"Never thought of it. Never had a need to do so. And no need to be greedy either. I put on one wrist watch at a time, not several. Why should I be greedy? [highlight=yellow:a5014f20cc]All charges of corruption were and are politically motivated... My wife is a good teacher to our children. We never lived in luxury,[/highlight:a5014f20cc]" Thaksin said.
His referring to a wrist watch was particularly intriguing to me, probably because I studied the lists of his declared assets beforehand and noticed that the man must have a soft spot for timepieces, as he had a rather extensive collection. So he said he put on one wrist watch at a time? That his family never lived in luxury? Here is a list of the wrist watches he declared owning:
- Patek Philippe: gold bracelet with a blue dial, diamond-encrusted;
- Cartier: silver bracelet, white dial, diamond-encrusted;
- Vacheron: black leather strap, gold dial;
- Patek Philippe: black leather strap, black dial;
- IWC: black leather band, white dial;
- Patek Philippe: black leather strap, black dial;
- Patek Philippe: black rubber strap, black dial;
- Chopard: brown leather strap, white dial;
- Patek Philippe: black leather strap, black dial;
- A watch with black leather strap, gold-patterned dial;
- Patek Philippe: black leather strap, white dial;
- Frank Muller: black leather strap, white dial;
- Gerald Genta: black leather strap;
- A watch with black leather strap, golf-motif dial;
- Patek Philippe: silver bracelet, black dial, diamond-encrusted;
- Vacheron: black leather strap, map-of-Thailand dial;
- Vacheron: gold bracelet, gold dial, diamond-encrusted;
- Rolex: gold bracelet, white dial;
- Patek Philippe: silver bracelet, black dial, diamond-encrusted;
- Breguet: black leather strap, white dial;
- Patek Philippe: black leather strap, white dial;
- Gerald Genta: black leather strap, black dial;
- Audemars Piguet: silver bracelet, black dial;
- Piaget: gold bracelet, gold dial;
- A watch with gold bracelet, black dial;
- Piaget: black leather strap, white dial (Kanchanapisek model).
The total value of the 26 wrist watches was almost 10 million baht.