Forget a Rolex owned by the President of Syria, or an Eterna gifted by Saddam Hussein, we want a Tony Blair watch! Better yet, how about a Tony Blair Corum 285-181-20-F732 TIGRr Men's watch received from Mr.Silvio Berlusconi?Your wish is our command.Apparently Berlusconi was in the habit of giving timepieces, and he gave nine of them to the former British prime minister, including the one you see to the right.What makes this story so interesting is that A) Berlusconi would give another head of state such a crap-tastic watch (It's a Locman Mare in Titanium) and B) Cherie Blair, Tony's wife, decided to sell the damn thing on eBay - and she only got £98!
It was the cheapest model in the entire Rolex catalog, replica Breitling Windrider Cockpit Red La Lady watch alongside the boy's size watch.It features different hands than the Explorer, but does have the "3,6,9" markers.Also, the main difference between the Commando and the Explorer is that while the Explorer is and always has been an automatic wristwatch, the Commando featured a manual-wind movement.The Commando is sized similarly to an Air-King but is quite a bit thinner, which you can see by clicking through to the seller's page.The one we have found is located at an uber-shop in Paris, and they claim it to be in all original, excellent condition.
First let's deal with Silvio's watch choice.We know he's got a Corum 285-190-47-F171 FM50 Men's watch platinum Vacheron minute repeating perpetual calendar - so why would he subject his British colleague to something like a Locman? Yes, we know it's Italian and you're Italian, Silvio - but you at least could've sprung for a Panerai, no?Second, Blair has commanded an average of £6,000 per minute as a public speaker since leaving office three years - he's banked almost £20,000,000.
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