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An Overview Of The Watches Of Espionage Strap C...
Materials, History, Fit, & Which Strap Is Right For You - One of the most common ways to customize your watch is with a new strap that is more appropriate...
An Overview Of The Watches Of Espionage Strap Collection
Materials, History, Fit, & Which Strap Is Right For You - One of the most common ways to customize your watch is with a new strap that is more appropriate for austere conditions, either in material or design.
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Beneath The Surface: Recovering WWII Heroes In ...
Diving For The Remains Of WWII Service Members In The Western Pacific with Project Recover
Beneath The Surface: Recovering WWII Heroes In Palau
Diving For The Remains Of WWII Service Members In The Western Pacific with Project Recover
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Watches Of The Shawn Ryan Show
Unfiltered Conversations With America’s Elite Warriors Offer Unique Insight Into Military Watch Culture The Shawn Ryan Show has exploded in popularity in recent years and grown into a media platform...
Watches Of The Shawn Ryan Show
Unfiltered Conversations With America’s Elite Warriors Offer Unique Insight Into Military Watch Culture The Shawn Ryan Show has exploded in popularity in recent years and grown into a media platform amassing some 16M views per month. Shawn, a former SEAL and CIA GRS contractor, is known for diving deep into...
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The Commando Hubert Tudor Black Bay 54 & The He...
A Watch & Strap Commemorating The 100th Training Class For France’s Elite Maritime SpecOps Unit Though military-issued timepieces and privately-purchased watches worn during military or government service are significant to...
The Commando Hubert Tudor Black Bay 54 & The Heritage Commando Strap
A Watch & Strap Commemorating The 100th Training Class For France’s Elite Maritime SpecOps Unit Though military-issued timepieces and privately-purchased watches worn during military or government service are significant to our community, the concept of a customized “Unit Watch” presents one of the single best examples of how watches are...
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Why SpecOps Wear Watches On The Inside Of The W...
And Why You Probably Shouldn’t Look at photos from any conflict over the past 50 years and you are bound to see uniformed US military personnel wearing a wristwatch on...
Why SpecOps Wear Watches On The Inside Of The Wrist
And Why You Probably Shouldn’t Look at photos from any conflict over the past 50 years and you are bound to see uniformed US military personnel wearing a wristwatch on the inside of their wrist. While it’s difficult to pinpoint when exactly this tradition began, Vietnam-era Green Beret and MACV-SOG...
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The Watches Worn By SpecOps At An Invite-Only D...
When retired US Navy SEAL and friend of W.O.E. Dave Hall reached out saying he would be attending SOF Dive, an invite-only event for special operations divers, we told him...
The Watches Worn By SpecOps At An Invite-Only Dive Event
When retired US Navy SEAL and friend of W.O.E. Dave Hall reached out saying he would be attending SOF Dive, an invite-only event for special operations divers, we told him to keep an eye out for cool watches. If you don’t know Dave, on top of being an old-school frogman,...
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W.O.E. YouTube: CIA & Special Forces Trading A ...
Myth Or Reality? In the Intelligence and Special Operations community, a Rolex is often mentioned as a tool for escape and evasion, serving as a recognizable item of value that...
W.O.E. YouTube: CIA & Special Forces Trading A Rolex For Their Lives
Myth Or Reality? In the Intelligence and Special Operations community, a Rolex is often mentioned as a tool for escape and evasion, serving as a recognizable item of value that can be traded for a ride to the nearest border or a seat on the last plane out of a...
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The CWC SBS - The Watch Of Choice For UK Specia...
How The British Ministry Of Defence Went From Omega & Rolex To A Blacked-Out Diver From A Small British Brand Where plenty of brands look to establish caché among collectors...
The CWC SBS - The Watch Of Choice For UK Special Forces
How The British Ministry Of Defence Went From Omega & Rolex To A Blacked-Out Diver From A Small British Brand Where plenty of brands look to establish caché among collectors using overstated connections to the military, CWC is legit, having earned a passionate following among military end users and watch...
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Special Forces, CIA, & A Seiko 6105
How A Tier One Cold War Operator Evolved Into A Watch Collector James Stejskal had a long and storied career in Army Special Forces, Detachment A in Berlin, and with...
Special Forces, CIA, & A Seiko 6105
How A Tier One Cold War Operator Evolved Into A Watch Collector James Stejskal had a long and storied career in Army Special Forces, Detachment A in Berlin, and with the Central Intelligence Agency, In this Dispatch, he shares some of his stories and the tools he used. Late October...
