Lewis Hamilton's three watches: The EYE-WATERING value of F1 star's bling
Hamilton has been a♍t loggerheads with the FIA this season which shows little si♌gn of slowing down.
The three watches worn by Hamilton totalled an eye-watering £3🏅2,250.
But, all three watches were made by luxury ಞSwiss manufacturer IWC who collaborate with Mercedes and count Hamilton among their ambassadors.
He wore a Big Pilot’s Watch (£10,900), a Big Pilot’s Watch Top Gun Mojave Desert (£14,500) and a Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One T𝔍eam watch (£6,850), according to GQ Magazine (prices per the official IWC website).
"In the interest of sa꧅fety, wa👍tches will be considered as jewellery," race director Niels Wittich confirmed the day after Hamilton wore his three pieces.
Hamilton🎃 has been 🌞an ambassador for IWC since 2013 so maybe he was spared paying for his watches!
IWC partnered with Hamilton on a collection last year and said he has gone from “a ‘driver of the fastest cars’ to a ‘driver of chang🧜e’, as he increasingly seeks to use his talent and influence to raise awareness of social injustices and broaden opportunities to people from diverse backgrounds”.
“He is not only a remarkable athlete but a multifaceted personality driven by passion and purpose, using🅠 his voice to speak ou☂t,” the brand have also said about Hamilton.
Will jewellery-gate strike at F1 Spanish GP?
This weekend is the final race that Hamilton w൲ill en🧸joy a medical exemption for a nose ring which he says cannot be removed.
After arriving in Miami wearing three watches, plus plenty of other jewellery including necklaces, rings and ear🥃-rings, he did appear to compromise by taking to the track without hi♕s ear-rings.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:He has previo♛usly hit out at💙 the FIA’s rule: “I think we’ve got bigger fish to fry, bi🌸gger things to do, more impact to have𒅌. So that’s really where I think the focus should be.”
Part of the FIA’s justification for the rule reads: “Met♍allic ob🌳jects, such as jewellery, in contact with the skin can reduce heat transmission protection and thus may increase the risk of burn injuries in the event of a fire.”
Hamilton drops out of Forbes rich list
The seven-time F1 wor🧔ld champion was not included in Forbes' top 10 highest-earning athletes of 2022.
He has fea🍌tured in the annual list twice and, last year, was eighth.
