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Wearing A Bailout On Your Wrist, Or Why Cyprus Should Speak To The Ukraine
As the Cypriots scramble for every penny, hoping for a Hail-Mary from Russia at the last minute, we suspect they are missing one potential provider of all that money. That nation appears to be Russian neighbor, The Ukraine judging from the 'wealth' exhibited by some members of the Ukrainian parliament. As EnglishRussia.com notes, a $650,000 watch is no problem if you create laws in Ukraine as we humbly suggest some that wealth (the rare watch is special order (here) with only 30 being made) trickle down to the Cypriots (of course at EUR400 per day per person) - they only need 7,000 watches to plug their bailout funding hole!
(h/t Nolsgrad, via EnglishRussia.com)
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All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.
Shit I was thinking of buying one of those $0.99 casio's since my watch died last year.
How could those 4 people owe 50 million dollars?
Ukranians exist in a distorted "pricing" magnetosphere...
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You got $5 skanks charging $2,000 a trick...
ukraine's got talent, and she's hot hothot !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDLLXUaqZxg
cyprus is like when you are a kid and your mother and father are yelling and you don't exactly know what it is about but it seems like they are angry at you even though you aren't the one who had lipstick on the collar
I would consider anybody that buys and wears one of those to be a dumb f___ even if it was real..., I doubt that one is.
You can take a Country out of Communism, but you cannot take Communism out of a Country.
Hang-on, what about American or European politicians, how much bling to they have?
We may very well have to EAT. THEM. ALL.
This has been an Agenda21 announcement: 10 Gallons of water, per person, per day, per-haps!
If I had a girlfriend that moved like that I swear I would NEVER let her out of the bed!!! My wife would probably be pissed, but anyway......
I luv it! She's so...wiggly! :>D
Finally, a Woman who could handle that four hour erection.
Don't worry, the Ukraine is having major finacial problems. Once they are back in play for a bailout those 5 dollar skanks will be in competition for the high end ladies that go for 7 dollars.
First thought was of that movie, whatever the name was, where the guy wouldn't give the robber his watch so the robber just chopped his arm off.
Time's a comin' folks....
BTW... Hasn't anybody ever told him never to wear a striped shirt with a striped suit?
@knukles
I think this actually happened in the late 80's (I heard about it at the time) in the Seattle area to a guy wearing a locked Rolex. I think it was a chainsaw or something. Maybe just an urban legend.
No, I think you're right...
LOL
Fucking chain saw your watch off
Sounds like something shoulda been in Pulp Fiction
My first thought was that's the kind of watch you'd hide up your ass, like in Pulp Fiction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kngBtoylIVM
Dump the watches. Google Glass man!
650K for a fucking watch they saw that cunt coming, there again he is dumb ass politician.
Certainly you dont´ sit in the ukrainian parliament :)
I think he sells marriage visas on the side
Whatever they cost now, cheap at twice the price! I got the most awesome woman from there for just a few pennies on the dollar, never mind the awesome children she has given me. The equivalent of $2,000 a night consort for a king for the price of a $5 trick.
Probably a Chinese fake..
$213.00
http://www.watchcheaps.com/ulysse-nardin/genghis-khan-786-88.html
I'll spend the $213, buy a truck, a home in the Redoubt, a small arsenal, and a pile, a BIG pile of PM's with the rest...
You can get a much better "platinum" fake at the Lo Wu KCR station for under $200. You cannot tell the difference unless you are a jeweler, and even then maybe not. The quality of the fake Rolexes is absolutely sublime, and they even sell fake repair parts and bands, fake boxes, and fake certificates of authenticity.
Visit that place one time and it becomes hard to ever buy a "real" luxury watch, purse, or sunglasses again. How are you going to know?
http://shenzhenshopper.com/85-luohu-commercial-city.html
LOL, I've actually been there the picture was an awesome flashback.... a excellent post 'hedgeless' and the copies are just sensational. Even the movement is impossible for the layman to tell. Even buying from a Rolex dealer is risky....
Still, I cannot see the point why anyone would buy a fake watch.
It's a nice place, by the way, and is more than just for shopping. However, if you do go to shop then better with a local or Hong Kong friend. When you shop walk somewhere else and let the local buy for you... it will be a third cheaper on the already cheap price, etc. Awesome high quality denim and other items... I think they just come from the same factory that makes the real stuff. Hardly anyone displays a price it's all negotiable.
All the HK residents go to shop on the weekend for a few hours using the subway and trains. Plus you can smoke, spit and the food and drink is just fantastic.
Gan bei Bitchez!!
Well, I own some quality watches and some fake ones. I bought the fakes to see if I would like the watch after a few weeks of wearing. None of the fakes comes even close to the real thing. It would be great if the fakes really could fool me, but you can tell if you have worn the real thing once you feel it. From a distance, it would be hard to tell though. I keep the fakes lying around in case I ever get burglarized.
