Obama's Watch

The First Lady Michelle Obama is the new style icon for the fashion industry and it has already created news, but now its time for the leader himself. What does the most powerful man in the world wears on his hand. Its time for the watch industry to eye the timepieces that Obama and his second in command puts on every morning.

While a formal dress code was established by the former President Bush who required his staffers to wear business suits while on the clock. President Barack Obama is already making news for cultivating a less-formal, rolled-up shirtsleeves environment at the White House.But Obama's latest choice of timepiece is not just formal, it's government-issued, with a Secret Service seal on it.

Back in 2007, when Obama was still a U.S. senator, Secret Service agents gave him the black-dial chronograph watch as a gift for his 46th birthday.He subsequently wore same watch for the inauguration and for the signing of his first act as president.The gift came from the Secret Service employees' store at the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C., according to a report in The Times of London.

Seeing the Obama's popularity the manufacturers "Jorg Gray" has come up with the Obama watch--without the Secret Service shield.Though the Secret Service employees store is not open to the public the watch can be purchased from the manufacturer, Jorg Gray. It is called the JGC6500 Chronograph and its retail prices for $325, the paper said.

Obama wore a TAG Heuer Series 1500 Two-Tone Diver's Watch.The news was conformed by TAG Heuer as recently as 2007.

Recently in a press release, Omega has laid claim to having Vice President Joe Biden as a fan. The new second-in-command leader "completes his stately look with a classic Omega timepiece." Specifically, Biden wears a stainless steel Omega Seamaster 300m timepiece, which features a precision quartz movement and is water resistant down to 1,000 feet. The suggested retail on the watch is $2,080.