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' A furtive scene caught on camera proves he is still a die-hard fan of designer watches. As he shakes hands minutes before addressing a crowd of thousands at Paris’s Place de la Concorde, Sarkozy can be seen quickly whipping off his watch and stuffing it into his pocket.
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' According to Novel Observateur, it was a white gold Patek Philippe worth 55,000 euros – a gift from his then fiancée Carla Bruni in January 2008.
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' (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/nicolas-sarkozy/9208783/France-election-2012-a-flash-of-bling-as-Nicolas-Sarkozy-hides-his-50000-watch.html)
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