You should have seen it in the "flesh", it was so much more hideous.

Just after I posted this I recieved an Email from World Vision thanking me for my continued sponsorship of two children. They were very grateful and went into detail about how I had managed to save innocent children's lives. How wonderful is that? And then I worked it out that I would have to make over 140 years of donations to equal the same price as this monstrosity. There's something terribly wrong about that.

I just hope the owner is doing something similar.

Mmmmmmm, good old Jacob & Co.

The brand sometimes worn by Mr D Beckham..... but I think even he would baulk at something quite that nasty. What a hideous waste of perfectly good raw materials and £86K.

I'd say 'add one more to the "never ever would I" thread,' except someone already added all Jacob & Co. specimens to the list. This just shows that was a sensible recommendation.

Which I think demonstrates the problem that Jacob & Co. faces. They actually make some incredible haute horlogerie pieces that have no precious stones anywhere near them, but that get's completely lost because of monstrosities like this.

I must say, I like that more than the PloProf