Which luxury watches do elite sports stars like Rafael Nadal prefer to wear?

Expensive Swiss mechanical watches do not have much practical use on the sports field, tennis court, or running track, although it is not uncommon to see the world's top athletes wearing high-end, luxury timepieces during competitions Luxury watch brands are eager to sponsor elite athletes - from boxers such as the American Floyd Mayweather Jnr to tennis champions including Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams - not for their horological expertise, but for their aura - which sells David Beckham is one of the major stars featured in Tudor's Born to Dare campaign and is often seen wearing one of the brand's highly popular watches.

Roger Federer is one of Rolex's best-known ambassadors, and you will not see him lifting a trophy without one of the luxury watches on his wrist - each of them hand-picked to match the tournament While it's a mystery exactly which types of watches and how many the soccer start owns, here he's spotted wearing the Tag Heuer Carrera Heuer-02T The price of his exact model is unknown as it is listed as "Unique", but the black panther version of this watch, limited to 250 pieces, sells for US$20,200.

Rafael Nadal is a big ambassador for Richard Mille and one of the very few athletes on this list who actually wears their watch while competing Lewis Hamilton, the British Formula One world champion racing driver, and his entire Mercedes F1 team is sponsored by IWC Therefore, Hamilton gets to wear a lot of rare and limited edition IWC watches. Source