Diddy Wore the Most Expensive Rolex on the Menu

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Some homecomings bang tougher than others, and Sean “Diddy” Combs helped Howard College’s festivities get additional unfastened this week with a shock efficiency accompanied by a $1 million donation. Following the September drop of his newest opus, The Love Album: Off the Grid, Sean Combs (aka Puff Daddy, previously P.Diddy, and also known for a time as simply “Love”) is within the midst of a long-awaited return to type. Diddy’s big examine wasn’t the one flex he delivered to his alma mater, nonetheless. Along with an acceptable quantity of XXL diamond jewellery for a person who helped create trendy hip-hop, the Dangerous Boy Information founder flaunted one of the crucial coveted timepieces on the planet: the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona “Rainbow.”

The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona is likely one of the world’s favourite—and most collectible—chronographs. It was additionally, for a time, the most costly watch ever auctioned because of the 2017 sale of Paul Newman’s legendary ticker for $17 million. The rainbow bezel variant, nonetheless, is among the many most unique items within the Swiss watchmaker’s catalog, with a murky software course of, an extended ready record, and a six-figure value to purchase one at retail. Regardless of these hurdles (and in addition due to them), the rainbow Daytona has change into vital accent for bust-down-loving collectors in quest of the last word flex, from John Mayer to Post Malone to Pat Mahomes. Diddy’s is the Everose gold model launched in 2018, with a case made out of Rolex’s proprietary mix of 18 Ok pink gold, copper, and platinum, a bezel that includes 36 baguette-cut sapphires, and a case set with 56 diamonds.

Flea’s F.P. Journe Octa Lune

Watching Pink Sizzling Chili Peppers bassist (and avowed Stüssy fan) Flea eat hot wings and talk about music is an effective way to spend 20 minutes any day of the week. For anybody who loves watches, nonetheless, the expertise is enhanced by the information (because of @niccoloy) that he’s sporting an F.P. Journe Octa Lune, an extremely tasteful selection from one of many world’s most fascinating watchmakers. The Octa Lune is a magnificence to behold, with an asymmetrical dial together with a big date, an influence reserve indicator, and a moon part rendered in 18-karat white gold. The actual star, nonetheless, is Journe’s Octa caliber, one of the crucial superior automated actions ever made, which may run for practically every week whereas sustaining distinctive accuracy—similar to Flea himself.

Steph Curry’s Patek Philippe Aquanaut

For many of us, merely being the perfect shooter within the NBA can be sufficient of an accomplishment to maintain busy. Steph Curry, however, continues to develop his resume by incomes accolades as a singer, a golfer, and one of the best-dressed dudes in the league. He’s additionally earned kudos as a god-tier watch collector, a repute he burnished this week when he arrived for Golden State’s matchup with the Phoenix Suns sporting a Patek Philippe Aquanaut 5167A. To not be confused with the Nautilus, the brand’s legendary 1970s sports watch, the Aquanaut arrived within the late Nineties as a sporty trendy addition to the Swiss watchmaker’s conservative lineup. Distinguished by a checkerboard dial, large Arabic numerals and the primary rubber strap within the model’s historical past, the Aquanaut pushed Patek into the twenty first century whereas incomes it a spot on discerning wrists like Curry’s.

Rory McIlroy’s World Time Flyback Chronograph 5930P ‘Inexperienced’

Final weekend’s Formulation 1 Lenovo United States Grand Prix 2023 in Austin, Texas, was an all-out battle royale between Max Verstappen (who scored his fiftieth win) and Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, and Lando Norris, every of whom continues to nip at his heels. Irish PGA champ Rory McIlroy saved issues spicy off-track, strolling the beginning grid sporting a Patek Philippe World Time Flyback Chronograph 5930P. That includes two of Patek’s most-loved problems, it makes the right accent for a man who has received just about each title besides the Masters, because of a hypnotic guilloche-engraved dial and matching alligator strap in Augusta inexperienced.

Hailey Bieber’s Patek Philippe Nautilus

Among the many many issues we learned about Hailey Bieber this week: She has wonderful style in equipment. Along with by no means going wheels-up with out her Saint Laurent shades and Drew House slippers, the Rhode founder is keen on a mini-sized yellow gold Audemars Piguet, dubbed a TTRO (teeny tiny Royal Oak) by Dimepiece’s Brynn Wallner. Consistent with the Biebers’ ongoing dominance of #couplegoals fits, Hailey’s TTRO is an identical mannequin to the one the Biebs bought himself as a wedding present in 2019.