Who was the last President to wear a Swiss watch?

[bscepter]

was it George HW Bush? i read somewhere that he wore a PP.

clinton wore a cheap digital watch, i think. not sure about bush. obama wears a jorg grey chrono with a japanese movt. (it's actually not a bad-looking watch). biden wears a vintage vulcain cricket, i believe, which is pretty cool. i'm sure romney had a drawerful of PPs, rolexes and APs, but i would guess that he put them away when he started running for office ten years ago.

i realize that today a president can't be seen with a $20k watch on his wrist or the press and the blogosphere would go ape.

so what would be an appropriate mechanical watch for a president today?

staying under $2k, i'd probably go with a vintage datejust. if new, maybe a baume & mercier or a tag heuer or maybe an oris.