Nicolas Sarkozy’s Watches

Nicolas Sarkozy likes fine-looking watches but, a few months after his election as President of the Republic, his communications advisers asked him to tone down the visibility of his luxury timepieces, as the so-called bling-bling trappings had been met with a rather lukewarm reception from the French public.

Let’s take a closer look, however, at the (known) collection of Nicolas Sarkozy’s watches.

First come the watches in the bling-bling category, with:

• Two Breitling Navitimers (priced at €5,000 and €10,000 respectively).
• A Rolex Daytona (€13,000 for the 1998 white-gold edition).
• A Rolex Oyster (€4,000).

Next, let’s move on to the less ostentatious watches, with:

• A Breguet Réveil du Tsar (€25,000).
• A Pequignet Moorea (€4,000).

Finally, Carla Bruni’s arrival ushered in a discreet period—marked by restraint—with a Patek Philippe 3940 Perpetual Calendar Automatic in white gold (€43,000) and a Girard-Perregaux model 1996 in white gold, a limited series—specifically number 28 (the day of Nicolas Sarkozy’s birthday)—with an equation of time (25,000 €).