Feature: This Watch Is A HIT With The World’s Powerful Men
Renowned as one of the world’s most prestigious watches, the Rolex Day-Date was the first watch ever to include the day of the week written out in full, as well as a separate date window on the dial. No matter what metal—yellow gold, white gold or platinum—or language you get this watch in, with this on your wrist you’re on to a winner! With that said, let’s look at some of the world’s most powerful and influential men who love the Day-Date as much as we do.
Lyndon B. Johnson
The Day-Date has been linked to several former US presidents, but Johnson was the first to rock one. Opting for an opulent yellow gold model, the Day-Date became his signature watch. Rolex even started to call the Day-Date’s bracelet “the President” as a result, as well as release an advert with the tagline “The presidents’ watch” suggesting more than one president had worn it, which wasn’t exactly true at the time. But that was soon to change…
The Dalai Lama
From the US to Tibet now, where the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso is also a fan of a yellow gold Day-Date. His Holiness reportedly loves collecting luxury mechanical watches to admire the craftmanship gone into them. To appear less flashy, though, Gyatso often wears his Day-Date watches on inexpensive leather straps, ditching that famous president bracelet. The owner of two yellow gold Day-Dates, Gyatso has one with a blue baton dial and another with a lapis lazuli dial—there’s no prizes for guessing what his favourite colour is…
Donald Trump
Considering Trump was a wealthy businessman and reality TV personality before he stepped foot in the Whitehouse in 2017, it makes sense why he has a taste for the finer things in life, a Rolex Day-Date being one of them. The controversial former president’s model of choice, then, is a classic yellow gold one, too. Unlike Johnson, though—who remained loyal to his Day-Date—Trump has also been spotted in a Patek Philippe Golden Ellipse and a Vacheron Constantin Historiques Ultra-Fine 1968.
Jay-Z
From powerful men in politics to one very powerful man in the music industry—Shawn Carter, aka Jay-Z. The hip-hop legend and business mogul has introduced a roster of talent to the world during his time as the president of label Def Jam including none other than Bajan songstress Rihanna, and later, through his own label RocNation. Someone with this much influence on music and culture is sure to rock one hell of a watch, and his platinum Rolex Day-Date with an ice-blue dial and Eastern Arabic numerals is one of them.
Warren Buffet
One of the world’s richest men—sitting among the likes of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates—Warren Buffet is the most successful investor in the world. Financially savvy, his holdings company Berkshire Hathaway has attained some of America’s largest brands. Apart from his 18k yellow gold Rolex Day-Date, Buffet is notoriously frugal and avoids lavish spending—in fact, he’s stayed in the same house for most of his life.
