Pensions: why did Emmanuel Macron take off his watch live during his television interview?

For Clémence Guetté, “it is definitely the image of this interview”. The day after Emmanuel Macron’s controversial interview on the pension reform, the LFI deputy for Val-de-Marne released a video on Wednesday that caused a great reaction on social networks. We see there, in the middle of the interview, the head of state putting his hands under the table and taking off the watch that he had been wearing until then on his left wrist.

Very quickly, posts shared thousands, even tens of thousands of times on Twitter and TikTok, claimed that the watch in question cost 80,000 euros and accused the President of the Republic of wanting to hide it by talking about buying “smicards”.

A disturbing “noise”

For its part, the Elysee has a completely different version. The president’s entourage tells BFMTV that Emmanuel Macron took off his watch because he had just banged it against the table, causing quite a loud noise.

In the replay of the interview available on the president’s Youtube channel, we can hear a clash between the clock and the table when Emmanuel Macron talks about the blockades in the country and not about the purchasing power of the French paid with the minimum wage. In the process, without ceasing to speak, the President of the Republic removes it from under the table.

A watch sold for 2400 euros

In addition, the watch that the president has been wearing for several years is not worth 80,000 euros, as certain publications on social networks claim. It is a Bell and Ross V1-92 Blue Steel model sold for 2400 euros by the manufacturer. However, its sphere is unique because it is personalized with the shield of the presidency.

In several photos published on the Instagram account of the official photographer of the Élysée Soazig de la Moissonniere, Emmanuel Macron wears this same watch, as on October 28.

“He has also worn it during other public events such as during the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar or during his state visit to Washington last December,” the Élysée also specified to our fellow students. the independent.