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W.O.E. YouTube: James Bond & The Omega Seamaster
After over three decades of wearing Rolex watches in some of history’s favorite spy films, James Bond made an unexpected leap to Omega starting in 1995’s GoldenEye. What might have...
W.O.E. YouTube: James Bond & The Omega Seamaster
After over three decades of wearing Rolex watches in some of history’s favorite spy films, James Bond made an unexpected leap to Omega starting in 1995’s GoldenEye. What might have appeared like a genius marketing coup for Omega was actually the work of a single savvy designer helping to guide...
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Tudor Cements Its Role As Tool Watch Leader
As The Industry Trends Toward Luxury, Tudor Embraces Its Tool Watch Heritage With Watches and Wonders 2025 Releases Last year, we compiled a list of Watches and Wonders releases for...
Tudor Cements Its Role As Tool Watch Leader
As The Industry Trends Toward Luxury, Tudor Embraces Its Tool Watch Heritage With Watches and Wonders 2025 Releases Last year, we compiled a list of Watches and Wonders releases for the W.O.E. community (Read Here), and we planned to do the same thing this year, but the reality is that...
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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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W.O.E. YouTube: Blackwater Breitling Emergency
At the intersection of W.O.E. and Breitling watches is Erik Prince, a former Navy SEAL turned CEO of Blackwater, history’s most notorious military contractor. After losing members of his team...
W.O.E. YouTube: Blackwater Breitling Emergency
At the intersection of W.O.E. and Breitling watches is Erik Prince, a former Navy SEAL turned CEO of Blackwater, history’s most notorious military contractor. After losing members of his team in a plane crash in Afghanistan, Prince commissioned a custom Breitling Emergency with Blackwater’s logo on the dial. More than...
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Watch Industry SITREP - March 2025
Signal Chats Gone Wild, Stranded Astronauts Return To Earth, FBI Deputy Director Has Expensive Watch Taste, Kristi Noem LARPs Wearing A Daytona, & Jonny Kim Wears A Rolex To Space...
Watch Industry SITREP - March 2025
Signal Chats Gone Wild, Stranded Astronauts Return To Earth, FBI Deputy Director Has Expensive Watch Taste, Kristi Noem LARPs Wearing A Daytona, & Jonny Kim Wears A Rolex To Space (Maybe) By Benjamin Lowry Let’s face it, no matter what side of the aisle you land on, the regular news...
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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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The State Of American Watchmaking In 2025
Formerly A Watchmaking Powerhouse, The United States Is Still Home To Serious Watchmakers If You Know Where To Look By Benjamin Lowry In the United States, it means something to...
The State Of American Watchmaking In 2025
Formerly A Watchmaking Powerhouse, The United States Is Still Home To Serious Watchmakers If You Know Where To Look By Benjamin Lowry In the United States, it means something to be “American-made”, especially within the W.O.E. community. However, the realities behind “Made in the USA” have led to challenges for...
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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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W.O.E. YouTube: Best Military Watches For Land,...
While many modern service members trust Digital Tool Watches (D.T.W.) in the performance of their duties, there is a growing subset of the military, SpecOps, and the Intelligence Community leaning...
W.O.E. YouTube: Best Military Watches For Land, Sea, & Air
While many modern service members trust Digital Tool Watches (D.T.W.) in the performance of their duties, there is a growing subset of the military, SpecOps, and the Intelligence Community leaning into the combination of utility and mechanical intrigue presented by analog watches. There’s a lot of marketing B.S. out there,...
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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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Diving With The Mk II Fulcrum 39
At Watches of Espionage, we don’t generally do watch reviews. The fact is that other platforms are better suited for this type of content. We will never become yet another...
Diving With The Mk II Fulcrum 39
At Watches of Espionage, we don’t generally do watch reviews. The fact is that other platforms are better suited for this type of content. We will never become yet another outlet copying and pasting watch specifications and marketing language, but certain brands and models feel closer to our community than...
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W.O.E. YouTube: Omega “Unit Watches” Of Navy SE...
Backed by a significant history of producing military watches dating back to the First World War, Omega quietly continues to produce customized “Unit Watches” for select government organizations and military...
W.O.E. YouTube: Omega “Unit Watches” Of Navy SEALs & SpecOps - The Real Story
Backed by a significant history of producing military watches dating back to the First World War, Omega quietly continues to produce customized “Unit Watches” for select government organizations and military units including the US Navy SEALs, US Secret Service, Danish Frogman Corps, and more. Intriguingly, despite being one of the...
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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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Top Military Watch Action Shots - The Wristorian
The link between watches, the military, and espionage is nothing new. Long before the advent of inexpensive digital timekeeping, there was an era where warfighters utilized mechanical watches for their...
Top Military Watch Action Shots - The Wristorian
The link between watches, the military, and espionage is nothing new. Long before the advent of inexpensive digital timekeeping, there was an era where warfighters utilized mechanical watches for their intended purpose because they were simply the best tools for the job. At W.O.E., we focus on honoring and celebrating...
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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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What Should I Buy For My First Watch?
Seiko, Hamilton, Timex, & More - Our Top Picks For Starter Watches Of Espionage - One of the most common questions we are asked is: “What should I buy for...
What Should I Buy For My First Watch?
Seiko, Hamilton, Timex, & More - Our Top Picks For Starter Watches Of Espionage - One of the most common questions we are asked is: “What should I buy for my first watch?”
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W.O.E. YouTube: Why SpecOps Wear Watches Inside...
Take a look at any photo of a special operator during the Global War On Terror, and there’s a decent chance they will be “inside-wristing”, meaning wearing their watch on...
W.O.E. YouTube: Why SpecOps Wear Watches Inside The Wrist
Take a look at any photo of a special operator during the Global War On Terror, and there’s a decent chance they will be “inside-wristing”, meaning wearing their watch on the inside of the wrist. But why is this the case? Does wearing a watch this way add genuine utility...
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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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