{PHOTOS} Uhuru adds new Sh2.1 million watch to his collection

President Uhuru Kenyatta has made a new addition to his line up of fancy luxury watch brands. His newest TIMEPIECE is an Arnold & Son that retails for a cool Sh2.1 million.

Uhuru wears at least another four high end watches.

President Uhuru Kenyatta wearing the Arnold & Son that retails for a cool Sh2.1million, January 20, 2017. /NORBERT ALLAN

The Arnold watch was visible on Uhuru's wrist when he was briefing the media on the voter registration drive at Sagana State Lodge in Nyeri last Friday.

This watch is called the HM Perpetual Moon and retails for between $21,000 and $25,000 (Sh21.6 million and Sh2.58 million)

Arnold & Son history is pegged on the ingenuity of its founding father, John Arnold WHO was a talented craftsman and scholar.

He left England 200 years ago for the Netherlands at the age of 19 after completing his apprenticeship to hone his watchmaking skills.

An image of President Uhuru Kenyatta's Arnold & Son watch that retails for Sh2.1million/ COURTESY

He returned two years later speaking excellent German, which stood him in good stead later at the court of George III, and established himself as a watchmaker of repute in London's Strand.

After Arnold presented the smallest repeating watch ever made to King George III, he rapidly acquired a wealthy clientele. Arnold's "No. 36" was the first timepiece to be called a chronometer, a term reserved for unusually precise watches to this day.

Arnold himself passed away in 1799 but the brand was revived in 1995.

The HM Perpetual Moon model has an 18 carat red gold case and a blue disc showing the eight phases of the moon. It is hand wound and waterproof to 30 metres.

A beautifully crafted watch is worth a lot in prestige and status. It's sole aim is not just to tell time, but also a symbol of class and power. You cannot put a price on that.

Uhuru has also been seen wearing a Parmigiani Pershing series worth a cool Sh2.5 million; Rolex Submariner costing Sh850,000; an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak costing Sh2.6 million; and a Patek Phillipe Nautilus costing Sh2.6 million.

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