Tom Brady Wore Considered one of 2024’s Hottest Rolex Watches to the Olympics

Tom Brady is a person on a horological mission. Whereas the seven-time Tremendous Bowl champ has an in depth assortment that features uncommon, sophisticated Patek calendar watches and military-inspired IWC pilot’s watches, lately he’s been amassing items from somewhat model you would possibly’ve heard of referred to as Rolex. From uncommon Center Japanese-market Day-Dates to ref. 6241 “JPS” Daytonas to “Emoji”-dial fashions and gem-set GMT-Masters, his assortment is just awash with eye-popping Rollies.

Regardless of all of his unobtainium watches, even the G.O.A.T. himself doesn’t appear to be proof against the straightforward charms of a run-of-the-mill stainless-steel catalog mannequin. Working example? Brady was noticed leaving the gymnastic last on the Paris Olympics carrying the ref. 126710GRNR, aka the brand new GMT-Grasp II launched at Watches & Wonders this yr. In contrast to many different references in Brady’s assortment, that is neither a contemporary piece of restricted manufacturing nor an ultra-rare classic mannequin whose acquisition takes each huge sums of cash in addition to infinite effectively of endurance to accumulate. Fairly, the GRNR—for “gris noir,” aka “gray black”—is just an extension of the GMT-Grasp assortment into a brand new colorway.

Brady’s new ref. 126710GRNR was Rolex’s huge Oystersteel launch for 2024—having tried it on in Geneva, I can attest to its consolation and handsomeness. Even the grey-and-black 24-hour bezel insert differentiating daytime and nighttime hours have a shocking distinction in particular person. Measuring 40mm in diameter and outfitted with the aforementioned bidirectional, rotating bezel with Cerachrom 24-hour insert, the watch is powered by the automated cal. 3285 Rolex manufacture motion with an independently adjustable native hour hand and 70 hours of energy reserve.

For somebody like Brady, who seemingly pops up in a distinct far-flung locale every week, the GMT-Grasp II’s performance is genuinely helpful: When he units down in, say, Paris, it’s merely a matter of leaping the native hour hand ahead just a few turns to replace to native time, whereas the GMT hand may very well be both left alone or rapidly reset to trace time again within the States.

Subsequent to all the flamboyant Arabic-dial DDs, IWC perpetual calendars, and ultralight Richard Mille fashions in Brady’s assortment, this extra “humble” GMT-Grasp II could not command fairly the identical arched eyebrow from the jaded collector. Nonetheless, it’s fairly merely an superior watch.

Jimmy Fallon’s Cartier Tank

The Olympic watch recognizing has sadly wound to a detailed this week—however not earlier than we scoped Jimmy Fallon rocking a basic Tank Louis Cartier whereas attending Workforce U.S.A’s faceoff towards Workforce France in males’s basketball. The Tank “LC,” launched in 1922, was not the primary Tank mannequin—that might be what we name the “Normale,” which was designed through the First World Battle—however at the moment, it’s thought of the prototypical Tank. Measuring 25.5mm in diameter, Fallon’s watch seems to be the rose gold mannequin. Powered by a manually-wound Cartier motion and stuck to a leather-based alligator strap, its white Roman-numeral dial and sapphire cabochon crown nonetheless ooze class over a century following the fashions’ conception.

Jimmy O. Yang’s Seiko X Rowing Blazers Seiko 5

Actor-comedian Jimmy O. Yang is most positively a watch man. He snagged this Seiko 5 from Eric Wind, who helped design the gathering along with his pal and Rowing Blazers founder Jack Carlson. (The truth is, Yang outfitted his Area Pressure solid members with watches from the capsule, spreading the horological love in a fashion that we most totally approve of.) This explicit model on Yang’s wrist, with its mint-green NATO strap and checkered “racing” bezel, is especially cool. The day and date issues, powered by the automated Seiko 4R36 motion, are housed in a 42.5mm metal case, making the watch a superb, rugged alternative for summer time adventures.

Austin Butler’s Breitling Chronomat B01 42

Which watch would you throw on for flying by way of the skies? For Austin Butler, the reply is the Breitling Chronomat B001 42, a large-and-in-charge chronograph powered by the model’s personal computerized, in-house B-01 motion, first produced in 2009. Measuring 42mm in diameter in stainless-steel, Butler’s reference encompasses a cool “panda” dial—black chrono totalizers towards a silver background—plus a useful rotating, count-up timing bezel and a cool matching metal bracelet with cool “Rouleaux” hyperlinks. COSC-certified and waterproof to 200m, it has “luxurious sports activities watch” appears with out the Patek- or AP-level price ticket.

Brad Pitt’s Patek Philippe Nautilus

Now we have handy it to Brad Pitt—he introduced out the massive weapons for his GQ cowl shoot with buddy George Clooney, and couldn’t have picked a cooler watch: His 3800/1J is the second reference produced in Patek Philippe’s beloved Nautilus assortment, the mannequin conceived of by none apart from Gérald Genta and launched in 1976. An ideal encapsulation of the “luxurious sports activities watch,” the Nautilus encompasses a strong yellow gold case and bracelet, an identical gold dial, and the famed case “ears” and horizontal grooves of the gathering. For many who love the unique ref. 3700 “Jumbo” mannequin however choose a barely smaller 37.5mm diameter, the ref. 3800 is simply the ticket.