Warren Buffett's Rolex Day-Date is a bold flex, even for a billionaire

What watch do you wear when you're Warren Buffett and have all the money in the world? The answer, it seems, is a Rolex Day-Date

Warren Buffet's Rolex Day-Date is a bold flex, even for a billionaire What watch do you wear when you're Warren Buffett and have all the money in the world? The answer, it seems, is a Rolex Day-Date Alfred Tong How to flex when one's a member of the billionaire boys club? While it's doubtful whether the famously low-key Warren Buffett has ever pondered such a matter, it remains an interesting question. His fellow billionaires, especially Mark Zuckerberg, are known for a normcore approach when it comes to presenting themselves to the world. Zuckerberg famously does not even bother with a watch. Presumably, he's never late for anything because time simply revolves around him. Jeff Bezos, on the other hand, has his preposterous $42 million, 500ft tall "10,000 Year Clock" housed inside a hollowed-out mountain in Texas that he owns. Well, it's one way to deal with a midlife crisis.   So what about the man they call the "sage of Omaha", one of the world's most successful investors of all time with a net worth of around $88.5 billion? Although he has a notoriously frugal lifestyle – the Berkshire Hathaway CEO lives in the same five-bedroom house that he bought in 1958 for $31,500 (around $270,000 in today's money), eats McDonald's for breakfast and only very recently upgraded to an iPhone – he does seem to have somewhat finer taste in wrist candy. Specifically, he favours a Rolex Day-Date.   First released in 1956 and famously beloved of US presidents (a tradition that started with Lyndon B Johnson, hence the watch's nickname, the "President"), it is a watch that telegraphs prestige and has only ever been made out of gold or platinum. Photos of Buffett reveal that he wears an older example, most likely the ref 18038 or ref 18238 in classic yellow gold, which was probably purchased in the late 1980s or early 1990s, when he was flush with success after his first big deals. And just as he does with his stocks, he's held onto it in the decades since. Buffett is nothing if not a long-term investor; his success can be attributed to generally only investing in companies whose goods and services he likes and uses. At one point, he even attempted to buy Rolex, which is controlled by the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation. The Foundation politely rebuffed his offer. Can you imagine if he had succeeded? Now, that really would be an impressive flex.   Now read   Best watches under £500   Zayn Malik's Omega Constellation is out of this world    Eddie Redmayne's Omega Globemaster is red carpet gold  Unsubscribe |View Online Queries about this email? Contact datacontroller@condenast.co.uk Condé Nast Publications 1 Hanover Square, London W1S 1JU © The Condé Nast Publications Ltd Our Privacy Policy