President Uhuru’s lavish Ksh 37 million watch

President Uhuru Kenyatta is a scion of wealth and this is known. This past weekend, the head of state showed off an expensive collectible wristwatch worth USD330,000 Ksh 37 million that’s more than some homes in Runda.

Mr. Uhuru was first spotted wearing the chronometer when he attended the Kenya Open this past weekend, that seemed not enough and he was then spotted again wearing the Dato graph Perpetual Tourbillon when he witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Kenya and Moderna to establish the first mRNA manufacturing facility in Africa.

Yesterday, the commander in chief was seen wearing the watch when he met the first lady of Rwanda at the Kenya School of Government in Lower Kabete. This watch is a collectible with only 100 having ever been made. According to the watchmaker, Alange-Soehne, the DATOGRAPH PERPETUAL TOURBILLON unites 3 significant complications: These includes;

• A flyback chronograph with a precisely jumping minute counter
• A perpetual calendar with a moon-phase display
• A tourbillon with a patented stop-seconds mechanism.

Thus, the watchmaker describes the watch as a classically designed dial that pairs elegance with technical functionality and all the displays of the perpetual calendar switch instantaneously and provides unambiguous readings at all times.

The balance is calibrated to 18,000 semi-oscillations per hour which corresponds to five semi-oscillations per second and thus to a frequency of 2.5 hertz. Accordingly, stopped times are displayed with an accuracy of one-fifth of a second.

From my follow up, this is not the first time the wealthy Uhuru has showed off expensive time-piece. A few years ago, at a bill signing the president was spotted wearing an Arnold & Son HM Perpetual Moon worth Ksh3,200,000.

Article By Suzy Nyongesa.