Roger Federer And The Rolex Datejust Perpetual (Video)

Roger Federer And The Rolex Datejust Perpetual (Video)

Roger Federer has been a Rolex ambassador (or testimonee as the brand likes to say) since 2001.

In two recent videos on the Rolex YouTube account, the record-holding 20-time Grand Slam champion, known as the GOAT in tennis circles, explains in his own words what he loves about his Rolex watches.

In the video below, Federer talks about his Rolex Datejust Perpetual, explaining that it was the watch he wore in the photo of him holding his fifteenth Grand Slam trophy after winning Wimbledon on July 5, 2009 (above).

Federer explains that this Datejust is one of his favorite watches as it always reminds him of Wimbledon. You’ll have to watch the video yourself to understand why this is the case – and it’s not because of the photo or the win!

In a second video, Federer continues talking with a Rolex Oyster Perpetual in his hand as well as an original 1926 Oyster – this time, though, discussing the meaning of the word icon. His conclusion (unsurprisingly) is that Rolex is an icon.

I love how thoughtfully Federer speaks and – above all – handles the watches as he talks. He really seems to care about them. And as a longtime ambassador, I would hope that is the case.

For more information, please visit www.rolex.com.

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Welcome to Watches of the Week, where we’ll track the rarest, wildest, and most covetable watches spotted on celebrities.

It’s easy to get caught up in the world vintage watches. They dominate conversations in the form of Tyler, the Creator’s Cartier Crash or Ed Sheeran’s charmingly retro Rolex GMT. But Roger Federer knows that sometimes nothing measures up to a brand-new creation that’s just slipped out of the manufacture. After his Wimbledon match against Hubert Hurkacz, Federer was seen wearing one of Rolex’s 2020 releases: an Oyster Perpetual with a deep, forest green dial. Federer, a Rolex ambassador, is clearly a fan of the new pieces. He wore a different version of the Oyster Perpetual, with a sunflower yellow dial, earlier in the tournament. And if the celebs are any indication, these watches have become particularly covetable—Bryan Cranston also wore one, with a reddish-orange dial, to a Brooklyn Nets game last month, trailing not far behind LeBron James. Also this week, Adam Driver, Spike Lee’s customized Rolex, and the watch that’s Bringing It Home for Garrett Southgate.

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Roger Federer’s Rolex Oyster Perpetual

The watch is new, but the inspiration is old. The colorful new Oyster Perpetuals Federer’s been wearing are a callback to a famous collection of Rolex watches from the ‘80s with so-called “Stella” dials. The “Stella” moniker came about because it was the name of the party responsible for supplying these dials back in their heyday. Surely, Federer will have no problem bringing his own provenance and patina to this new piece.

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Adam Driver’s Breitling Super Chronomat B01 44

Last year, Breitling relaunched its handsome Chronomat line. The watch was originally released in 1984, inspired by a piece the brand made just a year earlier for the Italian Frecce Tricolori squadron (think of it as the US equivalent of the Blue Angels, just with more waxed mustaches). Driver’s watch is the Super Chronomat, a piece launched just this year that kicks everything about the original up a notch. Most importantly, the watch is just flat-out bigger, which is essential for the very large Driver.

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Spike Lee’s custom Rolex Daytona

Lee has a little something très bon for the Cannes Film Festival. The watch is basically a Rolex Daytona in name only. This one gets a makeover courtesy of Artisans de Genève, a house that tweaks Rolexes for famous clientele like Lenny Kravitz and Andrea Pirlo. Lee is wearing a slightly different version of the watch than the one pictured above: along with the skeletonized dial and bright orange accents his combines a stainless steel case with a rose-gold movement. This isn’t Lee’s first hookup with Artisans de Genève. In 2017, the pair collaborated on a “Cool Hand Brooklyn” Daytona in New York Knicks colors.

The Weeknd’s Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept “Black Panther”

The Weeknd joins the superteam of celebrities who own the new Black Panther-inspired Royal Oak. He now shares the honor with LeBron James, Draymond Green, and soccer players Neymar, Virgil Van Dijk, and Memphis Depay. This watch is pretty limited, so these athletes constitute a not-insignificant chunk of all the Black Panther Royal Oaks in the world.

As the Weeknd showed off on his Instagram story, the watch even arrives in a box that looks like it should house the latest tech from Wakanda.

