David Beckham's oldest son talks about his growing collection of expensive timepieces, his favorite one, and when he started falling in love with watches.
- Dec 31, 2023
AceShowbiz - Brooklyn Beckham turned into a "watch guy" when his dad gave him a rare £120,000 timepiece for his 21st birthday. The 24-year-old, who tied the knot with billionaire heiress Nicola Peltz, 28, in 2022, has built up a collection of 10 classic wristwatches including Rolexes.
"That's my favourite watch - I wear that one every day. My dad bought that for me for my 21st birthday," he told Esquire about his favourite one - a now discontinued rose-gold Patek Philippe Nautilus worth £120,000 - being dished out by his dad David Beckham, 48, when he turned 21.
"I bought two watches with me (to the US.) My Patek and my Rolex Yacht-Master II. But the Patek is the one I wear every day. I was doing my huge dinner for my birthday and my dad took me aside. He was, like, 'I got you a present, let me know if you like it.' "
"I opened it up and I was, like, 'Oh my god!' 'Cos I've always wanted that exact Patek. When I got it I was so stunned. I was just, like, 'Wow'. I was so surprised. "And they're such amazing investments. Especially those ones. They're the best investments you can get. I really became a watch guy when the dad gave me the Patek."
Brooklyn added he also got "the old Steve McQueen Rolex Submariner" with the "old-school leather fat band" for his 18th birthday. He went on, "And then, in the last year, I've got the Rolexes with the different colours - the 'Hulk' (green Submariner), the 'Pepsi' (red and black GMT-Master II) and the 'Batman' (blue and black GMT-Master II). Those are the ones I've gotten lately. But, yeah - since my dad gave me that watch for my 21st I've been a watch guy."
Brooklyn says he now has his eye on the same Patek Nautilus his ex-footballer dad gave him for his 21st, but in white gold or a rainbow Rolex Daytona. He added his dad already has one of the rainbow Rolexes and when asked if he could persuade him to hand it down, Brooklyn joked, "I might have to just take it and not tell him."
