Mr Michel Haddi once tried to buy his two sons a Rolex each on their 18th birthdays. They both declined. “It wasn’t that I wanted them to have a watch in the traditional way,” says Haddi. “It was more I know that if you’re somewhere around the world and in deep shit, a Rolex can be converted into cash anywhere. It’s security.” Haddi, the acclaimed fashion photographer and celebrity portraitist, has often found himself in such situations – caught up in tribal disputes in war-torn Yemen; facing down East German soldiers as the Berlin Wall tumbled. “But I’ve only ever had to pawn a camera myself so far, and that was because I got carried away, spent too much and ran out of money,” he laughs. “I think my boys just think they’re never likely to be in a tricky situation.”
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