| The Watch of Pope Benedict XVI |
Volker Kauder who presides over the parliamentary group formed by the party CDU/CSU hands over a watch to the Pope. The brand is called “Erhard Junghans Tempus Automatic”.
“Somebody told me that you are fond of enduring clockworks. You wear a watch made by Junghans in the 60s or 70s.” “It used to belong to my sister who left it to me. It was handed over to me when she died.”
Excerpt from:
Benedikt XVI. – Licht der Welt – Ein Gespräch mit Peter Seewald, Herder Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 2010, ISBN 978-3-451-32537-3
“Joseph Ratzinger (83), known as Pope Benedict XVI, made it onto the title page of a Russian magazine. Documenting the thoughts of celebrities on the purchase of valuable watches, the supplement “Stil” of the Russian daily newspaper “Kommersant” allegedly found out that the highest shepherds of the Catholics knows the earthly time by a glance either on a German “Junghans” or a Swiss “Patek Philippe Calatrava” . The latter is about 10,000 €. Apparantly, Patriatch Kirill, head of the Russian-orthodox church, is fond of even more luxurious items. According to “Stil”, he wears a Breguet Classique “Le réveil du tasr”. The matter of expense here is about 20,000 €.”
Der Spiegel, issue no. 52, 27 Dec 2010
© Uhren Koller – Galerie Rudolf
© Uhren Koller – Galerie Rudolf
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