Identity & Authority: Worn & Wound – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

Worn & Wound

(https://wornandwound.com) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 24, 2026
Identity & Authority — The Lens

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
15 Impact Weight: 15 / 100
100% Reputation

Authority is well-established through detailed author bios and structured data. For instance, the Person schema for Zach Kazan includes a specific biography and sameAs links, connecting the content to a verifiable digital footprint. The technical implementation is robust, with clean heading hierarchies and comprehensive JSON-LD graphs.

The marketing tone is subdued and professional. The ‘leading source’ claim is backed by the shear volume of dated, specific editorial content (over 324 pages of featured archives). There are no bold, unsubstantiated performance claims regarding ‘ROI’ or ‘results’ that are typical of high-BS sites.

Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.

🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
Homepage schema
{
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    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/",
            "url": "https://wornandwound.com/",
            "name": "Worn & Wound - Watch Reviews, News, and Guides",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/#website"
            },
            "datePublished": "2016-03-11T21:29:48+00:00",
            "dateModified": "2026-05-07T21:53:48+00:00",
            "description": "Worn & Wound is the leading source for news on value-driven watches - the most beautifully-designed and well-crafted timepieces, regardless of price point.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/#breadcrumb"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "ReadAction",
                    "target": [
                        "https://wornandwound.com/"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/#website",
            "url": "https://wornandwound.com/",
            "name": "Worn & Wound",
            "description": "",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "SearchAction",
                    "target": {
                        "@type": "EntryPoint",
                        "urlTemplate": "https://wornandwound.com/?s={search_term_string}"
                    },
                    "query-input": {
                        "@type": "PropertyValueSpecification",
                        "valueRequired": true,
                        "valueName": "search_term_string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        }
    ]
}
/category/featured/
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/category/featured/",
            "url": "https://wornandwound.com/category/featured/",
            "name": "Featured Archives - Worn & Wound",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/#website"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/category/featured/#primaryimage"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/category/featured/#primaryimage"
            },
            "thumbnailUrl": "https://wornandwound.com/library/uploads/2026/04/WW-Citizen-Neall-Feature-WEB-55.jpg",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/category/featured/#breadcrumb"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        },
        {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/category/featured/#primaryimage",
            "url": "https://wornandwound.com/library/uploads/2026/04/WW-Citizen-Neall-Feature-WEB-55.jpg",
            "contentUrl": "https://wornandwound.com/library/uploads/2026/04/WW-Citizen-Neall-Feature-WEB-55.jpg",
            "width": 2000,
            "height": 1333
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/category/featured/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://wornandwound.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Featured"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/#website",
            "url": "https://wornandwound.com/",
            "name": "Worn & Wound",
            "description": "",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "SearchAction",
                    "target": {
                        "@type": "EntryPoint",
                        "urlTemplate": "https://wornandwound.com/?s={search_term_string}"
                    },
                    "query-input": {
                        "@type": "PropertyValueSpecification",
                        "valueRequired": true,
                        "valueName": "search_term_string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        }
    ]
}
/author/zach-kazan/
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ProfilePage",
            "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/author/zach-kazan/",
            "url": "https://wornandwound.com/author/zach-kazan/",
            "name": "Zach Kazan, Author at Worn & Wound",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/#website"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/author/zach-kazan/#primaryimage"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/author/zach-kazan/#primaryimage"
            },
            "thumbnailUrl": "https://wornandwound.com/library/uploads/2026/05/Arken-Alterum-Sage-Grey-77.jpg",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/author/zach-kazan/#breadcrumb"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "ReadAction",
                    "target": [
                        "https://wornandwound.com/author/zach-kazan/"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/author/zach-kazan/#primaryimage",
            "url": "https://wornandwound.com/library/uploads/2026/05/Arken-Alterum-Sage-Grey-77.jpg",
            "contentUrl": "https://wornandwound.com/library/uploads/2026/05/Arken-Alterum-Sage-Grey-77.jpg",
            "width": 2000,
            "height": 1333
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/author/zach-kazan/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://wornandwound.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Archives for Zach Kazan"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/#website",
            "url": "https://wornandwound.com/",
            "name": "Worn & Wound",
            "description": "",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "SearchAction",
                    "target": {
                        "@type": "EntryPoint",
                        "urlTemplate": "https://wornandwound.com/?s={search_term_string}"
                    },
                    "query-input": {
                        "@type": "PropertyValueSpecification",
                        "valueRequired": true,
                        "valueName": "search_term_string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        },
        {
            "@type": "Person",
            "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/#/schema/person/6645a16b1311d0adf3f36458f25c4dfc",
            "name": "Zach Kazan",
            "image": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "inLanguage": "en-US",
                "@id": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7766d580ddd919f31b622ed8568652f56d78152725180d2adec88b10c3924beb?s=96&d=mm&r=g",
                "url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7766d580ddd919f31b622ed8568652f56d78152725180d2adec88b10c3924beb?s=96&d=mm&r=g",
                "contentUrl": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7766d580ddd919f31b622ed8568652f56d78152725180d2adec88b10c3924beb?s=96&d=mm&r=g",
                "caption": "Zach Kazan"
            },
            "description": "Zach is a native of New Hampshire, and he has been interested in watches since the age of 13, when he walked into Macy’s and bought a gaudy, quartz, two-tone Citizen chronograph with his hard earned Bar Mitzvah money. It was lost in a move years ago, but he continues to hunt for a similar piece on eBay. Zach loves a wide variety of watches, but leans toward classic designs and proportions that have stood the test of time. He is currently obsessed with Grand Seiko.",
            "sameAs": [
                "zkazan"
            ],
            "mainEntityOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/author/zach-kazan/"
            }
        }
    ]
}
/videos/
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/videos/",
            "url": "https://wornandwound.com/videos/",
            "name": "Videos - Worn & Wound",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/#website"
            },
            "datePublished": "2014-03-10T23:09:57+00:00",
            "dateModified": "2023-01-13T19:38:43+00:00",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/videos/#breadcrumb"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "ReadAction",
                    "target": [
                        "https://wornandwound.com/videos/"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/videos/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://wornandwound.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Videos"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://wornandwound.com/#website",
            "url": "https://wornandwound.com/",
            "name": "Worn & Wound",
            "description": "",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "SearchAction",
                    "target": {
                        "@type": "EntryPoint",
                        "urlTemplate": "https://wornandwound.com/?s={search_term_string}"
                    },
                    "query-input": {
                        "@type": "PropertyValueSpecification",
                        "valueRequired": true,
                        "valueName": "search_term_string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        }
    ]
}
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
659Review mentions (all pages)
4External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 189 1
/category/featured/ 163 1
/author/zach-kazan/ 169 1
/videos/ 138 1