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Irresponsible to Suggest Obama Wearing $15,000 Watch

Doubtful that it will affect the vote, and have an impact on who will be the next President, but really off base to suggest that Obama is wearing a $15,000 watch. He is wearing either (a) a Series 1500 TAG Heuer that is almost 20 years old, and has a value in the $500 range, or (b) the Jorg Gray that he received as a gift from his Secret Service detail, with a cost of around $200, or (c) the plastic HighGear sports watch that sells for well under $100. Irresponsible for this writer to suggest that Obama is wearing a $15,000 watch; he will have to do what Clinton did . . . wait until he gets out of office!!

Jeff

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: Oh dear me.. like a good ol' watch geek, I was going to list the
: errors, but I can't be bothered, the entire article is riddled
: with errors.
: It's not like you have to know anything about watches to see that
: it's completely inaccurate. I mean, come on.. the photo show
: Obama wearing a black dialed watch, probably not a TAG Heuer
: (??), and they picture a white dialed watch, with clearly says
: Carrera on the dial, then they say he wears an Aquaracer similar
: to the one pictured - what!?!... and I haven't checked, but an
: Aquaracer surely doesn't cost 15 grand.
: This isn't nit-picking the finer details of watches, this is just
: ludicrous inaccuracies.

: It's akin to doing a piece on Steve McQueen's old 911 and
: accompanied by a photo of a Cayenne.

: Stewart

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