Jeremy Allen White isn't the only star rocking a killer watch courtside at the US Open
While the Oscars and the Met Gala top the food chain in the style stakes, sporting events like the US Open, Super Bowl, and pretty much every NBA game are where serious, uninhibited watch spotting takes place these days.
Unlike the aforementioned black-tie events where collectors spring for dressier pieces, the US Open encourages celebs to bring out the best of the best from their collection. This year, we’ve already spotted elegant Cartiers, grail-level Rolex Daytonas, and complicated marvels from high-end independents on players actively participating in a match! A true smorgasbord of Swiss variety, such events are the new standard in horo-sartorial peacocking. Need proof? Just check out some of our favourites below, from Jeremy Allen White's clean AF integrated bracket to classic sports pieces from Rolex and TAG Heuer.
Jeremy Allen White wears a Louis Vuitton Tambour
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Louis Vuitton has made a serious name for itself in the watchmaking industry over the past couple of years. The brand showed that it was seriously committed to the craft in the summer of 2023 when it heavily redesigned its flagship Tambour, taking the watch’s thick case and slimming it down to make it much more wearable. And look at how far the luxury label has come: none other than Jeremy Allen White showed up to the US Open with the revamped Tambour on his wrist. The actor may be set to play Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, but for at least one day, he was Mr. Tambourine Man.
Steve Carell wears a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona
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Steve Carell clearly knows that it’s hard to go wrong with a platinum Daytona. His ref. 116506 is a spiffy take on one of the world’s most famous racing chronographs, boasting a 40-mm platinum case, a matching platinum Oyster bracelet, a brown Cerachrom bezel insert with tachymeter scale, an ice-blue dial, and diamond-set hour markers. Rolex only pairs that very special shade of blue with its platinum watch, making for a cool IYKYK signifier. Launched in 2013, this reference (and its non-diamond-set brother) celebrated the Daytona’s 50th anniversary – albeit in a typically Rolex, unofficial sort of way – by offering something distinctive and special rather than a simple stainless steel watch. There are also Eastern Arabic and gem-set versions floating around, but we’d argue that Carell’s diamond-set version is sufficiently fly.
Andrey Rublev wears a Vanguart Orb
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Courtesy of Vanguart
Russian tennis phenom Andrey Rublev is merely the latest in a series of high-profile collectors to co-sign the Orb, a six-figure watch from the relatively young brand Vanguart. Founded by veterans of Renaud et Papi – a workshop that supplies top-end movements and complications for the very best watch brands in the world, including Audemars Piguet – Vanguart has found fans in the likes of John Mayer and Ed Sheeran. Pulling a tennis racket through 14 Gs puts serious pressure on a watch, however—especially one with a flying tourbillon – proving the technological bona fides of this wild design.
Steven Colbert wears a TAG Heuer Monaco
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Colbert wore a dope black-dialled TAG Heuer Monaco, the watch that Steve McQueen made famous in 1971’s Le Mans. Equipped with the Calibre 12 – a riff on the brand’s famed automatic Calibre 11, one of the world’s first automatic chronograph movements – it features a square-shaped, 39mm stainless steel case with a black dial, a dual-register chronograph display, a date window at 6 o’clock, and an inner 1/5th-seconds track. Unlike original Calibre 11-equipped models – whose crown was situated on the left case flank – the crown is situated on the right side like that of a conventional chronograph.
Rami Malek wears a Cartier Tank
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Looking dashing while chatting with Anna Wintour, Rami Malek brandished his black-dialled Cartier Tank Must, a more affordable entry point into the maison’s famed dress watch. Powered by a quartz movement and paired to a black rubber strap, this simple steel timepiece looks like a million bucks – and this despite the fact that it can be had for £3,500, a relative bargain when compared to solid-gold or platinum references. Malek, of course, is a Cartier brand ambassador, and to that end has been spotted in many cool Cartiers, from the Pasha to the Santos. However, despite his access to the depths of the Parisian maison’s catalogue, he is loyal to this entry-level Tank.
Tyler James Williams wears a Cartier Tank
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Actor and rapper Tyler James Williams pulled a page from the Rami Malek playbook – or perhaps it was the other way around – when he wore the same black-dialled Cartier Tank Must to the Open. When the Parisian jeweller launched its “Must de Cartier” back in the 1970s, it included a line of gold-plated Tank watches that were more affordable than their solid-gold counterparts. The modern Tank Must – launched back in ‘21 during the Pandemic – continues this theme, offering more approachable versions of the Tank Louis. Some of these, like the vintage originals, have coloured lacquer dials in the mode of Williams’ and Malek’s black-dialled version. (Others, such as green and burgundy versions, were available at launch and have since dropped out of the catalogue, or are only available in solid-gold Louis references.)
Gunna wears an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Frosted Gold Double Balance Wheel Openworked Rainbow
And trust Gunna to rock up with the lairiest flex of the Open so far. This rainbow Audemars Piguet can only really be described as a flex, especially when it's matched with so many tones of grey. The way that frosted gold bracelet sits against the crisp white of his long-sleeve under layer is 100% intentional from the 'Fukumean' rapper. But don't let the bling take away from the fact this watch is also technically insane too. The nature of an openworked piece is to show off what lies beneath. And show off it does.