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Watches of Espionage

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Former CIA Officer, amateur horologist. -will do this until it stops being fun, then disappear. -W.O.E. #watchesofespionage

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Yesterday, UN Ambassador and former Special Forces Officer Mike Waltz held up a photograph of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro with a red circle around two Rolexes, which he said represent “$40,000 in today’s money.”
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Learn more about Castro's collection and double wristing in our previous video: youtu.be/Q65mY4qWhYI?si=4dTn…
What Is Double-Wristing? Why SpecOps, Generals, & Dictators Wear Two Watches At The Same Time

What Is Double-Wristing? Why SpecOps, Generals, & Dictators Wear Two Watches At The Same Time

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Castro routinely wore multiple watches, sometimes on the same wrist. Collector lore says he set the watches to Havana, Moscow, and Washington, D.C.’s time zones (the third utilizing the GMT function). Whether he wore them for status or for function is still debated.
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Waltz used the image and others to make the point that the revolution was never for the people, just the people at the top. Needless to say, things got spicy, and an argument with the Cuban delegation ensued.
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Watches Qualified by the CIA for Operational Use - From Rolex to Bulova & Benrus, Several Intriguing Timepieces Have Been Approved for Use by CIA Officers (read below) watchesofespionage.com/blogs…
Watches Qualified by the CIA for Operational Use

Watches Qualified by the CIA for Operational Use

For this Dispatch, we’ve sorted through the CIA's digital archives and picked some of the most interesting cases illustrating where and how a watch was used.

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Comment of the week. It’s funny because it’s true. I will be going on the podcast circuit to explain everything in between athletics greens commercials. “You won’t want to miss this!”
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NEW YOUTUBE: Navy SEAL on Watches & Knives: Wolf Forty Designs - In this video, we travel to California to sit down with Wolf Forty, an anonymous former SEAL turned knifemaker, to learn more about the parallels between knives and watches. (Watch Below)
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Watch here: youtu.be/6rP08OwZjac?si=2aTw…
Navy SEAL on Watches & Knives: Wolf Forty Designs

Navy SEAL on Watches & Knives: Wolf Forty Designs

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How do you feel about homage watches? Where is the line between honoring history and stealing a design? This is something I struggle with. Pictured is one of my favorite “affordable” watches, the homage TR-660.
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Pictured is one of my favorite “affordable” watches, the TR-660. The quality is exceptional, and it is a clear “homage” to the original Tornek-Rayville TR-900, a Blancpain Fifty Fathoms rebranded under an American name so it could be sold to the U.S. Navy in the 1960s.
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Tactile Turn X W.O.E. Titanium Pen 3.0 - Tiger Stripe. Bolt Action, a laser-imaged tiger stripe Cerakote clip, and a Spearhead watch crown bolt. Available now.
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Tactile Turn X W.O.E. Titanium Pen 3.0

Tactile Turn X W.O.E. Titanium Pen 3.0

Custom Tactile Turn X W.O.E. Titanium Bolt Action Pen - There are a few EDC items that everyone needs, and a quality pen is one of them. Whatever the scenario, this US-made titanium pen has you...

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James Reece (Chris Pratt) wearing a RESCO BlackFrog in the first look photos from The Terminal List Season 2, which released today. As always, we are excited to watch and will put together a more complete list.
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You can read more about watches of terminal list and a previous Dispatch article/video: watchesofespionage.com/blogs…
The Watches Of The Terminal List: Dark Wolf

The Watches Of The Terminal List: Dark Wolf

The Terminal List: Dark Wolf takes Jack Carr’s universe deeper into the shadows, with Taylor Kitsch returning as Ben Edwards in a prequel that explores his transition to shadowy CIA operative after a...

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The CIA Officer, Gold Bars, a Rolex and a Breitling? What 35 Seized Timepieces & One Rumored Breitling Say About the Biggest Fraud in CIA History  Read Here: watchesofespionage.com/blogs…
The CIA Officer, Gold Bars, & a Rolex Sea-Dweller

The CIA Officer, Gold Bars, & a Rolex Sea-Dweller

In May of this year, FBI agents searched the house of CIA officer David Rush, ultimately seizing 298 one-kilogram gold bars, approximately $2 million in US currency, and up to 35 watches, many of...

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The name and the insignia on the dial both come from Merrill's Marauders, the WWII unit formed in 1943 to fight in Burma. The unit was a precursor to the modern 75th Ranger Regiment, the culture of which is built on their legacy.
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The new W.O.E. x Wolf Forty Designs SEAF Jr launches today, 14 October at 2pm east coast time.
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W.O.E. x Wolf Forty Designs SEAF Jr -NEW

W.O.E. x Wolf Forty Designs SEAF Jr -NEW

The W.O.E. x Wolf Forty Design SEAF Jr is a refined yet capable fixed blade developed in collaboration with Wolf Forty Designs, founded by a former Navy SEAL. Optimized for a slim carrying experien...

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Watches of Royal Navy Clearance Divers: What is a Clearance Diver, and why do they have one of the most deep-cut modern unit watch programs with a legendary issued watch history to match? (Read below) watchesofespionage.com/blogs…
Watches of Royal Navy Clearance Divers

Watches of Royal Navy Clearance Divers

For this Dispatch, I sat down with “Gene”, a currently serving Clearance Diver who organized the new Omega unit watch, to discuss the Branch’s history with issued watches, modern operational roles...

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SEAL Team Six Tudor Pelagos FXD unit watch on the wrist of Medal of Honor recipient Master Chief Ed Byers during Savannah Bananas game. (A sentence I never thought I would write, but ally.)
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The watch is the Gold Squadron variant, which, in contrast to the commercially available version, has a simpler “two-line” dial with “PELAGOS” executed in gold and “660 ft”. Most visibly, the hook and loop strap has a “gold” center stripe, in contrast to the regular red stripe.
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