Celebrities make a lot of money from brand partnerships, including luxurious watch endorments.
We have seen many celebrities wearing exclusive and expensive products. The most common among them is the luxurious watch. Little that we know, they don’t even buy most of them. They got those products endorsed.
With endorsement, not only you get the products for free, you even get paid to be seen wearing them in public. When you are famous, that is a very effective advertisement and it can make brands a lot of money!
From time to time, products like a luxurious watch is paired with some influential celebrity to promote said product. These ten people we picked up were even chosen to be the official ambassador of the product.
Here are 10 luxurious watch endorsements of ten famous and influential current ambassadors. Take a look!
10. Aishwarya Rai – Longines
Who could embody Longines’ motto “Elegance is an attitude” better than Aishwarya Rai? It should come as no surprise that she has been an ambassador for the Swiss brand for the past 10 years.
The Bollywood superstar is one of the current Longines’ ambassadors. Aishwarya Rai promotes one of Longines’ collections, the Longines DolceVita. Before her, this model was officially promoted by the tennis legend, Steffi Graf.
Longines DolceVita collection has been illustrating contemporary elegance of the Longines watchmaking brand worldwide. As you can see from its name, it was inspired by Dolce Vita, the home to sweetness of life.
Aishwarya Rai’s model has a unique interpretation which features softened lines. The retail price of Longines DolceVita is $1,070.
9. Cristiano Ronaldo – Franck Muller
Since November 2012, Cristiano Ronaldo has been the ambassador of Franck Muller. The watchmaker even made a special edition model for the Portuguese football star. It is called the Perpetual Calendar Bi-Retro Chronograph CR7.
This special limited edition features an over-sized signature Cintrée Curvex case. It evokes an alliance between sound aesthetics and immaculate precision.
It holds a self-winding mechanical movement with bi-retrograde fly-back. It also displays 30 minute and hour chronograph counters. And it bears the moon phase indicator.
Ronaldo’s signature number 7 comes in the diamond-encrusted on the black lacquered dial. In addition to its flawless finesse, it comes in 18 carat gold case. It also comes with a special engraving of Ronaldo’s silhouette and signature on the back. There were only seven of them made. They were sold to private collectors at an undisclosed price.
8. Eddie Redmayne – Omega
Next luxurious watch ambassador is the Oscars winning actor, Eddie Redmayne. He promotes Omega watch model, The Globemaster Omega Co-Axial Master Chronometer. It is sold at $9,400 retail price.
The Globemaster is the world’s first Master Chronometer. It embodies the Omega’s legacy of precision and outstanding performance with its most advanced mechanical movement.
As seen on the picture, Eddie was wearing the model with 18 carat Sedna gold case. It includes a fluted bezel. The Opaline silvery “Pie Pan” dial is a classic feature inspired by the 1952 Omega Constellation model with its horological expertise.
It comes with a brown leather strap and sapphire crystal on the back case. The whole sophistication is driven by Omega’s Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 8901. It features the revolutionary anti-magnetic technology.
7. Rafael Nadal – Richard Mille
You have probably read about this luxurious watch endorsement many times before. It is also mentioned in The Most Expensive Watch Worn by Tennis Player on Court. But this watch is so groundbreaking, it would be wrong not to mention it here as well.
Richard Mille made a special watch model not just with Nadal’s name, but also inspired by the tennis player. As he said, “Creating a watch for Rafael, that would become as he says ‘a second skin’, was a tremendous challenge for us.”
It was not just about discovering the materials’ outer limits strength, but also how to make the watch ultra-light. And they succeeded. The Richard Mille 27-02 Tourbillon Rafael Nadal weighs for 20 grams only. That is even lighter than a coin.
There were only 50 pieces of them made. It was bundled with $690,000 price but it keeps getting higher. Among those 50, one of them was stolen from Nadal. Apparently he was a little bit neglectful.
6. David Beckham – Breitling
David Beckham is the perfect example of making buck load of money from endorsement. Today, he is still making a lot of money even that he has retired from playing football.
Among other exclusive products he promotes, Breitling luxurious watch is one of them. Breitling engineers, along with the Manufacture Caliber B05, reinvented the world-time mechanism. They endowed it with unprecedented user friendliness. It will automatically adjust to local time by simply turning the crown forwards or backwards.
