C朗領獎秀名錶 最高定價勞力士GMT-Master II Ice

C朗領獎秀名錶 最高定價勞力士GMT-Master II Ice

葡萄牙球星C朗拿度（台稱C羅納度），除了在足球場上表現出眾，場外的奢華生活亦經常成為媒體焦點。日前他在杜拜出席頒獎典禮時，被發現戴上一枚鑲滿鑽石的勞力士（Rolex）GMT-Master II Ice腕錶。此錶乃勞力士定價最貴腕錶，零售價高達US$485,350（HK$380萬；NT$1,480萬）。

勞力士GMT-Master II Ice

GMT-Master II Ice於2007年發佈，現已停產。此錶鑲上大量鑽石，極其搶眼。錶盤、錶圈及鍊帶鑲上的白鑽，總重量達30克拉。錶圈及鍊帶上的鑽石以長方形切割整齊排列。錶盤以波浪紋設計，鑲上圓形切割的白鑽。

白鑽閃耀人前固然是亮點，錶殼及鍊帶的用料也毫不馬虎，以18K白金製成。錶殼厚度為13mm，防水功能達330呎。自動上鏈機芯可提供50小時動力儲存。總括而言，是一枚既耐看，也耐用的腕錶，難怪能成為勞力士定價最高的錶款。

C朗左手戴上的鑽飾，價值超過US$80萬

除了這枚白鑽勞力士，C朗在獲獎當日左手中指及無名指，分別戴上他與女友Georgina Rodriguez的枕形切割的黃鑽訂婚戒指，估計價值達US$26.2萬，無名指則戴上價值US$6.54萬的婚戒。有英國媒體計算過，單計他左手的鑽飾，價值超過US$80萬。

當然，這價錢對於C朗而言只是九牛一毛。根據統計，這位34歲球星，過去一年單憑在社交媒體Instagram發帖，已獲得US$4,780萬（HK$3.7億；NT$14.5億）收入。以他49個贊助帖計算，平均每個帖子賺到US$97.5萬，意即C朗只需發一個贊助帖，已足夠買到腕錶及兩枚鑽戒。

C朗與女友Georgina Rodriguez

C朗與女友Georgina Rodriguez

事實上，C朗本人也熱愛收藏名錶。據悉，他所收藏的最貴腕錶，乃一枚Franck Muller腕錶，價值高達US$157萬（US$1,220萬；NT$4,780萬）。

至於這次頒獎禮，乃C朗拿度獲選全球足球獎（Globe Soccer Awards），2019年度最佳球員，這次已是他第6次獲得此獎。

Drake Can’t Stop Talking About His Virgil Abloh-Customized Patek Philippe

We usually hear Drake brag about what’s new in his life—the house, the cars, the money, the private jets, and the women—but more than a year has passed since he first boasted that “Vigil [Abloh] got that Patek on my wrist goin’ nuts” on “Life Is Good,” and Drake is still talking about it and wearing it in his most high-profile appearances. That tells you how special the watch is, and now it’s the subject of a new bar on the first track off Drake’s just-released EP Scary Hours 2, “What’s Next”: “Yeah, I got one, Virgil got one and that there is the only two.” Drake’s also wearing the piece in the song’s video. The line includes a smidge of breaking news, too: what we assumed was a one-of-one watch belonging to Drake and only Drake is actually a one-of-two. Abloh used the new track as an excuse to show off a couple of detail shots of the watch in all its gleaming glory on Instagram.

In fact, much of Scary Hours 2 sounds like an audio application for RedBar Group, the global timepiece enthusiast club. “Wants and Needs” includes another reference to watches that goes, “Forty-two millimeter, was made in Geneva.” (This is probably not about the Nautilus, which is typically 40mm.) And on “Lemon Pepper Freestyle,” he raps: “Watch on my wrist never showed me crunch time/‘Cause I ain’t never let it come to that one time.” We get it, Drake, you like watches! Some other watch lovers this week include LeBron James, who has one of the new Rolex pieces, and James Harden, who continues to put numbers up on and off the court.

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Drake’s Patek Philippe Nautilus Customized by Virgil Abloh

If there’s any one watch worth bragging about on multiple songs, it’s this bejeweled Nautilus. The watch was designed by Abloh and then brought to life by the customizers MAD Paris, who are best known for their blacked-out watch treatments. This Nautilus 5726 with an annual calendar and moon phase complication is completely slimed out in emeralds.

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LeBron James’s Rolex Oyster Perpetual

Of course LeBron James has the new Rolex Oyster Perpetual. First announced last September, the colorful new models stole the show from the revamped Submariner. James’s “coral” dial is one of the most beloved out of the lineup of options. The watch, like most Rolex pieces, is predictably impossible to buy from a dealer and prices on the secondary market have floated up to nearly $14,000 even though it retails for “only” $5,900.

