Former CIA Officer, amateur horologist. -will do this until it stops being fun, then disappear. -W.O.E. #watchesofespionage
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Learn more about Castro's collection and double wristing in our previous video:
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I believe he had a Submariner, GMT and Gold Day Date, the first two probably $150-250, Gold Day Date maybe $1,200?
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.
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.
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.”
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)
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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!”
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)
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.
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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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.
You can read more about watches of terminal list and a previous Dispatch article/video:
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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.
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
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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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