Does Time, In Fact, Equal Money?
Ever come across something so brilliant you wish you had thought of it yourself? Well that’s what Seth Hettena has just put together, via sourcing from Vedomosti: an aggregation of the preferred timepieces worn by high-level Russian officialdom as a possible proxy for corruption. There are several questions raised from this little survey, not the least of which is: to those of you contending that Igor Sechin is the real master string-puller, I ask you, have you considered Moscow’s Deputy Mayor Vladimir Resin? More importantly, could any of these men hold it together under the mind-bending microscope of Vesper Lynd?
A partial list of who prefers which wristwatch:
Vladimir Putin: Blancpain, Leman Aqualung Grande Date, $10,500
Dmitry Medvedev: Breguet, Classique Moon Phase, $32,200
Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen President: Bovet, white gold Fleurier Minute Repeater with Reversed Hand Fitting in 18K, $300,000.
Andrei Kostin, VTB Bank President: Patek Philippe, Sky Moon, $240,800
Aleksei Ulyukayev, Central Bank first deputy chairman: Patek Philippe, Chronograph Annual Calendar ref.5960, $78,800
Sergey Naryshkin, head of the Presidential Administration: Patek Philippe, Annual Calendar ref.5146, $29,700.
Aleksei Kudrin, Finance Minister: Breguet, Classique Automatic ref. 5140, $14,900
German Gref, Sberbank: Breguet, Classique Extra-Flat, ref.5157, $14,200
Aleksei Miller, Gazprom Chairman: Breguet, Classique Grande Complication Tourbillon, $112,100.
Dmitry Kozak, Vice Prime Minister: Ulysse Nardin, Maxi Marine Chronometer, $15.900
Anatoly Chubais, head of RosNanotechnologies: Ulysse Nardin, GMT +/- Big Date, $16,000.
Vladimir Resin, Deputy Moscow Mayor: DeWitt, La Pressy Grande Complication, CHF 1,044,800; also likes GreubelForsey Double Tourbillon 30°, $360,000 (white gold) or $425,000 (platinum).
Vladimir Artyakov, Samara Governor: Ulysse Nardin, Quadrato Dual Time Perpetual Calendar, $22,800; also likes the DeWitt, Academia Tourbillon Differentiel rose gold, $225,000.
Igor Sechin, Deputy Prime Minister, Girard-Perregaux, Laureato Chronographe (Monte-Carlo 1984), $15,100
