Watches of Espionage Launches Its First Print Book Exploring Military Timepieces
Watches of Espionage has released Watches of Espionage: Tools of the Trade, a book featuring more than 500 pages of original reporting, photography, and stories about over 160 watches from 40 brands. Organized around issued watches, unit watches, private purchases, and spy gear, it focuses on the people and experiences behind the objects, including stories from both well-known figures and unnamed service members and operators. The book comes in Cold War–inspired and Global War on Terror–inspired editions, with optional matching slipcovers. A new printing of the 1965 UDT Handbook, a guide for Underwater Demolition Team frogmen and Navy SEALs, is also available. Pre-orders are open, with delivery estimated for May; prices range from $43 for the handbook to over $300 for a bundle, and orders placed within the first 30 days include a matching challenge coin.
Buying Time Analysis: This book is important because it preserves and shares the human stories behind more than 160 military and espionage watches, while bringing these histories to print alongside a reissue of the historic UDT Handbook.