You gave me an idea -keepingg fake watches in case you're burglarized and some fake bullion in case it's confiscated.
a fake? that's fitting.....the entire situation is a fake....fake economy, fake political philosophy, fake financial statements, fake press conferences....
To be fair, it's still a real watch.
Umm, u ever see the Italian Job?
Three things you dont mess with...
If going fake, he could have sprung for the Platinum edition to pretend he spent $750,000 or even gone the "Diamond" version...............'Contact Us for Pricing'
If youre asking , you cant afford it
Yes that's all very nice and all but does it tell the time in Gstaad?
In Gstaad time tells watches
Anyone know when the 'Tungsten' edition is coming out?
Takes licking and keeps on ticking - Cyprus that is
watch? thats a gdp.
how about just ONE trillion Euro platinum coin ?
Genghis Khan, how fucking fitting is that?
Good target for the rolex girls, or whatever they may call themselves now. . .
A ho by another other name...
I hope his health insurance policy has a 'body part replacement ' inclusion.
The thing looks ridiculous to me, but then again what do I know....I don't get $500,000 a day for pushing a button.
that is one ugly watch.
Yea frankly I wouldn't pay $10 for that ridiculous lookin thing....but then again I'm not a member of the Billionaire Handjob Boys club like this guy is where shit like that carries great weight.
Biz card scene from 'American Psycho' comes to mind.
Yes!
LOL... memo to the Tylers. The default font should be changed to reflect the blogs standing or at a minimum reviewed.
Eggshell with Romalian type. What does everyone think ?A Rogue Bateman
Is that the new Iwatch?
In other news, everyones all-in for hope that all is well come Monday morning...to hell with guys like this I hope they all die of cancer of the ass.
Monday shall be interesting
What have you got against testicular cancer?
Bullish for tiny giraffes.
Texas trying open a buillion depository
Texas May Start Hoarding Gold…Secession Next?
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/texas-may-start-hoarding-gol...
Hell, just store it under Bass's nickels.... no one ever find it.
this is a huge step though. Texas is basically telling the FED that their dollar ain't worth shit
They have a point
Ah Ulyesse Nardin -- the first choice for Eastern European oligarchs (Tasteless). Plus it is too big to hide in a certain orifice if you are stuck in a POW camp or neo-gulag.
Captain Koons
Yup. Captain Koons would have had to take a deep, deep breath to hide ole' Genghis Kahn.
'...I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years...now...I give the watch to you.'
Hayh ha ha ha ha ha ah ah ah ahhhh aaah
Yesserie Bob!
The whole world is as fucking demented as that movie...
The question is... where's Zed?
He got the left-handed version and that one is really, reallt expensive.
Brilliant, Bear!
DavidC
[ 650k/1608= 404.3] Ugly watch or 404.3 ounces of gold?
10 tons of silver
Tons or tonnes? Either way, I will hit that bid. Where do I wire the $650,000?
$650,000 / $29 = 22,413 ounces
22,413 troy ounces / 14.58 = 1,537 pounds
1,537 pounds < 2,000 pounds / ton
Ooops. U are correct.. Decimal point issues. Heheh
How much Tungsten?
Or a night in Paris with Joe Biden?
How much did the person get to name the watch?
The Capital Controls garlic necklace. I like it. After getting a TSA "massage", slip that thing on and roll to Chile Simon Black style!
But then you gotta monetize it..."In philadelphia it's worth $50 bucks"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLo7tHDHgOc
Funny how the more you pay for something the tackier it tends to look.
DavidC
Is the fake watch any different than the fake gold we saw with pissonu, when he was blindfolded and toured some hollyw, I mean some mint or reserve?
Its all for show
All politicians are criminals to some extent...see Hillary's commodities trading deals.
Just because Hillary's corrupt doesn't mean evey politican is corrupt. Ha ha. What am I saying, of course they are!
Im going to borrow the money, buy one, then break it, then buy another one. That should stimulate the economy. It's right to think of others this way.
IT'S NOT 'THE' Ukraine!!!!!!!!!!!
IT's JUST Ukraine!!!!!!!!!!
Damn I hate that. It drives me crazy.
It's like saying The Germany or The Canada.
Now get back to work, all of you.
Hmmmm ...was legal jargon years ago..
https://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/ukraine.html
If we are from Bronx or from The Brooklyn ;), can we say
Da Ukraine?
Just ask'n
I enjoy zh even if the company here is intimidatingly whip smart...
but at last there is something I am credentialed to comment upon:
Exile you are RIGHT - it is Ukraine - no definite article is required!
The "the" was something started by the Soviets (despite Slavic's lack of an actual "the") to obliterate the nationalistic intentions of map makers (or so I am told).
