Uefa president Michel Platini will not return £16,000 watch

[Frogfish]

You fucking two-faced cunt. They should absolutely throw the book at him but of course FIFA won't. Another corrupt twat and the cunt has the temerity to throw it in our faces. #absolutely furious

Uefa president Michel Platini insists he will not return a £16,000 watch given to him by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
Fifa has asked officials to return the watches handed out at the World Cup as football's governing body claims the gifts break its code of ethics. But Platini, 59, said: "I'm a well-educated person. I don't return gifts."

Platini also said Fifa knew the items were being handed out in June and questioned why it only acted now.
The watches were given by one of the CBF's sponsors to 32 association chiefs, 28 Fifa executive committee members and five other members of South American associations.

"If the [Fifa] ethics committee was not pleased, they should've told us that four months ago in Brazil, when we received the watches," Platini said. "They were aware that we were receiving these watches because everybody received them. "Because there's an article in the British press, all of a sudden Fifa says that they need to return the watches. There's something that's very surprising to me in the way that this process has played out and I do not like that."

Several officials did report the watches to the ethics committee and Football Association chairman Greg Dyke and Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce have since said they will return the gifts. Dyke, who had put the watch in a bag earmarked for charity, said he was unaware of the value of the gift and would have liked Fifa to have stepped in and taken action in Brazil.
The 67-year-old said: "Fifa should have looked and said: 'These are £16,000 watches - you can't give them out.' "I mean, how would I know it's worth £16,000? I have never had a £16,000 watch in my life. I've never paid more than £200 for a watch - to me, it is just a watch. "I think the whole culture of gift giving needs to be looked at again. Personally, I would get rid of it."

 

[Mors]

You've missed a bit out of that mate 😉
He said he's going to keep the watch, yes, but he said he's going to get it valued, and give whatever that value is in cash to a charity. So he's bought the watch then in essence.

He's still a cunt mind.

 

[Athens]

I bet woy would have came in his pants at the sight of such a watch.

 

[Markeh]

I bet it's a really fucking ugly watch. People that buy 16 grand watches want others to be able to identify it from space.

 

[jexykrodic]

I bet woy would have came in his pants at the sight of such a watch.

Ive got that picture in my mind now. It's disturbing and is sure to take a bout of heavy drinking to dislodge it.

 

[singlerider]

16 grand ain't fuck all for a watch really.

I mean, I know it's only a watch and it shouldn't be worth that much, but I've seen watches that are a quarter of a mill - and they're not horrible garish monstrosities, not even gold and shit - plain stainless steel, or leather strap.

It's all about the mechanisms inside

 

[Athens]

Quarter of a mil? What?

 

[singlerider]

A family friend got bang into watches and ended up being a watch smuggler.

He'd made a contact very high up the chain with a brand of watch called Breguet, and he was able to get them off him, take them to Hong Kong and flog them for around £15-30k profit per watch, because they were getting them before the actual authorised dealer could get hold of them.

As such, they owed him loads of favours, so he'd milk that to buy other watches they had up cheap. He had an IWC that he 'only' paid £125k for, but list price was double.

You can spend absolutely fucking mental on them if you've got the cash and the inclination.

He eventually got gripped when the authorised dealer kicked off about getting the watches after other people, and then the tax man got onto him and he had to flee the country, but he had some fucking lovely shit

 

[gkmacca]

The real news story is why Blatter has suddenly decided that people should act with a modicum of ethical responsibility. It's a bit late for that, innit?

 

[Athens]

Lordy. That's a bit dear for a watch. My current watch cost 50 quid. Reduced from 70. I have a timberland watch that was very pricey. About 100 quid. But I'm allergic to the buckle and I need to get it changed.

 

[singlerider]

My Dad smuggled in some watches for him one time when we went over there, had one of those little trolley dolleys packed full of model cars (his other thing he was into, and if you think the watches are bad, you wouldn't fucking believe how much some of those things cost - put it this way, they cost more than quite a lot of actual real cars) and a handful of watches.

I think we were carrying about £400k worth of gear or something. I'm surprised my old man went for it, he's usually straight-laced as fuck.

Anyhoo, we were owed a favour after that, so they did my Dad a deal on a Patek Phillipe and a Jaeger Lecoultre. I can't remember exactly which ones they were, as they've been tucked away for ages, but I guess at some point me and my bro will inherit something like these:

As the slogan goes "You don't own a Patek Phillipe, you just look after it for the next generation"

 

[jexykrodic]

The number of watches I've trashed I'd crap myself wearing an expensive one.

Are they bought and put in glass cases?

 

[Mystic]

I've got two friends at work who're big watch fans, that own watches in the 2k - 4k mark, I can't ever understand why you'd spend so much money on them, but I must admit they're very impressive, like Single said, it's all about the mechanisms, they're so intricate and well made, it really is an art.

 

[Athens]

I smuggled extra virgin olive oil once.

 

[Athens]

I also smuggled some herbs but got caught.

Ended up doing thyme.

 

[Athens]

Boom fucking boom!

It's the way I tell them.

