The Best Celeb Watch Moments of 2025

From Jason Statham's rare Rolex to a parade of It Boys in Cartier, the red carpet has played host to some top timepieces.

View in Browser  Monday, November 24, 2025 Celebrity watch-spotting hit a high-water mark this year. Want to know what your favorite movie star or musician wore on the red carpet or the street? There's a very good chance some social-media sleuths have already done the hard work for you, deciphering details from even the grainiest of photographs to confirm which exact piece of wrist candy is on display. Throw in the new trick of brands "leaking" upcoming timepieces on A-listers' wrists before they're announced, and you've got a veritable cornucopia of celeb watch moments to choose from this year. We've combed through all of them and picked our top 20, so you can skip the endless scrolling and get right to the good stuff.   – Jonathan Evans, style director Plus: Today is the last day you can shop REI's anti-Black Friday sale Landman episode 2 left me wanting more of Sam Elliott Vuori's Black Friday sale is actually really good The Biggest Celeb Watch Moments of 2025 From Jason Statham's rare Rolex to a parade of It Boys in Cartier, the red carpet has played host to some top timepieces. This year has felt like the tipping point for celebrity watch-spotting. Once a niche obsession confined to sub-Reddits and horology forums, working out who's wearing what has become a pop-culture sport powered by Instagram sleuths such as @celebwatchspotter, @superwatchman and @watchballers.ig.   Chief inspector is Nick Gould—aka @niccoloy—whose knack for identifying a vintage reference from one blurry Getty image has become IG legend, and who is the reliable source for many a magazine style story (Hi, Nick!). Even hyper-focused feeds such as @whatsdanielwearing, dedicated to Daniel Craig's wardrobe and wristwear, are thriving—not least because the former 007 and Omega ambassador has a habit of "accidentally" leaking new models months before their official release.   These "slips of the wrist" are the new marketing playbook. Days before Rolex unveiled its first all-new model in 13 years in March, the Land-Dweller appeared on Roger Federer's wrist, as he sat outside a Swiss restaurant, eating… fondue. Accident? 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