From asset payments to bribes to operational gifts, timepieces play a small yet impactful role in intelligence operations
The core job of a CIA Case Officer is to recruit human assets by building relationships with targets and convincing them to provide Foreign Intelligence on their government or organization to further US National Security interests. The trade is not for the faint of heart. In return, assets are compensated with cash, favors, and other stores of value, sometimes including luxury watches from brands like Rolex, Audemars Piguet, and Patek Philippe.
In this video, we’ll explore the intriguing roles watches play in espionage. Because in the wilderness of mirrors, a watch is never just a watch.
Enjoy episode forty-one of W.O.E. TV.
Happy Hunting,
-W.O.E.
7 comments
Watch collecting is worse than gambling, tiddy bars, and chemical addiction combined. Hoarding and impulse buying watches can easily put you in dangerous financial situations. It should be a Potential Risk Indicator (PRI) for security clearances. It’s such an endless hollow addiction. I’m depressed.
I need another watch.
I know one guy with a Hubolt & another with an Audemars Piguet & a Hubolt.
Both are Daddys Boys & not Spy material, thats for sure.
The jungle is neutral by F. Spencer Chapman.
The people in the jungle may not be neutral.
Klaus do not rock a GMT Rolex.
Lucas:
Barbie worked for CIC not CIA.
If you refering to Barbie and Boliva: Félix Rodríguez, a Cuban exile turned CIA Special Activities Division operative, advised Bolivian troops during the hunt for Che Guevara.