Chief Justice John Roberts Wears a $50K Watch at Impeachment Proceedings

With nothing going on in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, I had to find a shiny object to draw my attention. And there it was on the wrist of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. It caught my eye as he moved his pen or tilted his glasses.

The Internet, an infallible source of truth, says Chief Justice Roberts is wearing a Patek Philippe 5205G. We’re talking well-equipped SUV money for that time piece, $49,780 according to Patek Philippe’s website. The yearly rate for chief justices nowadays is $267,000, so he can afford it without going total ramen. . .

Roberts’ watch is part of a category known as complications. Complications display more than one concept. The 5205G has an analog clock face, plus day, date and month in apertures (oh, that’s what they’re called) and a moon phase indicator.

The 5205G is a mechanical watch. It needs to be wound, but not by twisting a stem. The 5205G is self winding, meaning every motion stayed, every appeal denied, every bang of the gavel winds the mainspring.

No need to worry that Chief Justice Roberts might go on a signing or gavel banging spree and overwind the watch. Adrien Philippe (same family) patented the design that prevents that in 1863. (Read more from “Chief Justice John Roberts Wears a $50K Watch at Impeachment Proceedings” HERE)

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