Intelligence
Amazon Rewrites Bond History
Amazon removes firearms and covers Rolex from Bond posters? In a move that sparked outrage from both Bond nerds and culture warriors alike, Amazon Prime Video quietly edited promotional artwork...
Amazon Rewrites Bond History
Amazon removes firearms and covers Rolex from Bond posters? In a move that sparked outrage from both Bond nerds and culture warriors alike, Amazon Prime Video quietly edited promotional artwork for classic James Bond films, digitally removing or cropping out the spy’s iconic Walther PPK pistol.
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Inside the FBI’s Watch Culture
From Sketchy Breitlings to Rolex, Vacheron, & Bremont, The FBI Has A Serious Relationship With Watches - With over a century of history, thirteen thousand special agents, and a broader...
Inside the FBI’s Watch Culture
From Sketchy Breitlings to Rolex, Vacheron, & Bremont, The FBI Has A Serious Relationship With Watches - With over a century of history, thirteen thousand special agents, and a broader workforce of some thirty-seven thousand, the FBI has a strong sense of heritage, which is evident in the watches worn...
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The Watches Of The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
Carefully Selected Timepieces From Tudor, G-Shock, Seiko, Panerai, Citizen, & RESCO Add Depth To Jack Carr’s Characters - The Terminal List: Dark Wolf takes Jack Carr’s universe deeper into the...
The Watches Of The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
Carefully Selected Timepieces From Tudor, G-Shock, Seiko, Panerai, Citizen, & RESCO Add Depth To Jack Carr’s Characters - 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...
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The Axis Of Upheaval: The Military Watches Of R...
What watches have historically kept this emerging bloc that’s challenging the Western order on time? President Trump recently met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska, a land mass that was...
The Axis Of Upheaval: The Military Watches Of Russia & China
What watches have historically kept this emerging bloc that’s challenging the Western order on time? President Trump recently met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska, a land mass that was purchased from the Russian Empire in 1867 for a measly 7.2 million dollars.
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Spy Gadget Watches Of Hollywood
From 007 To Atomic Blonde To Mission: Impossible, Spy Gadget Watches Are A Key Aspect Of Hollywood’s Portrayal Of Intelligence Officers Hollywood's depiction of spy gadgets embedded in a Rolex...
Spy Gadget Watches Of Hollywood
From 007 To Atomic Blonde To Mission: Impossible, Spy Gadget Watches Are A Key Aspect Of Hollywood’s Portrayal Of Intelligence Officers Hollywood's depiction of spy gadgets embedded in a Rolex Submariner or Omega Seamaster is entertaining, but largely a fantasy of the screenwriter's imagination. In reality, there were very few...
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The Birdwatcher - PDW x W.O.E.
A Modern Folding Knife Honoring The Origins Of The Intelligence Community - The Birdwatcher is a low-profile folding knife collaboratively designed with PDW, featuring a premium MagnaCut blade with a...
The Birdwatcher - PDW x W.O.E.
A Modern Folding Knife Honoring The Origins Of The Intelligence Community - The Birdwatcher is a low-profile folding knife collaboratively designed with PDW, featuring a premium MagnaCut blade with a titanium frame lock. Most importantly, it contains dive watch-inspired details and a laser-etched topo map of Camp X, a WWII...
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007 & Omega - The Next Chapter
As Amazon takes the wheel and a new actor steps into the tuxedo, we explore what’s next for James Bond, his timepiece, and why this fictional spy still matters for...
007 & Omega - The Next Chapter
As Amazon takes the wheel and a new actor steps into the tuxedo, we explore what’s next for James Bond, his timepiece, and why this fictional spy still matters for W.O.E.
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Smartwatch Hack: Strava Exposes Swedish PM's Se...
How Fitness Apps & Smartwatches Are Quietly Undermining National Security - Bottom line up front: If you are in a sensitive NatSec position, do NOT/NOT use a smartwatch. Even if...
Smartwatch Hack: Strava Exposes Swedish PM's Security Detail
How Fitness Apps & Smartwatches Are Quietly Undermining National Security - Bottom line up front: If you are in a sensitive NatSec position, do NOT/NOT use a smartwatch. Even if you are an average Joe, at least understand the risks.
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Inside a CIA Officer's Watch Collection
Four Watches, Four Stories - Something Old, Something New, Something Unworn, & Something Special - I’m not a watch collector.
Inside a CIA Officer's Watch Collection
Four Watches, Four Stories - Something Old, Something New, Something Unworn, & Something Special - I’m not a watch collector.
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Apple Watch Saves Drowning Swimmer In Australia
Maybe Smartwatches Aren't That Bad? While body surfing off Byron Bay, Australia, 49-year-old Rick Shearman was unexpectedly swept over a kilometer out to sea by a powerful rip current. Despite...
