Ep. 418: Market Updates and the American Watchmaking Directory with Hamza Masood

This week on the Worn & Wound podcast, Zach Kazan welcomes Hamza Masood back to the podcast. Hamza Masood is Head of Partnerships at WatchCharts, a website whose mission is to provide as much pricing data and transparency as possible to the watch buying public and the larger watch industry. It’s a truly invaluable resource, and we think you should bookmark it and refer to it whenever you find yourself shopping for a new or pre-owned watch. In this episode we get a market update from Hamza and a broad overview of the state of the pre-owned watch world, including a few notable surprises.  

Hamza also tells us about his latest project, the American Watchmaking Directory. Hamza has always had an interest in American watchmaking and the state of the industry here, and the American Watchmaking Directory is a bit of a passion project that has been in the works for some time. It seeks to document as many American watch brands as possible, and will eventually also list suppliers and manufacturers of other watch components based in America as well. The idea is that it can be a place not just for collectors and enthusiasts to research American watchmaking, but to connect brands with each other and suppliers so they might collaborate more easily.

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Show Notes 

• Review: the RGM Model 222-RR “Ferguson”
• Typsim Makes Watches for the True Watch Nerd
• Exploring WatchCharts Marketplace, a New Watch Sales Platform Backed by Historical Pricing Data
• The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 245: Hamza Masood from WatchCharts Walks Us Through this Crazy Market and His Own Unique Collecting Strategy
• American Watchmaking Directory
• The Cornell Watch Company Introduces the Lozier, with a Case, Crown, Dial and Hands Made in the United States