The Best Watches at the US Open, From Steve Carell’s Rolex to Jeremy Allen White’s Louis Vuitton

Speaking of heavy hitters, some new hotness just hit the streets. Every year, Rolex releases a small batch of “off-catalog” watches, often with intricate gem settings. These pieces are never officially announced but tend to show up on the wrists of in-the-know collectors. This year, one of those watches is this Daytona, known as the “Giraffe,” because the striped gems on the dial resemble the long-necked mammal. Drake was recently spotted in the same watch, so it’s safe to assume Giraffe deliveries are happening now.

Russell Wilson’s Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Chronograph

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This weekend, Wilson will take the field at MetLife Stadium for his first game as the starting quarterback of the New York Giants. He’s spent the run-up to the season enjoying the sights in his new home, whether that means sitting courtside at Madison Square Garden or enjoying the tennis in Queens. Wilson is wearing a watch befitting his status as a superstar athlete. The Royal Oak is a watch beloved across every league and counts LeBron James, Tom Brady, Serena Williams, Patrick Mahomes, and Michael Jordan as loyalists.

Ciara’s Rolex Day-Date

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The Day-Date, which comes in precious metals on a bracelet nicknamed the “President,” is never a humble watch. However, Ciara’s variation manages to up the flashiness even further with a dial completely covered in diamonds, including 10 baguette-cut stones for the hour markers.

Bowen Yang’s two Cartier Tanks

Yang is committed to double-wristing. Thanks to Cartier’s dainty Tanks, wearing one on either wrist isn’t just possible—it feels downright essential. One of the best stacks going right now.

Andrey Rublev’s 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.

Fat Joe’s Patek Philippe Nautilus

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Rapper Fat Joe didn’t just bring Patek to the US Open. The rapper’s Reference 5990/1A-001 is a Nautilus Flyback Chronograph Travel Time, a riff on Gérald Genta’s famed luxury sports watch with both a flyback chronograph and the maison’s signature travel complication. Using two pushers on the left-hand case flank, the wearer can jump a fourth hand forward or backward in one-hour intervals, quickly setting the second time zone during travel. Conventional pushers on the right-hand case flank control the chronograph, which is displayed through a 60-minute totalizer and central chronograph seconds. (There’s no running seconds, however.) A date display at 12 o’clock rounds out the feature set on this unusual and compelling piece.

Stephen Colbert’s TAG Heuer Monaco

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Colbert wore a dope black-dialed 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, 39-mm 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.

Donovan Mitchell’s Patek Philippe Nautilus

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