John Mulaney's Growing Watch Collection Gets Another Supremely Elegant Addition

In a sea of shabbily dressed, self-deprecating funnymen, John Mulaney stands out as a very well-dressed self-deprecating funnyman.

Sharp clothing has always been a feature of the comedian’s standup. A handsome, late-20s Mulaney would stalk back and forth across the stage in a well-tailored suit and tie, making obscure references to Steely Dan’s Gaucho and hoping someone caught on. I went to music school! I see you, John! His sartorial inclinations have only expanded as the showbiz successes have piled on—I’m pretty sure I heard him casually mention “visiting the Tom Ford store” in a speech yesterday—and, much to our delight, the horological bug appears to have bitten, too.

Exhibit A: Mulaney wrist-posing in full-on, double-breasted Loro Piana showing off a Grand Seiko Hi-Beat 36000 SBGH263. The watch is part of GS’ Elegance Collection and is befitting that description. This classically inspired time-and-date model on leather is a vibe, and gels perfectly with the comedian’s dapper persona. Like many Grand Seiko models, Mulaney’s presents as a perfectly considered, distinctly Japanese take on midcentury design. The watch’s defining features are its 39.5-mm polished steel case with the strong lugs, box-shaped sapphire crystal, and leather crocodile strap. Of course, there’s also that beautiful cream-colored dial with applied, gold-toned Arabic indices, matching dauphine hands, and a framed date wheel at 3 o’clock.

While Grand Seiko typically takes inspiration for its dials straight from nature—snowflakes, frozen lakes, tree bark—Mulaney’s Hi-Beat goes in a different direction. The sumptuous creamy white of this dial takes its looks from “Shironeri," or “the glossy white silk of the outfit worn by the bride in a Japanese wedding,” according to GS.

Of course, this isn’t Mulaney's first horological rodeo: Hosting SNL for the 3,072nd time last month—fine, it was the sixth time—he wore a Jaeger-Lecoultre Reverso, a Chopard L.U.C, a smartwatch, and a Vacheron Constantin Patrimony all in one night. There’s also Mulaney’s infamous standup bit about buying a Rolex only to immediately pawn it at a shop he remembers as “Sell Your Watch Right Now NYC.” At least he learned in that moment never to “mush metals.”

Grand Seiko, with its “IYKYK” finishing, movements, and heritage, is a true connoisseur’s brand—not terribly different from Loro Piana. Besides, we need the man on time for when that damned horse is let loose in the hospital again next year.

Adam Brody’s Cartier Tank Louis

I didn’t know that there’s a Golden Globes First-Time Nominee Celebration, but there is—and Adam Brody was there, nominated in the Best Actor category for Netflix series Nobody Wants This. For the event, Brody was sporting a handsome, yellow-gold Cartier Tank Louis. The Tank Louis, of course, was not the very first Tank, but it’s definitely the most iconic of the century-old collection inspired by a certain First World War-era treaded military vehicle. Brody’s Large-size model features a hand-wound movement, a sapphire cabochon crown, and a leather strap—everything you need and nothing you don’t in an ideal dress watch. It’s a perfect watch for someone braving the award show circuit for the first time—the Tank is the type of design born for the red carpet.

Patrick Mahomes’s Gifted Rolex Datejusts

There’s a long tradition in the NFL of quarterbacks buying presents for their offensive linemen. Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals reportedly bought his hog mollies authentic Japanese Katana swords. Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs went more traditional: A Yeti cooler, a pair of black cowboy boots, a pair of ski goggles, a Normatec Elite compression therapy device, andddddddd a Rolex Datejust. The notably watch-obsessed Mahomes appeared to choose a Datejust 41 in white Rolesor example with a fluted bezel and a white dial—reference 126334, for those counting—which, at $10,600, would’ve run him about $50K for the entire O-line. (“Outfitting your entire offensive line with matching Datejusts? $50,000. Watching said O-line hoisting the Vince Lombardi trophy in identical wrist candy? Priceless.”)

Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Gold Omega Speedmaster

Spotted at the premier of Nosferatu in Los Angeles was Bond hopeful Aaron-Taylor Johnson in the ür-Speedy, an Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional 42mm Moonshine Gold. This $44,800 take on the NASA-approved, space-going chronograph switches out the steel housing and matching bracelet for Moonshine Gold—Omega’s proprietary blend of gold, silver, copper, and palladium—even incorporating it into the watch’s dial. A black ceramic bezel ring with Ceragold printing and blackened chronograph totalizers complete the cool look, while the hand-wound Omega Calibre 3861 provides Master Chronometer-grade accuracy.

James Marsden’s IWC Portugieser Automatic 42 (Ref. IW501705)

James Marsden continued his IWC-fueled horological journey by rocking a Portugieser Automatic 42 to the premiere of Sonic The Hedgehog 3 in Los Angeles this week. The modern incarnation of a watch developed for a Portuguese wholesaler in the 1930s, it features a large 42-mm stainless steel case and a beautiful sand-colored “Dune” dial with feuille hands, applied Arabic indices, a date window at 3 o’clock, a power reserve indicator at 3 o’clock, and a running seconds indicator at 9 o’clock. The pocket watch influences—the original “Portuguese” watch was fitted with a hand-wound pocket watch movement—is clear in the slab-sided case and railroad minute track, though it’s powered by a modern, automatic IWC caliber with an eight-day power reserve.