Matt Graham: Protector and Watchmaker

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🗓️ 6 May 2022

⏱️ 149 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest on Danger Close is a craftsman and security expert.

Prior to founding ARES Watches, Matt Graham served as a police officer and U.S. Air Marshal before becoming a firearms program and tactics instructor of low profile operations for the Central Intelligence Agency. During his time in law enforcement, he was the recipient of the Life Saving Medal, the Medal of Valor, and the Law Enforcement Medal of Honor. You can learn more at areswatches.com and follow them on Instagram at @areswatchco

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0:00.0	This is The Danger Close Podcast, beyond the books with me, Jack Carter.
0:16.3	Welcome to The Danger Close Podcast, Nirenclad Original, presented by Navy Federal Credit
0:20.3	Union.
0:21.3	Before we get started, we want to remind you that in the blood hits shelves on May 17th,
0:26.3	and it's available now for pre-order in audio e-book and in hardcover.
0:31.3	My guest today, Matt Graham, founder, owner, operator of Aries Watches.
0:37.3	If you followed me for a while, you know that I am a huge fan of all he has going on.
0:41.6	The Aries Watch is amazing, and it may have found its way into the terminal list that
0:48.6	is coming to Amazon Prime, video on July 1st.
0:53.2	So Matt Graham has love of watches, obviously started out as a police officer, then moved
0:59.0	into the air marshals after September 11th, and eventually to the Central Intelligence
1:03.8	Agency, training our operatives who go down range doing bad things to bad people.
1:10.0	And just an awesome guy.
1:12.0	So now, without further ado, Matt Graham.
1:19.6	So much I want to talk to you about, because I'm so fired up.
1:21.5	I love when guys get out of doing whatever they've been doing before in a previous life,
1:26.1	find that next passion, and then just hit the ground running and crush it.
1:30.8	And that is what you have done right here.
1:32.8	We're getting there, Aries.
1:33.8	Look at this.
1:34.8	I got, I got, here we go.
1:35.8	I got these guys right here.
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