Marc is back from Kentucky, fresh off celebrating Brian’s son’s wedding, a weekend packed with family, stories, and those reminders of why friendships matter. The guys settle in with a fall-appropriate stout and dunkle and pick up where they left off: Vaer.

This week, the new Vaer × Worn & Wound × Topo Designs release takes center stage. Marc argues it’s the perfect watch for people who care more about the outdoors than watch forums. Aaron, meanwhile, has been “testing” the accuracy of his A7 with two straight weeks of wear and has discovered it runs six seconds fast. He is now debating whether to regulate it, even though once it goes back into regular rotation that adjustment will never matter. Marc can’t help but poke fun at the level of obsession.

That launches a familiar discussion about the dream “do-everything Explorer.” Would we ditch most of our collections for that one perfect field watch? Short answer: no. But the conversation leads Marc to imagine a more compact Tudor Ranger, and Aaron to float the IWC 36mm Pilot, something he hopes to try on during his next trip to Denver.

A little family, a little beer, a lot of field watches. The good stuff.