Discover the standout watches spotted at the 2025 Met Gala, from Usher’s diamond-set Reverso to Pusha T’s Rainbow Daytona. A bold, insider look at the best wristwear on fashion’s biggest night.
The Met Gala has always been a mirror—sometimes distorted, sometimes divine—and this year’s reflection was sharp, clean-lined, and deeply personal. The 2025 theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” honored the legacy of Black dandyism and the rich history of Black fashion through the lens of precision tailoring. With a dress code dubbed “Tailored for You,” attendees brought custom swagger and archival references in equal measure—and, crucially, more than a few watches that deserved their own museum vitrines. From stealthy collector’s pieces to loud, legacy-defying flexes, the wrists did not disappoint. Here’s our curated rundown of the best timepieces spotted beneath the cuffs (and occasionally on top of them) at fashion’s most bespoke night.
A curveball—but one that makes sense the longer you look. Usher showed up in a slinky custom ensemble with the Reverso One Duetto in pink gold peeking out like a secret. Ostensibly a women’s watch, but in execution? A jewelry box flex turned elegant subversion. The diamond-set case caught the camera flash like a strobe at Studio 54.
Only Rocky could make one of the world’s thinnest mechanical watches feel like a power move. The Octo Ultra's sandblasted titanium case practically disappeared against his all-black look, giving the whole thing a sense of levitating cool. As always, the man knows his proportions.
Pharrell lives in his own dimension—and so does his RM. The 74-02, with its bright red Gold Carbon TPT® case and automatic tourbillon, looked less like a watch and more like a device for interstellar communication. This wasn’t styling. It was summoning.
A villain-era choice—and we mean that as high praise. Pusha T turned up in full crimson menace mode, letting the Rainbow Daytona do the most talking. Ever the contrarian, he paired one of Rolex’s most flamboyant creations with a look that suggested he might own the building.
A deep cut and a sharp pull. Cartier’s jump hour Tank à Guichets—yellow gold-cased, barely-there dial—is about as restrained as it gets. On Golding’s wrist, it read like a knowing nod to the old-school collectors in the room. Quiet, considered, lethal.
Goggins, ever the eccentric gent, showed up looking like a Southern Gothic sorcerer. The Openface calendar from Vacheron kept the spell intact—transparent dial, platinum case, full complication suite. Borderline baroque in all the best ways.
A pocket-sized powerhouse, much like Simone herself. The Mini Royal Oak in white frosted gold sparkled like crushed ice under the lights, underscoring that small doesn't mean subtle. No one wore their watch with more kinetic energy.
A samurai tourbillon inside a hand-engraved gold armor case? Tyler Perry came dressed for myth-making. The RM 47 is borderline operatic in its drama—which, for Perry, feels like the right tempo.
Hurts kept it classic. The blue-dial Navitimer was a touchdown in understatement, its slide rule bezel a nod to the golden age of aviation — and maybe a flex for those who know he flies private now.
Pure stealth wealth. Barkley’s Vantablack Tourbillon looked like it had absorbed all surrounding light—and maybe a few egos too. Moser’s blank-dial signature hit different here: part villain origin story, part minimalist poetry.
Let’s not pretend this was subtle. The Emerald Billionaire III is 714 baguette-cut emeralds mounted on a literal cage of excess. Maluma wore it like a guy who knows his wrist is getting its own Getty Images slideshow. Zero notes.
One of the buzziest breakout stars of the night also had one of the buzziest Royal Oaks. The turquoise dial against yellow gold hit with Miami-in-the-'80s energy—all shimmer and swagger. Shaboozey’s wrist is officially on the map.
Kaytranada came through with the thinking man’s Reverso. The Duoface Tourbillon is a time-traveling marvel—steel cased, double-dialed, full of secrets. The kind of watch you wear if you DJ in Paris but meditate in Kyoto.
Batiste’s striped Cartier was pure camp—and absolutely perfect. Half feline, half fever dream, the “Zebra” is the sort of haute whimsy you wear once a year, on this very night, to remind the world that timepieces can still be fun.
This year’s red carpet told a wristful of stories. Fewer logos, more nuance. A healthy mix of collector catnip and maximalist mischief. And maybe that’s the shift: watches are no longer just status symbols — they’re statements of taste, timing, and sometimes total chaos. Long may it continue.
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