What Watch Does Floyd Mayweather Wear? The $18M Jacob & Co. Billionaire and More

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Floyd Mayweather’s most famous watch is the Jacob & Co. Billionaire, a one-of-one white gold tourbillon set with about 260 carats of emerald-cut diamonds that he said cost $18 million when he announced it in June 2018. Around it sits a collection of Richard Mille, Audemars Piguet, Hublot and Rolex pieces, though some of the claims you see online are guesswork.

Quick answer Mayweather’s headline watch is the Jacob & Co. Billionaire, which he announced himself on Instagram with an $18 million price. He has also been photographed or reported with a Richard Mille RM 59-01 (about $620,000), an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore, a Jacob & Co. Rainbow Tourbillon and diamond-covered Hublots. We found no confirmed current watch sponsorship, so every piece below is a personal purchase or gift.

Floyd Mayweather’s Watch: The Jacob & Co. Billionaire

Jacob & Co. first showed the Billionaire at Baselworld in 2015, and Mayweather announced his purchase on Instagram on June 27, 2018. Forbes described it as a unique piece. WatchPro reported that he credited a jeweler named Tadashi Fukushima as the seller. Mayweather’s caption said “$18 million on the price tag,” and Haute Time had listed the watch at $18,000,000 when it launched in March 2015, so the figure matches the brand’s list price. We have no record of what he actually paid.

SpecJacob & Co. Billionaire
Case sizeAbout 58 mm x 47.5 mm, 12.2 mm thick (per WatchPro)
Case material18k white gold, rectangular, fully diamond-set
DiamondsAbout 260 carats of emerald-cut stones, up to roughly 3 carats each
MovementSkeletonized manual tourbillon, calibre JCAM09, 167 components, 72-hour power reserve
Water resistanceNot published
Approximate priceAbout $18 million (the 2015 launch list price, and the figure Mayweather quoted in 2018)

Where to buy

Compare the same watch on both sites: eBay for pre-owned and vintage pieces, Amazon for new stock.

Casio G-Shock GM-2100 Alternative

Prices and availability change; check the listing before you buy.

Why the Billionaire Watch Matters

The Billionaire is less a timekeeper than a statement piece. Forbes described the emerald-cut diamonds as arranged in an inverted pyramid setting, with stones large enough to weigh up to three carats apiece. Underneath is a skeletonized tourbillon, so the watch also qualifies as serious mechanical engineering and not just jewelry.

The Billionaire later became a template. Forbes noted that Jacob & Co. planned similar watches in other stones, and in 2023 the brand unveiled a $20 million yellow-diamond Billionaire Timeless Treasure. Mayweather’s version remains the one most closely tied to a celebrity owner.

What Is Confirmed and What Is Rumor

Mayweather’s collection is hard to audit because most information comes from his own Instagram posts and from jewelers he works with. A sensible way to sort it is by the strength of the evidence.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. at a 2010 event
Floyd Mayweather, whose collection is hard to audit because most details come from his own posts. Photo: DEWALT POWER TOOLS FIGHT NIGHT CLUB 2010, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Documented by Mayweather or major outlets

The Billionaire is the best documented: Mayweather posted it, and Forbes and WatchPro covered the purchase. The Hollywood Reporter, writing around his 2017 fight with Conor McGregor, reported that he waved a diamond-encrusted Hublot Big Bang worth about $1.1 million at McGregor during the London press tour.

Widely reported, prices approximate

The same Hollywood Reporter piece listed a Richard Mille RM 59-01 Tourbillon Yohan Blake (about $620,000), a white gold Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore with 590 baguette-cut diamonds (about $1.3 million), a Jacob & Co. Rainbow Tourbillon (about $2 million) and a collection of Rolex models. These come from reporting and his posts, not from purchase records.

Unverified or estimated

Treat the following as unconfirmed. A pink gold Patek Philippe Nautilus with ruby inserts appears in social posts, but online sources disagree on both its reference and value, from about $350,000 to $2.1 million. A diamond-set custom Richard Mille RM 11 Felipe Massa and a one-off “Goliath” watch from a small jeweler also rely on Instagram only. We also found no verified inventory behind headline claims of a “$100 million” collection.

A useful rule with celebrity collections like this one: a price quoted for a watch is usually the brand’s list price for that model, or the price on a dealer site for a similar reference, not what the athlete paid. Custom gem-setting by a third-party jeweler can change the value dramatically in either direction, which is why we give approximate ranges and flag the weaker claims.

Mayweather’s Other Watches

Richard Mille RM 59-01 Tourbillon Yohan Blake

This green-cased tourbillon is limited to 50 pieces and lists at around $620,000. It is one of the watches Mayweather is most often seen wearing. Compare it with the tourbillons in Bubba Watson’s Richard Mille collection.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore

His diamond-set white gold Offshore is among the flashiest Royal Oaks around. For a more restrained take, see Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Audemars Piguet Offshores.

Hublot Big Bang and King Power

Hublot pieces appear again and again: the diamond Big Bang from the McGregor press tour, a Big Bang Unico set with gold and diamonds, and a King Power WBC full-pave with emeralds, which was reported as a gift tied to his Pacquiao fight in 2015.

Jacob & Co. Rainbow Tourbillon

This one-off gem-set tourbillon fits his taste for Jacob & Co., which is also the brand behind the pieces in our look at Conor McGregor’s Jacob & Co., Patek and Rolex.

Does Mayweather Have a Watch Sponsor?

We found no announced, current watch ambassador deal for Mayweather in 2026. His Hublot pieces have been described as gifts and purchases, not as a brand contract, and his Jacob & Co. relationship appears to be that of a high-profile customer. If a brand announces a new partnership, we will update this article.

For another take on celebrity Rolex wearers, see Grant Cardone’s Rolex, Panerai and Patek collection.

Watches for a Fraction of the Price

Gem-set Jacob & Co. tourbillons sit in a different universe, so the realistic route is to borrow the bold look.

  • The Jacob & Co. Epic X is a current model that offers the brand’s skeleton style without the diamond price, though it is still a luxury purchase.
  • The Casio G-Shock GM-2100 has a metal-covered bezel and a chunky, bold presence for a small fraction of the price.
  • The Tissot PRX brings an integrated-bracelet design that nods to the Royal Oak and Nautilus.

FAQ

What watch does Floyd Mayweather wear?

He is best known for the Jacob & Co. Billionaire, and he is also seen in Richard Mille, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore, Hublot and Rolex watches.

How much is Floyd Mayweather’s watch worth?

Mayweather said the Billionaire cost $18 million in 2018, the same as its 2015 list price. Other watches range from roughly $620,000 for the Richard Mille RM 59-01 to about $2 million for the Rainbow Tourbillon, based on media reports.

Did Floyd Mayweather really buy an $18 million watch?

He announced it himself on Instagram in June 2018, and Forbes and WatchPro reported it. The $18 million matches the list price Haute Time reported in 2015, though we have no record of the final transaction.

Is Floyd Mayweather a Hublot ambassador?

We found no confirmed Hublot ambassador contract. Hublot watches in his collection have been described as purchases and gifts.

How many watches does Floyd Mayweather own?

There is no verified count. Claims of a collection worth tens of millions come from social posts and aggregator sites, not an audited inventory.

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The editorial desk at What Kind of Watch. We identify the watches worn by actors, characters, athletes and public figures by cross-checking screen captures, press photography, brand releases and auction records, and we label unconfirmed sightings as such. We have no affiliation with any watch brand; eBay and Amazon links earn a small commission that never affects which watch we name.

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