Unpolished Watches

I picked up ’s 2010 novel Super Sad True Love Story after Gary was on Ezra Klein, who said he “keeps telling people this is the dystopian novel we’re living in.”

This week’s guests are Adam Golden of Menta Watches and Chris Gary, the producer and director behind Chasing Time, a documentary about watch collecting premiering at the Austin Film Festival at the end of October.

Legare Chapter 1, Selten’s new tantalum case and the trend it shows, and Bradley Taylor’s Ardea.

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Happy October.

Zach Kazan is the managing editor of Worn & Wound, and he’s covered microbrands as closely as anyone for the last decade.

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Austin Rogers is a New Yorker by way of Ohio, and goes by @rehaut on Instagram.

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In today’s newsletter: The latest podcast on a $42 watch from Delhi that sold out in two minutes; a new record-breaking Cartier; two Cartier Pebbles with the same serial number; why the annual calendar is back: Rolex, Patek Philippe, and the price ladder;…

Subscribe: https://unpolishedwatches.com/ In December 2025, a surprising watch went viral.

In today’s Weekend Edition: The latest podcast with Jeff Stein; a photo report from inside Nomos Glashütte; Hermes watches have a Birkin problem; the indie that Silicon Valley can’t get enough of; a vintage Vacheron chronograph I’m still thinking about; a…

The first “nice watch” I ever bought for myself was a Nomos Tangente.

Jeff Stein is a collector, researcher, scholar, retired lawyer from Atlanta, and the proprietor of On the Dash, the resource for all things Heuer.

Happy Labor Day.

The newest strap in the Unpolished Store is Textured Taupe, made from Epsom leather.

The Gallet relaunch.

Happy Sunday.

It’s almost the end of summer.

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Full show notes: www.unpolishedwatches.com/p/what-we-want-from-iwc-and-how-to Today’s Collector Conversation is with Wesley Smith, founder of Standard H, an automotive-inspired clothing brand.