Robert Pattinson Just Wore a Nearly $1 Million Watch to Venice Film Festival
Actor Robert Pattinson wore a rare $1 million Jaeger-LeCoultre watch to the Venice Film Festival premiere of his new film, Primetime. The watch features complex complications and diamond settings, highlighting his new role as a brand ambassador.
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Want more watch content? Subscribe to About Time, Esquire’s free weekly newsletter dedicated to luxury watches, delivered every Sunday at 8am. Sign up here.Robert Pattinson has been a Jaeger-LeCoultre ambassador for less than a week. He is already making the most of the privileges.At the Venice Film Festival premiere of his new film Primetime on Saturday, Pattinson wore a diamond-set Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Hybris Artistica Calibre 184, a spectacular grand complication produced in preposterously small numbers.It was hard to miss. Worn on a black leather strap with Pattinson’s snazzy white pinstripe Dior suit, the watch combines a perpetual calendar with Jaeger-LeCoultre’s multi-axis Gyrotourbillon and a minute repeater capable of reproducing the Westminster chimes. Still want more? The case and bezel are set with baguette-cut diamonds.
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