Apple Watch Saves Drowning Swimmer In Australia
Maybe Smartwatches Aren't That Bad? While body surfing off Byron Bay, Australia, 49-year-old Rick Shearman was unexpectedly swept over a kilometer out to sea by a powerful rip current. Despite his apparent swimming prowess, the relentless waves and currents rendered his efforts to return futile. Treading water and becoming more...
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Watch Industry SITREP - April 2025
Bremont Ambassador trains Chinese Pilots?, Rolex-Wearing National Security Advisor Ousted, A Legendary CIA Director's Pocket Watch Up For Auction, Rolex & US Watchmakers Respond To Tariffs, & Trump Watches Are...
Watch Industry SITREP - April 2025
Bremont Ambassador trains Chinese Pilots?, Rolex-Wearing National Security Advisor Ousted, A Legendary CIA Director's Pocket Watch Up For Auction, Rolex & US Watchmakers Respond To Tariffs, & Trump Watches Are Finally In The Wild By Benjamin Lowry For most of the industry, the talk of the past few weeks centered...
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The Canteen Watch & The OSS Maritime Unit - For...
When it comes to Watches of Espionage, dive watches reign supreme. The history of watches like the Rolex Submariner and the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms is well-known and backed by celebrated...
The Canteen Watch & The OSS Maritime Unit - Forefathers Of The Navy SEALS
When it comes to Watches of Espionage, dive watches reign supreme. The history of watches like the Rolex Submariner and the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms is well-known and backed by celebrated connections to amphibious SpecOps, including the French Commando Hubert and the US Navy SEALs. But over a decade before these...
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How I Would Steal The Watches & Wonders Release...
A Former CIA Case Officer Dissects How To Penetrate Rolex SA We are now one week out from Watches and Wonders, the annual trade show in Geneva, Switzerland, where many...
How I Would Steal The Watches & Wonders Releases From Rolex
A Former CIA Case Officer Dissects How To Penetrate Rolex SA We are now one week out from Watches and Wonders, the annual trade show in Geneva, Switzerland, where many of the premier luxury watch brands debut their latest designs. W&W is a masterclass in marketing, with weeks of blogs...
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Spy Scandal Rocks LVMH Luxury Brand - The Anato...
Former French Spy Chief found guilty of using public intelligence resources to aid LVMH and France’s richest man, Bernard Arnault. Nothing gets the blood flowing like a little corporate espionage....
Spy Scandal Rocks LVMH Luxury Brand - The Anatomy Of Private Intelligence
Former French Spy Chief found guilty of using public intelligence resources to aid LVMH and France’s richest man, Bernard Arnault. Nothing gets the blood flowing like a little corporate espionage. On 7 March, Bernard Squarcini, the former chief of France’s domestic intelligence service, was convicted of using public resources to...
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Is It Safe To Keep Your Rolex In A Hotel Safe?
Using Hotel Safes As A CIA Case Officer & In Daily Life During my second tour as a CIA Case Officer, I received a short message from a HQS office...
Is It Safe To Keep Your Rolex In A Hotel Safe?
Using Hotel Safes As A CIA Case Officer & In Daily Life During my second tour as a CIA Case Officer, I received a short message from a HQS office I had never heard of. The individual inquired about an upcoming vacation (R&R) I planned to take with Mrs. W.O.E....
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Watch Industry SITREP - February 2025
FBI Breitlings, Iran Holding British Couple, Luxury Watch Scammer Sentenced, Pro-Russian Paramilitary Leader Assassinated, & New Stats For Swiss Watches By Benjamin Lowry At Watches of Espionage, we take a...
Watch Industry SITREP - February 2025
FBI Breitlings, Iran Holding British Couple, Luxury Watch Scammer Sentenced, Pro-Russian Paramilitary Leader Assassinated, & New Stats For Swiss Watches By Benjamin Lowry At Watches of Espionage, we take a holistic approach to our understanding of current events, regularly scrolling mainstream news outlets, sketchy conspiracy theory sites, social media, and...
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MKULTRA: How A Watch Foiled CIA’s Secretive Min...
The USG Finds An Unlikely Culprit That “Prevents Time Travel” - In the W.O.E. world, we focus on watches used as tools to get the job done. But in one...
MKULTRA: How A Watch Foiled CIA’s Secretive Mind Control Experiments
The USG Finds An Unlikely Culprit That “Prevents Time Travel” - In the W.O.E. world, we focus on watches used as tools to get the job done. But in one fascinating historical instance, a watch was part of the problem rather than the solution. According to CIA, a simple wristwatch...
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Watches Of A Jihadist-Turned World Leader
The Evolution Of A Rebel Leader Turned Syrian President, Told Through His Watches - Tactical Watch, Seiko, Omega, & Patek Philippe At Watches of Espionage, we explore national security and...
Watches Of A Jihadist-Turned World Leader
The Evolution Of A Rebel Leader Turned Syrian President, Told Through His Watches - Tactical Watch, Seiko, Omega, & Patek Philippe At Watches of Espionage, we explore national security and current events through the lens of timepieces. Today we take a close look at the watches of Abu Mohammad al-Jolani,...
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