Inside The Weeknd's Almost $1 Million Watch Collection

The 116588SACO is an off-catalog Daytona, meaning you will not find it on Rolex's website or in a boutique display case; allocations go to the brand's most important clients. The 40mm 18k yellow gold case carries a bezel of baguette-cut orange sapphires graded in a sunset ombré, echoed by orange sapphire hour markers on a black dial and finished on an Oysterflex rubber strap. Inside is the in-house caliber 4130 chronograph with a 72-hour power reserve. The Weeknd wore his on a press photocall line with a plain black leather jacket, letting the orange bezel do all the talking.

The 228235 is the Everose gold Day-Date 40, the President cast in Rolex's proprietary rose gold alloy that is engineered to hold its color over time. This configuration pairs a chocolate sunray dial with baguette-cut diamond hour markers, a fluted bezel, and the three-piece-link President bracelet. It runs on the caliber 3255, one of Rolex's newest-generation movements with roughly 70 hours of power reserve. The Weeknd's example is one of the earlier watches documented on his wrist, worn with a military-style black jacket trimmed in red, an early preview of the theatrical, uniform-inspired styling that would define his later eras.

Where the 228235 is moody, the 228238 is the Day-Date at its most classic: 18k yellow gold, a champagne sunburst dial, a fluted bezel, and the President bracelet. It is the reference most people picture when they hear the words "presidential Rolex," and it has been a status symbol in music for decades. The Weeknd's choice of yellow gold here fits his broader preference for warm metals, a thread that runs from this watch to his vintage Datejust and Cellini. At around $50,000, it is also one of the most liquid gold Rolexes on the secondary market, which makes it a smart entry point for anyone building a collection along similar lines.

Hardstone dials are some of the most collectible variants in vintage Rolex, because natural stone is difficult to cut thin enough for a dial and no two are exactly alike. The 69178 is a 26mm yellow gold Lady-Datejust with a fluted bezel and President bracelet, and the onyx version swaps the usual lacquer for a slab of jet-black stone with no hour markers at all. The Weeknd's onyx Rolex surfaced during the After Hours era, and while published reports have cited slightly different references for his example, the formula is unmistakable: yellow gold, black stone, President bracelet. The small case is very much on brand for a man who also wears a 32mm Piaget on the red carpet.

The King Midas is one of the strangest and most interesting watches Rolex ever made. Designed by Gérald Genta, the man who later drew the Royal Oak and the Nautilus, and introduced in 1964, it broke every Rolex convention with a solid gold, sculptural case that read more like jewelry than a tool watch. Later Cellini-era versions kept the angular gold case and black dial on a leather strap. The Weeknd was photographed in a yellow gold Cellini Midas for his Billboard cover story ahead of the Super Bowl LV halftime show, and the watch matched the red-suit, Las Vegas noir mood of the After Hours era almost perfectly.

Released in 2021 as the opening watch of Audemars Piguet's multi-year partnership with Marvel, the Black Panther Flying Tourbillon was limited to just 250 pieces. The 42mm sandblasted titanium case wears a black ceramic bezel and a purple rubber strap, while the dial is dominated by a hand-painted, three-dimensional white gold Black Panther figure standing over a flying tourbillon. It retailed for roughly $163,000, and one example reportedly brought around $480,000 at Christie's within months of release. The Weeknd shared close-ups of his on Instagram in 2021, and the connection runs deeper than fandom: he recorded "Pray for Me" with Kendrick Lamar for the Black Panther soundtrack.

The 5167A-001 is the definitive modern Aquanaut: a 40.8mm stainless steel case, the embossed "grenade" pattern black dial, and the matching tropical composite strap that made the model a hit with a younger generation of Patek buyers when it launched in 2007. Its slim 8.1mm profile and caliber 324 S C automatic movement make it one of the most wearable watches Patek produces. Boutique pricing sits far below what it actually trades for, with secondary examples regularly changing hands in the $70,000 range. The Weeknd wore his with an all-black suit at an evening event, the kind of quiet steel choice that signals a collector rather than a shopper.

Patek Philippe introduced the annual calendar complication in 1996, a mechanism that tracks months of 30 and 31 days on its own and only needs correcting once a year, at the end of February. The 5396R-015 is the 38.5mm rose gold version with a blue sunburst dial, baguette diamond hour markers, day and month windows beneath 12 o'clock, and a moon phase with 24-hour indication. Outside of the Piaget, it is the dressiest watch in The Weeknd's documented collection. In the photo he keeps it understated, wearing it on its navy alligator strap with dark corduroy rather than a tuxedo.

The Limelight Gala is Piaget's signature women's jewelry watch, recognizable by the elongated, asymmetrical lugs that sweep around the case. This high jewelry version is set in white gold and covered almost entirely in diamonds and yellow sapphires, from the pavé dial through the bezel and down the bracelet, all on a case that measures just 32mm. The Weeknd wore it on the red carpet at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of The Idol, the HBO series he co-created and starred in. Watch media picked up on it for exactly the reason he probably intended: it is a women's watch, and he clearly does not care.

The Overseas is Vacheron Constantin's answer to the integrated luxury sports watch, and the generation introduced in 2016 added a tool-free quick-change system for swapping between bracelet, leather, and rubber. The 4520V/210R-B705 is the 41mm pink gold self-winding model with a blue sunburst dial and date at 3 o'clock, shown here on its blue rubber strap. Powered by the in-house caliber 5100 and finished to the standards of the Hallmark of Geneva, it belongs in the same conversation as the Royal Oak and the Nautilus but shows up on far fewer celebrity wrists. The Weeknd was photographed wearing his Overseas while out in dark sunglasses and a pearl necklace, which suggests he picked it for the look rather than the hype.

Louis Cartier designed the original Santos in 1904 for his friend, the aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, making it one of the earliest purpose-built men's wristwatches. The CRWGSA0018 is the large model in solid 18k rose gold on a matching rose gold bracelet, with a silvered Roman numeral dial, blued sword hands, and the exposed screws that have defined the Santos for more than a century. Cartier's QuickSwitch and SmartLink systems let the owner change straps and adjust the bracelet without tools. The Weeknd was photographed with it peeking out from the cuff of a black suit, a gold-on-black combination that echoes nearly everything else in his collection.