Luxury Watches of Leading Men

TGR Staff - 09/10/2021

Like it or not celebrities by default become fashion icons, while many times the brands they become associated with are a result of product placement their personal choices in watches tell us a lot about their taste. From iced out bling to understated classics luxury watches are not only today perceived as a device for tracking time but full-fledged fashion statements.

So here is a list of ten of leading men and their watch of choice:

Leonardo Dicaprio

TAG Heuer

Since 2009 Dicaprio has been one of TAG Heuer's global ambassadors and the watches have made it into many of his most notable films. In the Wolf of Wallstreet, he wears a vintage Professional 1000 Series, in 2010's Inception he wore a Carrera. But despite his partnership with TAG, Leo has worn watches from Breitling, Jaeger LeCoultre, Raymond Weil, and others.

Daniel Craig

Rolex

While everyone knows James Bond loves his watches, over the years 007 has worn Rolex, Seiko, Heuer, and since GoldenEye Omega. While Craig's Bond has worn a version of the Omega Seamaster in every film, in real life Craig can often be seen wearing a vintage Rolex Submariner, Milgauss, Datejust, or the iconic Daytona.

Kevin Hart

Richard Mille

One of Hollywood’s biggest watch collectors, Kevin Hart has been spotted wear watches by Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, and Rolex. But he is most often associated with the Richard Mille manually wound RM 035, at 48mm it is hard to miss, and at $120,000 you are gonna want to show it off.

Rami Malek

Cartier

Rami Malek has been making moves in Hollywood since his first breakout hit Mr. Robot, when he accepted his first Emmy award he was wearing a Montblanc 38mm Heritage Chronometrie Automatic. But these days Rami is an ambassador for the French brand Cartier. Since he started working with Cartier he has been spotted in the Tank Americaine, Tank MC, Pasha, and iconic Santos-Dumont.

Image via Chopard

Michael Fassbender

Chopard

Michael Fassbender, when nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for Jobs, wore Chopard’s 39.5mm L.U.C. XPS in 18k white gold to the Academy Awards. But he has been spotted wearing watches by TAG Heuer, Bvlgari, IWC, Longines, and Bell & Ross. Looking at all the watches he has been spotted in he tends to wear watches with black dials and classic styling.

Dwayne Johnson

Panerai

It isn't shocking that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has a great collection of watches which includes the Rolex Sea-Dweller, IWC Big Pilot Heritage, a Breitling Transocean Chronograph Unitime, and an Arnold & Son’s Time Pyramid. He has also been spotted in the MTM Special Ops, and Oris Pro Diver, and he has more than a few Audemars Piguet watches in his collection. While all of these watches make it into his rotation, he is often seen in his Panerai Radiomir.

Orlando Bloom

Bremont

Bloom is best known for his work in Lord of Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean, Bloom a well-known watch collector has been spotted wearing Bremont watches over the years and has been associated with the British watch brand going back over a decade. But while he likes to show support for his hometown horologist, he also has been spotted wearing Rolex, Breitling, Panerai, and IWC.

Patrick Dempsey

TAG Heuer

Actor and race-car driver Patrick Dempsey has been a brand ambassador for TAG Heuer for years. He is almost always seen wearing one of their iconic Monaco Chronographs or Carrera models. However, Dempsey has also collaborated with Porsche Design and he has at least one Rolex Daytona in his collection.

Pierce Brosnan

Speake-Marin

Another Bond, Pierce Brosnan started the Omega era in the Bond film franchise which he must have liked because he has been spotted wearing an Omega Seamaster long after his time as Bond. But it would be hard to say that the Seamaster is his go-to watch as off-screen he has been spotted in a Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945, a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Squadra Hometime, and two different watches by Speake-Marin