Watches of Kevin O' Leary from the Shark Tank

Kevin O' Leary is a Canadian investor and venture capitalist who stars on the hit TV show Shark Tank and previously Dragons Den Canada.

I have noticed he has quite a nice collection from different brands.

The first watch featured is a Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso Dual Time GMT

An overview of some of the watches worn by members of the British Royal Family

With the recent visit of Prince William the Duke of Cambridge and his wife Duchess Catherine visiting Australia & New Zealand, the Duchess watch of choice was on show.

Prince William has always worn his Omega Seamaster, a gift from his mother Diana the late Princess of Wales. 

Omega Seamaster on the wrist of the Duke Of Cambridge

The benefits of a deployant clasp: Nicolas Sarkozy and his Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar

Bit of a flashback to when Nicolas Sarkozy was still President Of France.  During one of his meetings with the public, he was in the process of shaking hands when his Patek Philippe become loose.  Luckily for him it was on a delpoyant clasp and he was able to place it in his pocket and carry on.

Patek Philippe Ref 3940

New CEO of Rolex: Jean-Frederic Dufour

This came out of the blue but I think it is a good move.  Rolex have appointed former CEO of Zenith Watches Mr Jean-Frederic Dufour.

Mr Dufour turned Zenith around after the departure of Thierry Nataf who previously lead Zenith down the wrong path.  Mr Dufour restructured the  watch categories and brought back design elements from the past with a modern twist. 

Rolex has previously brought back older watches and given them modern upgrades such as the Milgauss. At the same time they have released brand new watches with more innovations in the movement, the watch I am referring to is the Sky Dweller.


It will be interesting to see if Mr Dufour decides to bring back some old elements of Rolex models and give them a modern facelift.  Time will tell

Mr Jean-Frederic Dufour new CEO of Rolex

Watches made specifically for Sportsmen: Richard Mille

A watch is a mechanical object that is capable of gaining or losing time depending on the conditions it is exposed to in daily life.   Activities such as going to work and relaxing around the house will generally not cause the watch to gain or lose much accuracy as there are minimal disturbances on a timepiece.

Playing sport, will in all likelihood cause the watch to gain or lose quite a bit of accuracy due to the forces applied to it. Watches have been have previously been designed to accompany an explorer on a trip but this was usually done with an existing model.

Richard Mille was the first watchmaker to design a watch with from the ground up, to withstand the extremes faced by a sportsperson.

Felipe Massa the former Ferrari now Williams F1 driver was the first sportsman that Richard Mille chose.    Usually an F1 driver only wears his watch after a race.  Mille designed and produced a wristwatch that could withstand the g-forces that the driver faced while racing.  He used materials that were found on the car its itself.  He used carbon fibre as a baseplate which had never been done before. 

Felipe Massa wearing his Richard Mille Chronograph while with Ferrari

Watches in Film: Glengarry Glenross

In a great scene, Alec Baldwin's character gives a speech to some real estate employees.  To get the message across he takes off his Rolex to exercise the point.  It is a 18k yellow gold model. 

Red Carpet Watch GTG: Arnold Scharwzenegger and Joe Manganiello

A GTG (get togther) is a meeting between watch people.  In this case it was a quick GTG on the red carpet. 

Arnold Scharwzenegger and Joe Manganiello star in Sabotage.  During their premiere they took a moment to talk about their watches that they were wearing for the occasion.

 
Arnold was wearing an Audemars Piguet on a bracelet and Joe was wearing his Richard Mille on a rubber strap