By using the term "the" Ukraine - what you are doing is referring to a region or an area (not unlike "the midwest" or "the [insert cardinal direction here] coast") not a nation or sovereign entity much like Frau Merkel is trying to do to The Cyprus...
Kudos to you Exile and we now return you to your regularly scheduled snarking
"The Ukraine is weak!" - K. Kramer.
..and Kramer spelled backwards is Remark
Agreed, but Ukraine is special in that the name for the country literally means "borderland"
Whenever regions, even soverign countries, take on geographic aspects in their names it all becomes a matter of perspective. Go to the opposite side of Russia and you encounter Primorski Krai which simply means "Borderland before (pri) the Sea (more)" The only difference is that one is now a soverign state, though the historical connotation runs deep.
Other examples: South Sudan is only south in who's eyes? Sudan. They would be better off adopting a new name.
Tibet or Zhangdong, meaning "Western Land" is only West from who's perspective. This is coming from a country which calls itself Zhongwo, or Central Kingdom.
The term "West Bank" refers to just an area on one side of a river and is wholly used to remove dignity from the Palestinians who live there. They call their own country Palestine, so why not afford them that respect?
Jordan (from which our glorious president is now flying home) used to be called Transjordan, or "Across the Jordan". But this is only across anything when starting from who's perspective?
And Saudi Arabia means the region of Arabia belonging ro the Saud family.
After reading your interesting comment, the genesis of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso is now so patently obvious that I don't even think it necessary to mention.
Ouagadougo, means where people get honor and respect, apparently: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouagadougou#History
Burkina Faso means land of the free men, according to Thomas Sankara, the man who gave it the name, from the previous Upper-Volta.
It's all a question of point of view
Y KPAI = "By (the) Edge" when you take the most literal translation.
Thus, the word YKPAIHE, from the perspective of Moscow means either "Frontier" or "Borderland".
I'm with you on that - hate it when people say Oporto, when it's just Porto (from o Porto=the Port): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto
Same when, even locally, everyone says the Algarve (o Algarve), even though Algarve already includes the article the (al Gharb=the Occident/West, in Arabic, from the original al Gharb al Andalus=the west of the Andalus): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Garb_Al-Andalus
There are loads on that site. Here's one I'd particularly like not to wear:
http://www.luxurybazaar.com/items/itemid_6598_Circus_Minute_Repeater_RG.html
A manlier watch: S&W Tritium
Well, at least it wasn't a Richard Mille.
relax, he paid for the watch. Check out the knife scar under the right eye.
Nah, that was so he passed a law..
And the previously broken nose.
Whats the difference in a 100 , a 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, or 1 dollar bill?
Basically the same paper and only the ink and design is different..
And yet the exchange goes on...
..Paper with dead leaders' pictures on it for services and goods...
Go figure
Zim found that the EROEI on paper currency became <1
Wrist watches are so twentieth century.
UKRAINE IS WEAK!
Yet, it is the heartland, and the true geographic pivot of history.
Tell that to the Klitschko brothers if you dare!
Trickle down = Trickle in your face.
Holy shit, $650K and it doesn't even have numbers on it! What a ripoff...
He could have bought a trailer house in LA for $650,000.00
True dat. Or that could have gone into the 1% down on a mansion in the Hampton's? That would of made Dr Krugman wet with joy.
Fuck me harder you ZH Bitchez...
Dr Paul Krugman
No wonder it's called "Genghis Khan".
I always thought watches looked bulky. An odd way to show wealth. I've felt this way long before cell phones were common, so its not that.
WTF is wrong with you if you are a law maker and are there to act in the interest of your constituency if you wear a $650,000 watch while there are many many poor people in your country? Politicians and aspirant politicians should be tested via MRI and other methods on mental disturbances such as megalomania, narcism, sociopathy, etc. But perhaps for the political system these are good attributes.
And it's my country...our "parliament" :(
Courage. Change is coming. However, it may not be what we expect.
Those Ukranians are fortunate that such an accomplished businessman would effectively donate his valuable time to public service.
When this businessman and others go to Europe, Europe will see it's "fortunate" ))
Quick, someone alert Simon Black, looks like a piece in his collection has gone missing.
Haha...he got the cheap one.
They now got a "glow in the dark" version, I hear. Cherno-glo.
I clicked 'add to cart', then thought better of it.
I know a fellow who was so impressed by the apparent bargain of a $500K watch that he bought two of them. One broke down after a few months, so it turned out lucky he had a spare.
It's one of those 'look at me, I'm important' watches.....
It isn't "The Ukraine." It's simply "Ukraine." Just like, it isn't "The" France. Or "The Germany."
We are in sad times. The Maserati/Ferrari dealership near my home closed. Difficult times. Now, there is a Lamborghini/McLaren dealership there. Lord help us.