The new OPs are a revival of what are known as Stella-dial Rolex watches. In the ‘70s, Rolex released a whole fleet of dials in similarly vivacious colors and labeled them as “Lacquered Stella” dials. The watches were made in limited numbers and not particularly beloved at the time, so you can guess what happened next. These pieces, now considered rare, are highly collectible.

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Scott Disick’s Rolex GMT-Master II

The Rolex GMT-Master is most famously associated with its two-tone bezel that inspires a range of fun nicknames: the blue-and-red Pepsi, the black-and-blue Batman, or the brown-and-black Root Beer. However, Rolex does make some flashy versions of its iconic dual-time zone watch like Flea’s gold model and Scott Disick’s completely blinding one. And just because it’s not two-tone doesn’t mean it doesn’t get a great nickname. Fittingly, Disick’s version of the watch is known as the GMT “Ice,” which is very… cool.

Rolex doesn’t typically bling out its most iconic pieces and this is a very rare edition of the GMT. The watch reportedly cost $485,350 at retail when it debuted in 2007, which made it the most expensive watch Rolex ever released. Naturally, Disick has worn this piece nonstop over the past couple of weeks.

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James Harden’s Audemars Piguet openworked Royal Oak and Patek Philippe Nautilus

Lil Baby 2021 Type Beats

Lil Baby has caught even more fire after delivering his sophomore album, My Turn, to the masses in 2020. With one of the best-selling projects of last year across all genres under his belt, he unloaded a cannon of high-powered singles, like the Grammy Award-nominated protest anthem “The Bigger Picture” and continues to be on a merciless feature run alongside music’s most respected faces from Drake (“Wants and Needs”) to R&B legend Monica (“Trenches”) to add gasoline to the flame. Seeing how he’s good for topping charts and delivering hits these days, beatmakers all across the country are trying to perfect an ideal backdrop for him to spit over. Hence the birth of countless Lil Baby type beats.

The 27-year-old rapper’s most recent two songs have earned him a couple of appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 top 50 in 2021. For the platinum-selling “On Me,” which currently sits at No. 23 on the charts and was released in December of 2020, Chi Chi and Evrgrn are the architects of the conquering beat, coated with 808 drum kicks and jumpy piano keys. With a more rapid tempo, the same qualities can be heard on “Real As It Gets” featuring EST Gee, which peaked at No. 34 on the Hot 100 and arrived earlier this month. DY Krazy and ATL Jacob tag-teamed that arresting effort.

Spirited piano keys, harmonious woodwind strings and trap bass and kicks are Lil Baby’s selected sounds of choice, more evident on 2020 tracks like the Gunna-assisted “Heatin Up” and “Same Thing.” To bring that ghetto gospel feel to life, the 4PF head honcho often leans on the shield of producer Quay Global, who did a majority of the songs on Baby’s Harder Than Hard (2017), Too Hard (2017), Street Gossip (2018) and Harder Than Ever (2018). Considering his extension to the YSL family, producer Wheezy sometimes makes appearances as well, most notably for the 2017 Drake-featured “Yes Indeed.” Then there’s his work with Murda Beatz, Southside, Oz, Twsyted Genius, Section 8 and Tay Keith. For Lil Baby’s only collaborative project, Drip Harder with Gunna, beat architect Turbo gets the nod of orchestrating almost the entire thing.

Rewinding back to his debut 2017 mixtape, Perfect Timing, featuring Atlanta rap generals Young Thug, Gunna and Lil Yachty, the staticky drums are still present on the beats. Melody-wise, things change a bit with more foggy and distorted audio crashing together to add another element over the cadence on tracks like “For You.” But overall, it’s the same ol’ vibe that exemplifies how Lil Baby knows and capitalizes on a sound he’s been refining for the last few years.

He’s no stranger to sharing his success though. Each project he has drafts the talents of at least five different producers. And as things have progressed, the number has as well. You won’t catch Lil Baby out of his comfort zone just yet, rapping over soul samples or demographic-based sounds like bounce music. The furthest he’s extended his arm is to drill music, heard on the remix of Fivio Foreign’s breakout hit “Big Drip,” laid down by AXL Beats. Other than that, Lil Baby keeps the sound of his beats as street and trap-centered as his poetically concrete lyrics.

Off the fact that Lil Baby is arguably the hottest young rapper in the game right now, below are some reminiscent beats that rising producers can look for to emulate such a catchy sound. Tap in to the Lil Baby type beats.

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