TRUE PASSION
August Man SG|Issue 193
Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime and Omega MoonSwatch, two watches on opposite ends of the price spectrum that speak volumes about former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin's passion for timepieces
JONATHAN HO
TRUE PASSION

AFTER 15 YEARS of self-imposed exile, Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to thousands of excited supporters via a private jet, but his passion for watches was telling. In his first selfie, he is spotted wearing a Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime, the kind of six-figure timepiece that you’d associate with billionaire baller businessmen of his stature and gravitas. However, it is in his second selfie, after he arrived at Don Mueang International Airport, that you see not the minute repeater high complication, but a bioceramic (not dissimilar in feel and texture to regular plastic for civilians) Omega MoonSwatch.

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