The statue and the watch

Among the passengers waiting for the tram at a stop in downtown Geneva, there's this elegant and silent gentleman, who patiently tolerates any delays and the outrage of vandals who stain the collar of his jacket. He has nerves of steel, or rather, bronze, like everything else: the hat, the glasses, the jacket, the tie, the trousers, the shoes… 

 

... and the watch. I thought it was something generic as I got closer to take a better look. However, I had underestimated the sculptor and his attention to detail. The watch is the unmistakable Royal Oak by Audemars Piguet. Unbelievable: a creation from the Vallée de Joux celebrated in the home of Patek Philippe, Rolex, and Vacheron Constantin!
Jokes aside, the statue—one of three displayed at the Plainpalais stop, all created by Gérald Ducimitière and inaugurated in 1982—depicts a real person, just like the watch he evidently loved to wear: André L'Huillier, a prominent Geneva collector and patron of artists, who passed away in 1998.