Watch Spotting: The Watches & Fashion Of Met Gala 2025
Once a quiet fundraiser for New York’s elite, the Met Gala has become fashion’s biggest spectacle — where the looks are loud and the post-event commentary is even louder. But this year, beneath the surface-level flash, there was a deeper current at play — one rooted in history, identity, and the politics of style. “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” coincided with the Costume Institute’s first menswear-focused exhibition in two decades, and its first to center Black fashion entirely. The exhibition, curated by Monica L. Miller and conceived by Andrew Bolton, traces the lineage of Black dandyism — the art of dressing with precision, intention, and self-possession.
The garments on view — from Frederick Douglass’s worn tailcoat and non-prescription sunglasses to Virgil Abloh’s crisp white Louis Vuitton suit edged in kente cloth — tell a story not just of style, but of agency. Dressing, for the Black dandy, has always been a form of communication, a negotiation, a defense — and at times, an act of self-regard: a way to affirm one’s worth through elegance, even in the face of erasure.
This year, analysing the parade of glamor that is the Met Gala isn’t just a chance to satisfy our (often closeted) obsession with what celebrities are wearing, it’s a chance to explore how horology fits into a cultural lineage of expression, resilience, and beauty.
Here are our picks for some of the best watches from Met Gala ’25.
A$AP Rocky Wearing A Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra COSC
Pharrell Williams Wearing A Richard Mille RM 74-02 on Gold Open Link Bracelet
Colman Domingo Wearing An Unreleased Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional in Moonshine Gold
Hailey Bieber Wearing A Vintage Audemars Piguet In White Gold With Opal Dial Ref. 8495BC
Serena Williams Wearing An Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Mini Frosted Gold Quartz Ref. 67630BC.GG.1312BC.01-B
Pusha T Wearing A Rolex Rainbow Daytona Ref. 116595RBOW
Doechii Wearing A Tiffany Eternity With Diamonds and Mother-of-Pearl Dial
Henry Golding Wearing A Cartier Cartier Tank à Guichets Ref. WGTA0234
Walton Goggins Wearing A Vacheron Constantin Traditionelle Complete Calendar Openface Ref. 4020T/000P-H038
Simone Biles Wearing An Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Mini Frosted Gold Quartz Ref. 67630BC.GG.1312BC.01-B
Tyler Perry Wearing A Richard Mille RM 47
Jalen Hurts Wearing A Breitling Navitimer B01 Chronograph 41 Ref. AB0138241C1A1
Saquon Barkley Wearing A H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Tourbillon Concept Vantablack
Joe Burrow Wearing A Cartier Santos-Dumont Skeleton Micro-Rotor in Yellow Gold Ref. CRWHSA0031
Stormzy Wearing A Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5711/110P-001
Jeremy Allen White Wearing A Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds Ref. Q7132521
Barry Keoghan Wearing An Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional in Moonshine Gold Ref. 310.60.42.50.99.002
Jon Batiste Wearing A Cartier Panthère de Cartier with “Zebra” dial
Nicole Kidman Wearing A Vintage Omega Ladymatic Saphette (1969)
Jeff Goldblum Wearing A Jacob & Co. Slender Ashoka Diamond Boutique Watch
Usher Wearing A Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso One Duetto Jewellery Ref. Q336247J
Olivier Rousteing Wearing An Audemars Piguet Royal Oak “Jumbo” In Yellow gold With Yellow Sapphires Ref. 16202BA.HH.1241BA Wearing (with Rosalía)
Maluma Wearing A Jacob & Co. Emerald Billionaire III
Shaboozey Wearing An Audemars Piguet Royal Oak with Turquoise Dial Ref. 15550BA.OO.1356BA.01
Miles Chamley-Watson Wearing A Richard Mille RM 72-01
Omar Sy Wearing A Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Chronograph Ref. Q389257J
Regé-Jean Page Wearing A Vintage Heuer Carrera Ref. 110.515 CHN
Jett Lawrence Wearing A Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5726/1A
Kaytranada Wearing A Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Duoface Tourbillon Ref. Q392845J
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