Famous Wristchecks

[Victoria]

Have you ever wondered what exact watches are worn by the powerful or famous? In this Wristcheck thread, you can do just that.

Can you point out which watch is being worn by whom? WIS CHALLENGE!

Alan Greenspan, Former Chairman of the US Federal Reserve

Al Gore, Former US Vice-President

Dr. Angela Merkel, German Chancellor

Senator Barack Obama

Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson

The Duchess of Cornwall

Carol Burnett, American Comedienne

Bill Clinton, Former US President

The Dalai Lama

Fr. Georg Gaenswein, Pope Benedict XVI's Private Secretary

(Very difficult to find a photo of the Pope himself wearing a watch. Does he?)

Fred Thompson, Law & Order star, Former US Senator from Tennessee

Harald V, King of Norway

Carl XVI Gustav, King of Sweden

Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark

Senator John Edwards

Nicolas Sarkozy, French President

Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan President

Peter Fonda, US Actor

The Duke of York

King Juan Carlos & Queen Sofia of Spain

Rudy Giuliani, Former NYC Mayor

Senator Ted Kennedy

Prince William

Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister

GW Bush, US President

And I love to see people checking their watches for the time, don't you? Three extra shots!

RELATED: Celebs Wearing Panerai Watches

[TeeJay]

[Bearcat]

Bush wears a Timex and is *proud* of it. Prince William looks like he has a Bond Seamaster on. The rest can likely be identified by the true WISes on this board, but the photos are too grainy for my aging eyes.

Nicely done post. Thanks!

--Doc

[cornerstone]

I think this one belongs in Kenburg's "suit shot" thread instead....

[andreww]

Edited November 17, 2007 by andreww

[rolli]

funny topic, victoria.

rolli

[Corgi]

I believe Pope Benedict wears the two-toned Rolex datejust that used to be a favorite of John Paul II, may he rest in peace.

However, judging from his opulent style and flair for the extravagant, he may have upgraded to something more diamondey or patek-phillipey.

[scoobs1971]

Fun! Let

[Pugwash]

How many people here have ever met any of this lot though? I believe one person has mentioned they met George W, is that it?

[FasTTaP]

Sarkozy also own a Breguet annual calendar with PR, but shots are very rare since having money is extremely unpopular in France...

[Victoria]

How many people here have ever met any of this lot though? I believe one person has mentioned they met George W, is that it?

Not sure I follow your logic there, Pugs. Seems irrelevant.

[Victoria]

Fun! Let

[Bearcat]

Ok, Vic...Post the answers, please.

And let's try to turn this one around.

Guess which famous person is wearing this Day-Date?

[Victoria]

Bush wears a Timex and is *proud* of it. Prince William looks like he has a Bond Seamaster on. The rest can likely be identified by the true WISes on this board, but the photos are too grainy for my aging eyes.

Nicely done post. Thanks!

Thanks Doc!

Your eyes are fine! It's just that I spent hours researching for this geeky post -- and that's the clearest I could find. Ack, very frustrating.

Thank God for View Images.

[Victoria]

Guess which famous person is wearing this Day-Date?

You! Or Admin!

I love that photo.

[Victoria]

Sarkozy also own a Breguet annual calendar with PR, but shots are very rare since having money is extremely unpopular in France...

Sounds about right. President Chirac wore Breguets as Mayor of Paris. But he favoured gold Rolexes whilst President.

[Victoria]

I believe Pope Benedict wears the two-toned Rolex datejust that used to be a favorite of John Paul II, may he rest in peace.

Heh. The guy who wears Oakley shades, has a 2 Gig Ipod Nano in white, and is attributed to wear red Prada shoes (which has been debunked, BTW), oh and he wears a Nike baseball cap whilst relaxing at the Castel Gandolfo, just doesn't seem to own a watch.

However, judging from his opulent style and flair for the extravagant, he may have upgraded to something more diamondey or patek-phillipey.

That is Gaenswein's influence, BTW. He usually is a rather modest guy. The Pope ring is of course, given him and will be broken on his death.

Loved your tongue-in-cheek reply though!

[Seadweller4000]

[Victoria]

Heh. Yes. Fifo too wore the black Sub shown in this famous site a few members have posted:

http://www.oysterinfo.de/en/specials/celebs/index.php

[FasTTaP]

I think Che Guevara [censored] a GMT, don't remember where I found the info, but I'm pretty sure...

[Corgi]

He usually is a rather modest guy.

Let's not forget to mention his solid gold cross encrusted with baguette diamonds larger than my fingers:

At least he travels economically...

Volkswagen Phaeton Special

Volvo XC90

...He has a private jet too...!

[Victoria]

Let's not forget to mention his solid gold cross encrusted with baguette diamonds larger than my fingers:

Volvo XC90

...He has a private jet too...!

Heh. Funny reply. But you know me, I'm a pedant.

So my reply is, let's not confuse the Office with the Person. The Pontiff has all those things you mentioned, including the Cross made under Michelangelo's direction (I touched above on the Fisherman's Ring given to each Pope, and smashed on his death).

But Joseph Ratzinger himself tooled around in this Volkswagen.

EDIT: Okay, he wears a watch. Whew.

Discrete granpa watch. Nothing too unusual. Could be anything, from Timex to Patek.

This, OTOH, looks VERY interesting to me. Bvlgari?

Oakleys. You go girl!

[Everythingape]

I too have met our dear king two times. And the first, during a regatta he was sailing, he was wearing an orange Omega Planet Ocean.

I have also seen him with an Omega Yacht timer of some sort, looked well used.

[Victoria]

I too have met our dear king two times. And the first, during a regatta he was sailing, he was wearing an orange Omega Planet Ocean.

In one of the sailing photos I could've chosen for this post, it seemed like he was wearing a PO. I had to trudge through literally hundreds of photos, since it's really difficult to get closeups of people's watches. WTF. If I were a photographer (again), that's what I would concentrate on. *g*

I have also seen him with an Omega Yacht timer of some sort, looked well used.

Interesting. Thanks, Ape.