{
  "id": 12151378,
  "title": "The search for Nigel Farage’s elusive wristwatch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/the-search-for-nigel-farages-elusive-wristwatch",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-05T12:21:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "City AM",
    "slug": "city-am",
    "url": "https://www.cityam.com/the-search-for-nigel-farages-elusive-wristwatch/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The search for Nigel Farage's elusive wristwatch led to the surprising discovery that the watch he was wearing in a photograph from the 2015 general election was a Patek Philippe Calatrava. The timepiece, a thin gold-coloured dress watch with a clean dial and a small seconds sub-dial at six o'clock, is known for its high-end vintage Swiss design. Despite speculation, Farage either no longer wears the watch or keeps it hidden behind a shirt sleeve. The Patek Philippe Calatrava, named after its founder, Richard Calvet, is indeed a prestigious watch, often associated with the high-achieving and influential.",
  "summary": "We investigate the mystery of Nigel Farage’s wristwatch. Could the so-called man of the people really wear a £40,000 Patek Philippe Calatrava? Andy Blackmore starts digging and finds a surprising answer… Sometimes the watch we wear tells more about us than we would care to admit, far more than any session with a psychologist. With that [...]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}