Spot The Watch: Ellen’s Huge Rolex Collection

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For this weeks episode of Spot the Watch we are focusing on an American comedy icon – Ellen DeGeneres There are umpteen reasons to love Ellen – She’s funny She’s charming.

Perhaps also the greatest TV talk show host of all time; she’s won numerous Emmys and People’s Choice Awards as TV host, and has her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to boot Need we say more?

Despite being known for humor, Ellen is recognised amongst the WIS community for her impressive wrist game – she likes her timepieces A lot.

In fact, one cannot sit through an episode without sneaking glances at the talk show host’s wrists (wrist pervert much?) And you wouldn’t wind up empty-handed: we’ve previously spotted a few of her complication Pateks here, here and here But one brand in particular stands out: Rolex.

Ellen has been seen rocking vintage and contemporary pieces from ‘the crown’ before, but we shall focus solely on the latter today Sit back and hold on tight as you’re in for a star-studded spot!

 

Kicking things off is the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Platinum ‘Platona’ (ref 116506).

The timepiece was launched in 2013 in celebration of the Daytona’s 50th birthday, distinguished by its light blue sunburst dial and brown Cerachrom bezel It is the only platinum Daytona launched so far, and perhaps the ‘ultimate’ There are two dial variations: one with white gold indices that is filled with Chromalight, and another with diamond indices.

We cannot clearly identify from the screenshot the variant Ellen sports, but an educated guess would be the latter.

 

The first spot is a Rolex Daytona platinum Its light blue sunburst dial and brown Cherachrom bezel makes it a standout piece of the Daytona collection, and a fan-favourite Picture Credit: TheEllenShow, YouTube

 

A close up view.

Picture Credit: TheEllenShow, YouTube

 

The next timepiece is another Daytona: a white gold ref 116519LN The watch dons a handsome silver sunburst dial with contrasting black sub dials – highly reminiscent of the vintage “panda dial” Daytonas.

But its defining trait would be the Oysterflex bracelet: apt for the current summer season in the US Of course, this is not applicable to us in Singapore as it is summer all year here.

We enjoy white gold timepieces due to its ‘stealth wealth’ appeal, and the Oysterflex rubber aids in dressing it down further (as opposed to polished center links), giving the watch a sportier outlook.

 

Ellen is seen wearing a white gold Daytona, distinguished by its “panda dial” and Oysterflex rubber bracelet Picture Credit: TheEllenShow, YouTube

 

Moving on we have another Oyster Professional timepiece: a Submariner Date (ref.

116618LN) The Submariner is the indisputable icon of Rolex Its clean, no-nonsense dial combined with an evergreen design makes it a rather versatile piece.

The current iteration yellow gold Submariner was introduced in 2009, being the 2nd piece of its kind to receive a “maxi case” and Cerachrom bezel upgrade Though some prefer the sleeker case of the previous iteration, we reckon that the bigger (and heftier) case wears really well, not to []

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