Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 4:01 PM
The Russian opposition group Solidarity is circulating the video above, which highlights the Russian president's taste in wrist-wear -- a collection they say exceeds his declared income of 3.6 million rubles ($112,000) per year. The Moscow Times writes:
Putin, who wears the timepieces on his right wrist, has been photographed sporting a Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar, valued at $60,000. The president has also been seen wearing a Leman Aqua Lung Grande Date by Blancpain, worth $10,500. Made of crocodile leather, sapphire glass and platinum, an A. Lange & Söhne Tourbograph may be his most expensive timepiece, valued at half a million dollars.[...]
Putin's watch collection is worth at least 22 million rubles, Solidarity says.
"Putin, it seems, did not eat or drink for six years to acquire this collection," Boris Nemtsov, a Solidarity member and former deputy prime minister, wrote in a blog post featuring the video Thursday.
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