Editor’s note: We recently performed an overview of the watches most commonly worn by Donald Trump and Joe Biden, but despite being fresh from the campaign trial neither has ever had to do what former French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy did. Sarkozy — fearing his Patek Philippe would be stolen — actually took his watch off as he met the people, after a few aggressive/enthusiastic handshakes with the crowd, to ensure his precious timepiece was not ripped from his wrist in the process. Say what you will about American presidents, but they have never had to remove their watches in fear of indulging their crowd of supporters. There is a case to be made that leaders of countries should not wear such expensive and opulent timepieces, especially in harder times, but if you had Sarkozy’s collection, it’s hard to say you wouldn’t want to flex the watches as well. Let’s revisit the wrist of Nicolas Sarkozy, as well as remind ourselves why the French are known around the world for their fashion – Mr Benedictus, take it away … “If you don’t have a Rolex by the time you reach 50, then you have clearly failed in your life.” Remembering Sarkozy, the…
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