 

[Hansern]

I've got two friends at work who're big watch fans, that own watches in the 2k - 4k mark, I can't ever understand why you'd spend so much money on them, but I must admit they're very impressive, like Single said, it's all about the mechanisms, they're so intricate and well made, it really is an art.

I' m a big watch fan myself. But I'm more in the several watches in the 200-500 mark.
I've got one Tag Heuer that cost 2k but it will take something very special before I get something like that in the future.

As Single said Patek Phillipe and Jaeger are boss but way to expencive.

 

[Frogfish]

The Chinese are into Patek Phillipe big time. My wife runs Health Tourism tours to Switzerland, 3-4 times a year, for very affluent Chinese. They always want to buy watches whilst there (but only from the official dealers - so no commission for my wife).
Last time one women ordered the very latest from PP for her husband, it cost her €150,000 and the dealer said he would deliver it to Hong Kong for her (there is no import duty in HK for jewellery / watches) but she said she couldn't go back empty handed .. so bought him another, 'just for the meantime', for €60,000 !!

 

[Molbystwin]

16 grand ain't fuck all for a watch really.

I mean, I know it's only a watch and it shouldn't be worth that much, but I've seen watches that are a quarter of a mill - and they're not horrible garish monstrosities, not even gold and shit - plain stainless steel, or leather strap.

It's all about the mechanisms inside

About 6 or 7 years ago Ian Harte used to play for Levante, he would pop in for the occasional bottle of beer and was an alright fella as it goes... anyway... Ol' Ian used to collect fancy watches and had a rather garish one with a face which consisted of a map of the world picked out in different coloured diamonds for the different continents...

90 fucking grand

90!!!

90 fucking grand... just fucking boggling..

It was shortly after this that we started to fairly mercilessly take the piss out of said watch in a obvious attempt to disguise our poor mans jealousy.

 

[Silver Sean]

Lordy. That's a bit dear for a watch. My current watch cost 50 quid. Reduced from 70. I have a timberland watch that was very pricey. About 100 quid. But I'm allergic to the buckle and I need to get it changed.

I laughed at loud at this post. and I don't even know why. But thank you.

 

[Silver Sean]

About 6 or 7 years ago Ian Harte used to play for Levante, he would pop in for the occasional bottle of beer and was an alright fella as it goes... anyway... Ol' Ian used to collect fancy watches and had a rather garish one with a face which consisted of a map of the world picked out in different coloured diamonds for the different continents...

90 fucking grand

90!!!

90 fucking grand... just fucking boggling..

It was shortly after this that we started to fairly mercilessly take the piss out of said watch in a obvious attempt to disguise our poor mans jealousy.

A mate of mine is a jeweller and he bought watches worth 50 grand each for his wife, himself and his kids. Keeps them in his safe at work. his thinking is if anything happens to him his wife will have 200 grand at her disposal which the tax man knows nowt about.

 

[Athens]

I laughed at loud at this post. and I don't even know why. But thank you.

No worries. It's a nice timberland watch too. But I can't wear it. OH THE HUMANITY!

 

[tombrown]

A mate of mine is a jeweller and he bought watches worth 50 grand each for his wife, himself and his kids. Keeps them in his safe at work. his thinking is if anything happens to him his wife will have 200 grand at her disposal which the tax man knows nowt about.

But has he told her the combination for the safe?

 

[Silver Sean]

But has he told her the combination for the safe?

Good point!
He's a spawny get. Last year he did a house clearance and paid £1,500 for a necklace. The person selling it was well chuffed. My mate sent it to Sothebys. They said he might want to think about coming down for the sale. They put a reserve on it of £20,000. He put himself, his wife and his sister and brother-in-law up in the Ritz the night before. Why not? At the sale the necklace made £145,000.
They stayed another night and upgraded their Ritz room. He hasn't shut up about it since. As you can imagine he knows a bit about jewellery. He drivers a fuck off big black Range Rover.
The bastard.

*I appreciate this is not the right forum. But the Range Rover makes it footballer territory in my eyes.

 

[mom]

I just look at my phone.

 

[Silver Sean]

I just look at my phone.

Agreed. Last watch I wore was in 1992. Ingersoll.

 

[gkmacca]

Let go of my arm.

You must surrender this jacket. I want your watch and your jacket.

You are a very silly man.

And your pants! I want your watch, your jacket, and your pants!

Behave yourself, people are watching.

And your socks. Watch, jacket, pants and socks. All of those things. Now!!!

 

[tombrown]

Good point!
He's a spawny get. Last year he did a house clearance and paid £1,500 for a necklace. The person selling it was well chuffed. My mate sent it to Sothebys. They said he might want to think about coming down for the sale. They put a reserve on it of £20,000. He put himself, his wife and his sister and brother-in-law up in the Ritz the night before. Why not? At the sale the necklace made £145,000.
They stayed another night and upgraded their Ritz room. He hasn't shut up about it since. As you can imagine he knows a bit about jewellery. He drivers a fuck off big black Range Rover.
The bastard.

*I appreciate this is not the right forum. But the Range Rover makes it footballer territory in my eyes.

I hate him already, and I've never met him