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Originally Posted by WatchingAustin
Is anyone surprised that a family with a 100bn net worth has rare watches? I'd be more surprised if they were wearing Seiko's.
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This caught my attention. Just a fun fact, when the Marcos dictator fled the Philippines, he had to declare 65 Seiko and Cartier watches, among other things.
From Wikipedia:
When he fled to Hawaii by way of Guam,[281] he also brought with him 22 crates of cash valued at $717 million, 300 crates of assorted jewelry with undetermined value, $4 million worth of unset precious gems contained in Pampers diaper boxes, 65 Seiko and Cartier watches, a 12 by 4 ft box crammed full of real pearls, a 3 ft solid gold statue covered in diamonds and other precious stones, $200,000 in gold bullion and nearly $1 million in Philippine pesos, and deposit slips to banks in the US, Switzerland, and the Cayman Islands worth $124 million, which he all amassed during his dictatorship