Taylor-Munro. We are also pleased to welcome a new member to the team: Craig Tough. Craig joins us as we aim to surpass last year’s fundraising total and increase o...

Why This Watch: the Seiko SBTE003 Today, a new series debuts on Worn & Wound. “Why This Watch?” focuses on a member of the watch enthusiast community and digs into their decision making process for why they’ve collected a particular watch. We all have reasons, justifications, and sometimes even purpose behind our collecting decisions, and this series aims to identify them through watches that might be a little unusual, off the beaten path, or special in some way to the owner.  We start the series with Steve Faiello, a longtime Worn & Wound reader and watch enthusiast, who recently picked up a special Seiko with a seriously underrated multi-function “dancing hands” movement that displays its current function directly on the dial (at 3:00, where you’d normally see the day display on almost any other Seiko) and is easily manipulated by the user. You can see Steve’s collection on Instagram here . What did you buy?  A Seiko SBTE003 with a 6M26-8050 quartz movement. ...

Review: the G-SHOCK DW-5600MNC with FIDLOCK Clasp G-SHOCK enthusiasts everywhere will be happy to hear that Casio has embraced a DW-5600 mod that has been popular for years – and it’s slated to hit international markets in the very near future. The new G-SHOCK DW-5600MNC series sees our favorite square swapping out its classic resin strap for a comfortable cloth option with a magnetic twist. For this update, G-SHOCK has partnered with FIDLOCK, a company known for its easy-to-operate fasteners featuring neodymium magnets, to give a boost to the original DW-5600 strap – typically considered by some owners to be a weak point when it comes to all-day wear. FIDLOCK’s technology has found a home in EDC and modding communities, with its most popular contributions outfitting backpacks, water bottle mounts, and even bike helmets.  The marriage of these two brands intends to provide users a new type of wearing experience that melds all-day comfort with the practicality we know and love....

The Hamilton Fontainebleau “Day ‘N Date” 6004: The Potential Catalyst for an Innovative Case Design Renaissance I feel that the contemporary watch market has a noticeable lack of fun, exciting, and unique watch case designs. Brands have put a major emphasis on dials made from rare materials or composed of intricate designs recently, but very few companies have put time into producing cases that offer a special experience for the wearer. Round and tank-styled timepieces are, and will forever be, the norm within the watch industry. However, this gap in the modern market gives collectors a chance to look back into vintage catalogs to familiarize themselves with fads and stylistic ventures of previous horological eras. With this in mind, I’d like to take a trip back to 1968 and examine the creation of the Hamilton Fontainebleau series, specifically the 6004 “Day ‘N Date” reference, to exhibit just how innovative case design can truly be. It’s typically an overlooked piece of the design...

Coming Soon: TIMEX × Hodinkee

Introducing: Credor Makes Its First Watches And Wonders Appearance With Three Novelties (Live Pics) What We Know One of the most interesting revelations among the wave of brands joining Watches and Wonders this year is that Credor, the Japanese domestic brand under Seiko known for high-end handcrafted watches like the Eichi II, is entering the international market under its own name. It's understandable, as, at least in the American market, Credor had always been looped in as a Grand Seiko-adjacent brand. It's in no small part because both brands are largely made by shared talent, and the only way to purchase a new Credor is through a Grand Seiko boutique, despite Credors not being Grand Seikos. Credor Goldfeather Tourbillon. But now, it's clear that Seiko is positioning Credor more independently, finally coming to the show under its own name. And ahead of the show, Credor has announced three new models for the year — two high-end Goldfeather models, and a new col...

Introducing: The Desder D001, A New Brand In Collaboration With Mo Coppoletta and Luca Soprana What We Know In the watch space, there are a few names that crop up over and over again, partially from the fact that some people just have too many ideas to contain. Mo Coppoletta, who has designed watches for Bulgari and, most recently, Gagà Laboratorio , might be largely known for his tattooing and artwork, but he's one of those names that has suddenly popped up over and over in the watch space. Now, he's lent his design skills to encasing a new movement by talented watchmaker Luca Soprana , who, in addition to his engineering for other brands and his own namesake projects, took up the mantle of Derek Pratt's work. A far cry from the relatively traditional aesthetic of the Derek Pratt Remontoir d'Egalité , the new brand Desder (founded by two anonymous parties who involved Coppoletta and Soprana in the project) and the D001 draws inspiration from the teardrop designs ...

In-Depth: The Rexhep Rexhepi Chronograph Flyback (RRCHF) It would be hard for me to overstate the demand for a watch from Rexhep Rexhepi at this moment. Mind you, the 54 person team will produce no more than 60 watches in the year ahead, perhaps as few as 50. But the amount of mind space Rexhep Rexhepi (the brand) occupies in the domes of serious collectors is tantamount to that of a manufacture 100 times its size. And indeed, Rexhep Rexhepi is a manufacture. It makes each component of the watch itself, most of which are within eye shot of the public, itself. Should you be walking down Grand Rue in old town Geneva, you're likely to see much of it.  There are seven different ateliers within four blocks in Old Town Geneva. The vast majority of the R&D, creation, and assembly for Akrivia is done right here.  As long as I've been coming to Geneva, I've wondered why there isn't more actual watchmaking taking place in the historic district of the capital of watch...