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Elliot Brown & The Special Boat Service
How A British Independent Watch Brand Created The Latest SBS Issue Watch The list of modern military-issued analog watches is short. The fact is, most forces have understandably transitioned to...
Elliot Brown & The Special Boat Service
How A British Independent Watch Brand Created The Latest SBS Issue Watch The list of modern military-issued analog watches is short. The fact is, most forces have understandably transitioned to digital tool watches, arguably a more effective tool for modern warfare. That said, they do exist and one of the...
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Diving With The Marathon Search and Rescue
Putting One Of The Last Real Military Dive Watches To The Test In the watch world, clout is king. For brands without centuries of history to lean on, sales and...
Diving With The Marathon Search and Rescue
Putting One Of The Last Real Military Dive Watches To The Test In the watch world, clout is king. For brands without centuries of history to lean on, sales and marketing professionals are left in a mad scramble for authenticity and heritage, searching for a story that makes their watches...
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US Army PSYOP: Christopher Ward “Unit Watch” in...
Last week, the US Army’s 4th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Group released Ghosts In The Machine 2, the second installment in a series of highly stylized recruiting videos supporting one of...
US Army PSYOP: Christopher Ward “Unit Watch” in Recruiting Video
Last week, the US Army’s 4th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Group released Ghosts In The Machine 2, the second installment in a series of highly stylized recruiting videos supporting one of the Army’s more unusual units.
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From NASA To SpaceX - The Watches Of SpecOps As...
The Historic Link Between The US Space Program, Special Operations Forces, & Timepieces In 2020, some 45 years had passed since a crewed US spacecraft splashed down at sea. On...
From NASA To SpaceX - The Watches Of SpecOps Astronaut Recovery Teams
The Historic Link Between The US Space Program, Special Operations Forces, & Timepieces In 2020, some 45 years had passed since a crewed US spacecraft splashed down at sea. On 2 August, NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken experienced no less than four g’s as they hurtled toward the...
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Dear Panerai, Stop Putting the Navy SEAL Triden...
An Open Letter to Panerai, From Watches of Espionage In 2022, Panerai released the limited-edition “Navy SEALs collection” available intended for purchase by the public, and not exclusively Navy SEALs. ...
Dear Panerai, Stop Putting the Navy SEAL Trident On Watches
An Open Letter to Panerai, From Watches of Espionage In 2022, Panerai released the limited-edition “Navy SEALs collection” available intended for purchase by the public, and not exclusively Navy SEALs. The watches are operator-chic , complete with a Navy SEAL Trident on the dial or caseback and a “Time to...
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The Great Escape: Rolex & WWII POWs
Allied Prisoners of War and Rolex Watch Co., a story of hope in the midst of a grim world conflict. As the war between Axis and Allied forces raged on,...
The Great Escape: Rolex & WWII POWs
Allied Prisoners of War and Rolex Watch Co., a story of hope in the midst of a grim world conflict. As the war between Axis and Allied forces raged on, Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of the watch company named Montres Rolex SA, had a brilliant notion: Why not let these...
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Watches & Wheels: Pairing Military Vehicles wit...
Round Two of honoring the age-old tradition of matching watches up with heavy-hitting machinery. We’ve done it once before–paired watches with military aircraft–and now we’re doing it again. Except this...
Watches & Wheels: Pairing Military Vehicles with Timepieces
Round Two of honoring the age-old tradition of matching watches up with heavy-hitting machinery. We’ve done it once before–paired watches with military aircraft–and now we’re doing it again. Except this time, we’re trading wings and rotors for wheels and tracks. These watch pairings explore the world of military vehicles. There’s...
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Sangin Instruments - The Marine Owned “Raider R...
Sangin Instruments - The Marine Owned “Raider Rolex” I first heard of Sangin Instruments during TDY travel to a WarZone while at CIA. At the time I was responsible for...
Sangin Instruments - The Marine Owned “Raider Rolex”
Sangin Instruments - The Marine Owned “Raider Rolex” I first heard of Sangin Instruments during TDY travel to a WarZone while at CIA. At the time I was responsible for a counterterrorism Covert Action program in the Middle East and I was traveling to visit the program on a flight...
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Omega's Modern Unit Watch Program - Frogmen, SE...
Omega has a long history of producing watches for the military, most notably the classic Seamaster 300 made for the British Royal Navy. Today the company is continuing that history...
Omega's Modern Unit Watch Program - Frogmen, SEALs and the Secret Service
Omega has a long history of producing watches for the military, most notably the classic Seamaster 300 made for the British Royal Navy. Today the company is continuing that history with special production “unit watches,” and appears to have standardized its program, offering a unique Seamaster Diver 300M solely to...
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