Exchange of large or small diplomatic gifts during an official visit. Therefore, Emmanuel Macron did not come to the White House empty-handed. Each gift, each attention is both a message to convey and an opportunity to promote French know-how. So, considering Thomas Peske’s presence on the future Artemis lunar mission, Vice President Kamala Harris was offered a model of the Ariane 5 rocket. Gilles Biden received an edition of Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary and a selection of works. Albert Camus.
As for Joe Biden, his diplomatic gifts are a great example of finesse in choice, above criticism. First, a reminder of the transatlantic friendship between the two historic allies with Christofle’s signature trophy, created in 2012 to honor the fabled Normandy crossings. Then an emotional touch with a vinyl record and a CD of Frances Lai’s Claude Lelouch Man and Woman soundtrack. A movie released in 1966, and specifically one that Joe and Jill Biden are said to have seen together on their first date…
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But the American president was also offered two gifts from the brands present in the Elysee shop. First a sweatshirt signed by Norman house Saint James. And above all, the French watch signed LIP. A transatlantic friendship obliges that outside the time zones, he was offered not the brand’s Elysée model offered on a tricolor bracelet, but rather a model cut for long journeys. The LIP Grande Nautic GMT the consultant is said to have purchased at a nearby Parisian boutique. An affordable piece (€940) signed by the legendary brand from Besançon, which continues to re-conquer wrists and gradually moves its production to France.
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Born in 1967, the case of this model is also proudly stamped “made in Besançon”, a symbol of its assembly in France. This LIP Grande Nautic GMT has a 41mm steel case that is water resistant to 200 meters. It features a Japanese Miyota 9075 automatic movement and offers a legible GMT function thanks to its red fourth hand and red and blue bi-directional rotating bezel. Will we ever see President Joe Biden, who left his Omega Seamaster 300 behind when he arrived at the White House, wear these lips with a steel Rolex Datejust? The Besançon brand, already available at the Élysée boutique, would surely be delighted.
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Source: Le Figaro
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