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Gareth Southgate’s Big Bang E UEFA Euro 2020

This is a little bit like wearing a band’s tee to their concert, but Southgate’s probably earned a pass on this one. The manager of the English national team has taken the Three Lions all the way to the Euro final, and led his team to victory over Denmark while wearing this special-edition Big Bang. The smartwatch’s bezel features the flags of the 12 countries who were originally set to host the tournament before the pandemic (Dublin was forced to relinquish hosting duties, so technically the event spanned 11 countries). The watch is dedicated to tracking the tourney’s matches and is able to display live times along with goals, penalties, and substitutions. Now, Southgate will know with absolute certainty what time It’s Coming Home.

名錶誌｜費德勒Daytona、可樂圈他都有 唯獨這2款勞力士竟然沒戴過！？ ｜ 蘋果新聞網 ｜ 蘋果日報

一年一度的法國網球公開賽進入精采白熱化階段，日前瑞士傳奇名將費德勒（Roger Federer）卻選擇在晉級16強後宣布退出，讓不少球迷深感震驚與遺憾。他因接連2次的膝蓋手術及養傷，幾乎從去年的所有賽事中缺席，這次宣布退賽也是為了想讓身體恢復至最佳狀態，好為接下來將於6月28日登場的溫布頓網球公開賽做好準備。相較於法網的紅土球場，溫網的草地賽事才是費德勒的主場，曾先後8次拿下溫布敦冠軍寶座（相較法網僅於2009年封王），但他此次的退賽，對錶迷而言無外乎是又少了一次目睹他手捧獎盃、秀出腕間勞力士（ROLEX）英姿的機會。

從運動Daytona到正裝Cellini 費德勒場上、場下都是勞迷

費德勒自2006年起正式成為勞力士代言人，在雙方長達15年的情誼裡，勞力士見證了他職業生涯20座大滿貫冠軍其中的13座，費德勒與勞力士更成了錶迷心目中不可取代的等式。

回顧費德勒抱起大滿貫獎盃瞬間的歷史畫面，曾出現在他腕間的勞力士涵蓋旗下Datejust、Cosmograph Daytona、Day-Date、Sky-Dweller、GMT-Master II、Yacht-Master等熱門系列，其中又以累積6次的Datejust錶款堪稱球王首選。

摒除球場上的年度新錶「工商服務」時間，費德勒私下也是個不折不扣的資深勞迷，光是他個人IG上曬過的勞力士，從入門款Oyster Perpetual到藏家們望眼欲穿的Daytona型號6263古董錶一應俱全。倘若再加上他曾在公開場合或形象廣告中佩戴過的Submariner、Milgauss、Cellini和今年全新改款升級的Explorer II，他可謂已攻略了品牌旗下所有家族，唯獨提供專業級潛水性能的Sea-Dweller和向航空致敬的Air-King錶款，尚未能被捕捉到與「王之手」同框的畫面。

球王最難忘的勞力士 見證歷史時刻的Datejust

費德勒曾分享在佩戴過的眾多勞力士中，2009年陪伴他舉起溫布頓網球公開賽金盃的Datejust II錶款，對他來說有著獨特的意義。當年他28歲，不僅首次贏得了法國網球公開賽，更打破了由美國傳奇球王山普拉斯（Pete Sampras）創下的大滿貫紀錄，他與老婆Mirka的首對雙胞胎亦於同年夏天誕生。

這只現已停產的Datejust II，配備阿拉伯數字時標及3角坑紋錶圈，而3點鐘位置由凸透鏡放大的日期窗，則彰顯了系列為史上首款搭載日曆顯示功能自動上鍊腕錶的榮耀身分。「每當我看著腕錶，那天的畫面便歷歷在目」，費德勒說，「每次佩戴勞力士腕錶，美好的回憶都會浮現於腦海中。它同時提醒我，若你不努力，總有其他人在努力，他們很快便會超越你。因此你需要堅定不移的意志和決心，才能愈戰愈勇」。

題外話：收藏費德勒「原味衣」 慈善拍賣即將上線

雖然眾人在本屆法網決賽中痛失欣賞費德勒大展身手的機會，不過卻讓人們對接下來的溫網更加期待，甚至已開始猜測他將會佩戴哪款勞力士。不只錶迷等著看熱鬧，不滿足於「睹錶思人」的鐵粉們，不妨可參考由國際拍行佳士得（Christie’s）將透過線上、線下方式舉行的2場「羅傑費德勒珍藏」專拍。

當中預計6月23日在倫敦登場的現場拍賣，由費德勒提供20件對其職業生涯有著代表意義的珍貴藏品，包括他於2009年贏下生平至今唯一1次法網冠軍時，決賽所穿的球衣和球拍，拍品估價介於3000至7萬英鎊（約12萬至273萬元台幣），拍賣收益將惠及羅傑費德勒基金會（The Roger Federer Foundation），做為資助貧困地區學童教育之用。（陳張眾／綜合報導）