[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter was featured in an article (and on the cover) of the October 2005 edition of WatchTime magazine. I shook my head ruefully as I read how the great company Audemars Piguet created three versions of the Royal Oak Offshore Jay-Z 10th Anniversary Limited Edition watches:

• 50 in stainless steel ($23,500)
• 30 in rose gold ($43,900)
• 20 in platinum ($69,500)

The article goes on to say how the tasteful diamond-crusted "10" symbolizes the ten years that Jay-Z allegedly spent recording music from 1995-2005. The one-page article with photograph made me want to barf.

Each of these watches apparently comes delivered with an Apple iPod that has been preloaded with all of his so-called music. Why would this great and fabled Swiss watch company cheapen their image by becoming associated with this silly knucklehead?

~ Blue Jays ~

[cmotormac44]

For the MONEY, of course----