Celebrities and Their Favorite Watches

• California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wears an Audemars Piguet watch - the model is called Royal Oak Offshore. He is a watch collector but at the same time he has consulted on several limited editions for Audemars Piguet. Among his favorites there are IWC Big Pilot, Rolex and Panerai watches.
• Jay-Z loves Audemar Piguet Royal Oak Offshore. He is also a big fan of AP Grande Complication.
• Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy wears an extremely expensive timepiece from the world's oldest watchmaker Vacheron Constantin. The price of the watch is $540,000.
• Bill Clinton is a huge fan of Roger Dubuis watches. Onthe cover of Time Magazine he was wearing a Roger Dubuis Much More watch.
• Leonardo DiCaprio was seen wearing a Jaeger LeCoultre Master Minute Repeater for $175,000.
• Russia's president Vladimir Putin has a $60,000 Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar. This is a really expensive timepiece if compared to George W. Bush's Timex for $50. However, the US president has a personal inscription on his Timex.
• Yuri Luzhkov, the mayor of Moscow wears a Patek Philippe Calatrava, the price of which is $18,000.
• Roman Abramovich, the owner of the English club Chelsea, has a wide range of Rolex watches. Among his favorites there is a $29,000 Rolex Daytona and a $19,000 gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date Submariner.
• Britney Spears wears Roger Dubuis watch. However, among her favorites there are also Chopard Montres Dame and Breitling watches.
• Victoria Beckham (aka Posh Spice) was seen wearing on her wrist an iced-out Piaget watch.

Below there is a list of celebrities who were spotted wearing exclusive and extremely expensive watches from popular watch brands.

• Harrison Ford - Breitling Aerospace
• Orlando Bloom - IWC Big Pilot
• Ben Affleck - Harry Winston
• Mark Anthony - Roger Dubuis
• Anthony Keidis - Anonimo watch
• Usher - Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
• Larry King - Ulysse Nardin GMT
• Jennifer Anniston - vintage Cartier watch
• Jessica Simpson - vintage Rolex
• Simon Cowell - Chopard Mille Miglia
• Tom Cruise - Audemar Piguet chronograph
• Halle Berry - Franck Muller Casablanca 2852

In case you are not bored yet check out interesting statistics regarding the watch industry:

• The yearly sales of Swiss watches are estimated at $8 billion.
• More than 2 million watches, having the price higher than $5,000 are sold each year.
• More than 30 million watches with a price higher than $1,000 are sold each your.
• Watches with a price tag over $250.00 are sold each year in a number of 75 million pieces.