The wristwear of presidents has always fascinated us ?and when I say "us" I mean basically all watch-loving brethren around the world - because we know why we wear a watch, but the concept of the most powerful man in the world taking the time out of his day to choose a particular wristwatch seems so fantastic. My old friend Eric Wind has been keeping a running list of all presidential timepieces here, but this morning we have a new fake watch to add to the list, and it belongs to our most recent ex-president. Mr. Barack Obama, less than a year out of office, is now a Replica Rolex man.
President Obama wears a white gold Replica Rolex Cellini at Toronto's Invictus Games.
But we're not talking Submariner or Daytona here, or even pulling the ultimate presidential move in wearing a "President" (Day-Date). Nay, former President Obama is a Cellini man! He was spotted wearing the white gold time-only Replica Rolex alongside Prince Harry at Toronto's Invictus games over the weekend, and my friend Jeff Stein has done some image grabbing to make sure we wouldn't miss it.
President's Obama's new fake watch is a Replica Rolex Cellini reference 50509, which retails for $15,200.
The fake watch itself is a Replica Rolex Cellini reference 50509, a 39mm white gold wristwatch with white dial. It retails for $15,200, making it by far the most expensive fake watch Obama has been spotted wearing. In fact, as Jeff Stein has written, you could buy his entire five-watch collection of replica watches that he wore while President for about $800. We all knew that eventually Mr. Obama would be seen in something a bit more refined than his usual Jorg Gray ?Jeff himself has long posited that he could tell Obama was definitely a fake watch guy ?and his democratic predecessor Bill Clinton famously wore a Timex in office only to become well-known as a serious collector of Panerais, Zeniths, JLCs, and even Langes!
We will be sure this fake watch gets added to our running list of Presidential replica watches and if you'd like to read more about the Cellini 50509, click here.
(Hat-tip to Jeff Stein)
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