From Hamilton to Max Verstappen or Fernando Alonso: the luxury watches of Formula 1 pilots

The British pilot Lewis Hamilton He demonstrated on his first visit to Maranello, Ferrari’s mythical facilities, his new team, why he is one of the great male icons of the moment. With a look with Italian airs, demonstrating the English that does not give stitch without thread, chose a cross suit and a long black coat on his shoulders to which he put the icing in a detail that did not go unnoticed for lovers of luxury watches: A Richard Millefirm that actively collaborates with the rampant cavallino team.

This Lewis Hamilton outfit, with shoes —Modelo ‘Caraca’ by Louboutin – and exclusive clock included, and the recent announcement of Tag Heuer of his return as the official timer of Formula 1, whose link began in 1971 when the Swiss watchmaker was associated Precisely with the Ferrari team – posteriorly he also did with McLaren and Red Bull Racing, putting his experience at the service of historical pilots such as Ayrton Senna and Max Verstappen – has led us to turn his eyes and search the recent newspaper library Great stars of the formula 1 circus.

Tag Heuer, by the way, presented at the end of the year the Model Tag Heuer Formula 1 Chronograph, a tribute to this link that accompanies the announcement of his return as an official timer.

Until now, he had logically given us for looking at which flyers they put their hands when they left the circuit on duty. Therefore, we had talked about the Mercedes Amg Purespeed, a roofless prototype or windshield that the firm presented on the eve of the last Grand Prix of Monaco, or the collection of cars of Fernando Alonso, which has recently added to its garage a unit of the unit of the unit of the Ford GT Holman Moody Heritage Edition, a limited edition of the American brand with which the Asturian pilot is seen lately through the streets of the Principality.

However, luxury cars is not the only thing that attracts Formula 1 pilots, who have doubts when joining the unquestionable tendency of the moment between the male celebrities of music, sport and finance: the exclusive watches. From Mark Zuckerberg to J Balvin, from Cristiano Ronaldo to Leo Messi through his good friend Neymar, everyone invests a bite of their respective fortunes in some, not a few, of the most expensive watches in the world. And Formula 1 pilots are no less.

Formula 1 stars watches

These are some of the most exclusive models that have looked in recent times in their wrists The best known pilots of Formula 1those who conduct the most demanding and demanded flyers.

1

Lewis Hamilton

The English pilot Lewis Hamilton is a good fan of collecting luxury watches. Before its premiere with Ferrari we had seen him look, for example, An IWC «150 Years» Constant Force Tourbillon valued at 250,000 euros and a patek Philippe Nautilus Of 18 carats in white gold, and for his first visit to Maranello he chose a Richard Mille that is a tribute to his new host country, Italy: RM 67-02 «Italy», valued around 300,000 euros.

This extraplano clock, one of those light jewels that only Richard Mille, with his sports heart, knows how to do, premiered in 2024 and has the most representative thick detail the combination of colors: red, white and green, such as the Italian flag. The clock box is made of TPT Carbon, a material that consists of superimposing very thin carbon fiber sheets. Therefore, it is superigero and very comfortable, in addition to hyperresistant.

2

Fernando Alonso

Another Formula 1 pilots linked to Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille is Fernando Alonso. Spanish does not usually wear watch – His are the exclusive cars, such as the unrepeatable models that he collects in his Asturian museum – but at the beginning of this decade he signed a collaboration with the aforementioned house from which the RM 47 Tourbillon came out.

It’s about An exclusive model from which 75 units were manufactured And for which Richard Mille wanted to be inspired by traditional Japanese culture, a source of inspiration for the Spanish pilot since the beginning of his career. “Recomes to the origins of the Japanese artisanal tradition and proposes an allegory of Bushido, the samurai ethical code whose values ​​still prevail in Japanese society,” RM explained when he presented a clock that has a value in the second -hand market close to the million of euros.

3

Lando Norris

Lando Norris, like Fernando Alonso, especially likes exclusive cars, but unlike the Asturian, the British pilot does add to this hobby the taste for luxury watches.

Therefore, it was recently seen through the streets of the Principality of Monaco as he piloted his precious Ferrari F40 – with which he suffered an accident shortly after – wearing An Audemars Piguet Royal Oak perpetual Calendar Openworked ‘Cactus Jack’.

The clock, which is part of the collaboration with the brand of rapper Travis Scott and its Cactus Jack brand, has unique details such as the artist’s album title, ‘Utopia is a state of mind’ (“Utopia is a state mental »), recorded in the box.

The clock in question is a Limited edition to 200 pieces with a price around 200,000 euros each one.

4

Carlos Sainz

To Carlos Sainz, during his last stage in Ferrari before signing for the Williams team, we saw him promote the special edition that Richard Mille designed in collaboration with Ferrari, the UP-01 Ferrari. The clock, which barely weighs three grams and is one of Pharrell Williams’s favorites, is priced at 1.7 million euros, neither more nor less.

But this is not the only luxury clock that the Madrid pilot has in its possession. Without going any further, a couple of years ago, after climbing the podium on the Italian Grand He chose Lewis Hamilton, in his ‘Italy’ version, for his premiere as a Ferrari pilot, taking Sainz’s relief in the position.

Carlos Sainz’s model is A version of Richard Mille in collaboration with German tennis player Alexander Zverev whose price, according to the brand’s own website, is 300,000 euros to change.

5

Max Verstappen

From the current champion of Formula 1, the Dutch Max Verstappen, and in his own right one of the best pilots in history, we cannot choose another watch other than the Tag Heuer Monaco Split-Second Chronograph that the Swiss brand designed exclusively for him.

It is a piece that the house gave Verstappen before the celebration of the last Grand Prix of Monaco. The clock is a version of the brand’s iconic model, with sign of identity such as the square sphere and the integration of the box thanks to the use of sapphire, but with contemporary details such as the integration of the grade 5 titanium, which makes the clock a ultra -resistant model.

In addition, the clock, unique in the world, has Personalized winks For its owner, Max Verstappen, such as the registration of its first three world championships —2021, 2022, and 2023 – and its name registered in the minuter, next to its logo, a lion head, and the motto ‘World Champion’ ( «World champion»), in addition to its number, 1, recorded in the clock rotor, whose belt is made of calf’s leather.

The watch, in its standard version it has a price exceeding 150,000 euros, but the special edition of Verstappen will multiply that figure.

6

Charles Leclerc

We closed this selection of luxury watches of Formula 1 pilots back to Ferrari, how could it be otherwise, since the rampant cavallino is the image by antonomasia of this sports competition.

We do it to point out another model of Richard Mille, the RM 72-01 «Lifestyle Flyback Chronograph» Manufactured in Titanio, a clock that the Monegasco pilot Charles Leclercr, a partner next season at Ferrari by Lewis Hamilton.

This model of the Swiss brand-also possesses, of course, an RM 67-02-the first to incorporate a completely internal movement, has a market price that is around 280,000 euros.