What Watch Does Jay-Z Wear?
Jay-Z’s signature watch is the Patek Philippe World Time, but his collection spans Audemars Piguet Royal Oaks and Richard Mille tourbillons worth millions.
The watches worn by actors, musicians, comedians and business figures, identified from press photography, interviews and auction records. Each article names the exact reference where it is documented, says when a sighting is only reported, and shows where to compare prices new and pre-owned.
Jay-Z’s signature watch is the Patek Philippe World Time, but his collection spans Audemars Piguet Royal Oaks and Richard Mille tourbillons worth millions.
Gordon Ramsay’s watch collection spans multiple Rolex Submariners, a bespoke Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph, and a Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time â here’s every confirmed reference.
Bear Grylls wears the Luminox Bear Grylls Survival Master Series, a co-designed Swiss quartz chronograph with a Carbonox case, 300-metre water resistance, and always-on tritium gas tube lume.
The Tudor Heritage Black Bay 79220R was Bourdain’s signature watch on Parts Unknown; his auctioned collection also included a Rolex Air-King, Explorer II, and a Patek Philippe.
Who wears what: the Rolex, Omega, TAG Heuer and Cartier watches most tied to celebrities, from Paul Newman to Timothée Chalamet.
Joe Rogan has no single signature watch: the Panerai Luminor Submersible is most often reported, with Rolex dive watches and a G-Shock Mudmaster, and Grand Seiko is discussed but unconfirmed.
Elon Musk is rarely seen wearing a watch; the TAG Heuer Carrera SpaceX is the one most often linked to him, but nothing is confirmed.
Neil Armstrong left his Omega Speedmaster in the lunar module, so Buzz Aldrin’s Speedmaster was the first watch worn on the Moon.
Frank Sinatra is best tied to Bulova and a documented 1940s Gruen, while the popular Sinatra Rolex Day-Date story could not be verified.
Steve McQueen wore the blue Heuer Monaco 1133B in Le Mans and a Rolex Submariner in private life, while the ‘Steve McQueen’ Explorer II is a myth.