Last month we covered the sale of the most expensive wristwatch of all time: The Patek Philippe 5016A, which sold for $7.26 million. This grande complication included a tourbillon, minute repeater and a retrograde perpetual calendar. Despite knowing what watch was sold and how much it had sold for, no-one knew who bought it – until now!
Who Bought the Most Expensive Wristwatch
The Sun reported some interesting information this week, not just who bought the most expensive wristwatch – but also why they bought it. And it is incredibly exciting news which any entertainment website would absolutely love to learn about!
They found that the Patek Philippe 5016A was sold to none other than Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt! The watch was at sale at the Only Watch auction which raises money for research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This year the auction raised $11,204,707 – over half of it from Brad Pitt’s extravagant purchase!
The name of the man who purchased the watch wasn’t the only interesting thing to be revealed. It also turned out that Pitt bought the watch as a gift for his wife, Tomb Raider actress, Angelina Jolie.
This is not the first time that Brad Pitt has bought an expensive watch for his wife. In 2014 bought another rare Patek Philippe wristwatch for £250,000 as a pre-wedding gift for Jolie. A source at the time revealed:
“He wanted to buy Ange a unique gift that very few people own which is like a piece of art – and the highly sophisticated watch is just that. It chimes sounds based on Big Ben and is constructed by hand. He went to Geneva to pick it up and it’s believed he’ll present it to Ange as a pre-wedding gift.”
Celebrities With Expensive Watches
Brad Pitt may have bought the most expensive wristwatch, but he is not the only celebrity with incredibly expensive taste when it comes to wristwatches. We covered the incredible exclusive Richard Mille watch which Rafa Nadal wore at Wimbledon, worth over £500,000! But there are many other expensive wristwatches which celebrities own.
World famous singer, Seal, owns a gold Richard Mille timepiece which he spent around $475,000 on following his high-profile divorce from Heidi Klum.
Footballer Steve Gerrard wears an aluminium, titanium and carbon fibre Zenith Defy Xtreme Open Sea chronograph – one of only 250 models ever made.
Many pop stars love their watches; we’ve already covered Usher’s huge watch collection on these pages. From some ridiculously expensive exclusive watches down to affordable watches like the ones you can buy on our main site.
Ed Sheeran also has a huge watch collection featuring a range of limited edition Hublot, Patek Philippe and Richard Mille watches. The young pop stars watch collection is the envy of watch collectors worldwide.
World famous Basketball star (and lesser known Baseball player) Michael Jordan is well known for his watch collection. It includes a $60,000+ Ulysse Nardin Sonata, a large Richard Mille RM032 worth over $154,000 and even a watch he inspired, the Time Jordan by Guy Laroce (which only costs around $100-$300).
Conclusion
It’s no surprise to see a celebrity buying a mega expensive watch. But an A-list celebrity buying the most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction for his A-list celebrity wife certainly is a juicy story! I’m sure anyone receiving this incredible exclusive Patek Philippe watch will be very happy with it. Plus the money raised from the sale of the watch will also do a lot of good for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy research – a win-win all around!
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