Beckham promotes the Transocean Chronograph Unitime. It features the usual three-register Breitling chronograph layout. It comes in steel or 18 carat red gold case. For the strap, you can choose leather, military, or like Beckham’s, the ocean classic.
This model features convex sapphire crystal. The retail price ranges from $10,715 to $11,200 depending on your choice of strap.
5. Michael Schumacher – Audemars Piguet
Michael Schumacher is a legendary Formula 1 driver. He won the championship title for seven times. Throughout his career in total of 221 races, he had 68 pole positions. He finished 154 times on podium. And he stepped on the highest platform on the racing podium for 91 times.
He has been the ambassador for Audemars Piguet since 2010. He has a special model with his name, the Royal Oak Concept Laptimer Michael Schumacher. This model represents Schumacher’s spirit of determination and innovation.
There were only 221 pieces of Laptimer manufactured. It reflects the number of races which Schumacher ever competed on. Each of the numbered timepieces is sold at $229,500.
Terrifying news came to us on December 29th, 2013. Schumacher had a ski accident in the French Alps. He suffered from a severe head injury. He remained in a coma before he got better after two life-saving operations. There was never a photograph published of how Schumacher is doing today. He is reported to be in a home rehabilitation, unable to neither speak nor move. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Schumi!
4. Novak Djokovic – Seiko
The world’s number one tennis player, Novak Djokovic, is the ambassador of Seiko. Both he and the watchmaker are dedicated to perfection. Prior to this, he was also the ambassador of Audemars Piguet.
Nole promotes three of Seiko’s watch model. They are the Seiko Astron, Seiko Prospex, and Seiko Premier. Besides those three, Seiko also made a special limited edition watch model of Novak Djokovic.
The Seiko’s Novak Djokovic Limited Edition is sold at $1,850 retail price since November 2015. It is worth the price considering that each of them carries Nole’s signature on the back case. It also comes in individual serial number. Plus, the watch owner gets a card with personal message from the champion.
The watch features a brown dial and crocodile leather strap. It also comes in a black ceramic bezel. It is the addition to its rose-gold color highlights. It represents Nole’s busy life in combining sport and elegance.
3. Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg – IWC
IWC Schaffhausen has a special partnership with one of the Formula 1 racing teams. It is the Mercedes AMG Petronas. Thus, the two drivers became the official ambassador of the watchmaker.
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg promote the IWC Ingenieur Chronograph Racer. The model is inspired by the craftsmanship, innovation, and pioneering spirit of Formula 1 racing.
The watch allows recorded hours and minutes to be shown on a “totalizer”. It also features a speed measurement with its tachymeter scale. You can read off the average speed achieved over a measured distance.
The watch’s fly-back function allows you to reset the stopwatch hand back to zero and immediately start another timing sequence. It is driven by mechanical chronograph movement which reserves 68 hours power.
2. Michael Bublé – Rolex
Michael Bublé is the ambassador of one of the most popular luxurious watch brands, Rolex. It should come as no surprise because Bublé embodies the Rolex zeitgeist in so many ways.
Bublé is a fantastic singer who has accomplished a lot of achievements throughout his career. He has won four Grammy awards. Just like Rolex, Bublé is classic in an updated modern timeless way.
The jazz musician has no particular Rolex’s watch model to promote. From time to time, he has been seen with different Rolex watches. And he helps promoting new Rolex product.
Recently this month, he posted his pictures with the new Rolex on social media. He said, “I am so proud of my partnership with my Rolex family. It’s a pleasure to help introduce their new AirKing.”
1. Chris Hemsworth – TAG Heuer
Last but not least is one of our sexiest superheroes, Chris Hemsworth the Thor. He embodies TAG Heuer’s special motto, “Don’t Crack under Pressure”. This motto literally describes the watch model Chris is promoting.
TAG Heuer Carerra Calibre Heuer 01 can last under water up to 100 meters of depth. It comes in 45 mm dial and is driven by automatic chronograph. It also features the mechanical – automatic movement Calibre 1.
Inspired by the dark sky as the god of thunder is arriving, this watch comes in all black theme. It has black titanium case and bezel, black skeleton dial, and also black rubber strap.
The TAG Heuer Carrera is bundled with $7,250 price. Besides this model, Chris also promotes three other watch models. They are the Formula 1, the Aquaracer, and the Carrera Calibre 1887.
