WHY ARE MEN OBSESSED WITH WATCHES?

An ordinary, inexpensive watch by a relatively unknown manufacturer has recently racked up millions of sales in America and is set to do the same here. Its success has nothing to do with its design, or a huge marketing campaign, but the fact that it is the timepiece currently favoured by the president of the US. The Jorg Gray 6500 Chronometer, originally designed for members of the US Secret Service, was a birthday gift to Barack Obama from a member of his security team... Read more

THE SEARCH FOR BARACK OBAMA'S WATCH

Connoisseurs dismiss it as the “M&S suit” of the watch world, but that has not stopped it racking up millions of dollars in sales in the US. This week it went on sale in the UK and is expected to become an instant bestseller. The Jorg Gray 6500 chronometer, with its black face and ordinary three on-face timers, may never match the gold on a Rolex or the jewel count of a Jaeger-LeCoultre – but it has a secret weapon. It is the timepiece of choice of the most powerful and popular man in the world: Barack Obama ... Read more

A man is allowed two pieces of "jewelry": a ring and a watch... For a more presidential look, we're coveting the Jorg Gray 6500 ($325;www.jorggray.com), which Obama has famously worn since he received it as a birthday gift in 2007; it's also just a really handsome watch at a reasonable price.

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Shortly after the announcement on October 9 that President Barack Obama was the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Jorg Gray posted CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT OBAMA on its Web site, www.jorggray.com. The folks at Jorg Gray are big Obama fans...As the world’s foremost wearer of a Jorg Gray watch, he has put the brand on the watch map.

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