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Jul 13, 2008,07:35 AM
Vacheron Constantin King Kalla. I think he was in the Guiness book of records for being the world's most profligate spender, with daily expenditure of a couple hundred thousand twenty years ago. It's a wonder he didn't buy a watch company too.
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