Superhero Status

For a photo call in Madrid for his film Unchartered, British actor Tom Holland showed off his Rolex GMT-Master II with a two-tone bezel in both black and chocolate brown. It was the perfect complement to his brown suede jacket, sure, but also apropos for this press tour; this watch displays the hour in two different time zones.

PLAYING SPIDER-MAN IS A STANDOUT ACHIEVEMENT BRITISH ACTOR TOM HOLLAND MAY YET TOP. AT 26 HE’S GOT TIME—AND LUXE WATCHES TO TRACK IT. By Haley Longman

As Spider-Man, Tom Holland flicks his wrist to unleash his all-powerful spiderwebs. And off-screen, his wrist tricks are just as impressive, as this young star has a luxury watch collection that would do credit to a much more seasoned connoisseur.

British actor Thomas Stanley Holland is certainly best known—so far—for his role as the webbed superhero in Marvel’s newest trio of Spider-Man films: Homecoming, Far From Home and No Way Home, in that order. Rumor has it that it was his physical skills that differentiated Holland from the thousands of other young thespians vying to play a teenage Peter Parker—he somersaulted in and out of the frame during his audition to show off his stamina. In fact, Holland is a trained dancer and gymnast who began his career playing boy ballerina Billy Elliot on stage in London. Two years after that gig wrapped, in 2012, he starred in his first film, The Impossible, alongside Naomi Watts, which solidified for him that movies were his passion.

He was also developing an off-screen passion: watch collecting. Before he began earning that Marvel money, the now 26-year-old was spotted at his first-ever ComicCon with a $350 Nixon Sentry in stainless steel. After his Marvel Universe debut in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, his timepieces reflected his heightened net worth: In 2017, during the Homecoming era, he was first seen wearing a Drive de Cartier with moonphase. By 2019’s Far From Home, he also had a Cartier Santos with a square dial and black leather strap to his name, likely inspired by his then co-star Jake Gyllenhaal, who is the face of the brand. Holland has referred to this particular piece as a “chameleon,” having worn it at both awards shows and casual jaunts around the neighborhood. He rounds out his Cartier vault with a Santos-Dumont Skeleton with blue hands and a white-gold case, as well as a yellow gold Cartier Tank Américaine.

At age 7, Holland was diagnosed with dyslexia, a big part of his life that he’s been open about in interviews. “It’s just about taking your time,” he explains. “The better prepared you are for anything, the more you will be able to do and accomplish things that are fantastic,” he told Entertainment Weekly. But this disability hasn’t stopped him from reading the time in style. The BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Rising Star Award winner has at least four Patek Philippe pieces: three Aquanauts and a Perpetual Calendar in rose gold with a silver dial. The last was his watch of choice for the SpiderMan: No Way Home premiere; it has a 240 Q movement that’s self-wound and displays day, date, month, leap year and 24-hour indication. The actor’s self-proclaimed “daily beater” watch is the 40mm Aquanaut in 18K rose gold with a brown dial, Ref. 5167R.

As with that famous red-and-blue Spidey suit, Holland isn’t afraid to accessorize with some color. His collection also includes the Patek Philippe Aquanaut Ref. 5168G with a blue dial; the Rolex GMT-Master II Ref. 126711, nicknamed the “Root Beer” for its black and brown bezel; the Rolex Submariner Date in Oystersteel with a Cerachrom bezel insert in green ceramic and a black dial; and the Rolex GMT-Master II Ref. 126710BLRO (“Pepsi” for its blue-and-red, Spider-Manesque dial). Holland even owns the Rolex GMT-Master II “Batman” with blue and black—ironic, because Batman is part of the rival DC Comics universe.

Holland’s taste for luxury watches is sophisticated and smart—he gravitates toward pieces that can be dressed up or dressed down, choosing ones that can be worn to the Oscars (like the ultra-thin Piaget Altiplano with an 18K rose gold case and exposed movement, which he wore to the 2018 ceremony) or on the greens, as Holland is an avid golfer in his spare time. Rounding out his collection are the Baume & Mercier Classima, the Rolex Daytona Ref. 116500 with a white dial and a handsome Tag Heuer Monaco.

And perhaps his affinity for expensive timepieces has rubbed off on his other Spider-Man co-star and on-andoff girlfriend, Zendaya, too, just as Gyllenhaal’s did on him. When doing press for 2021’s No Way Home, she was seen wearing a woman’s Patek Philippe Nautilus. Hey, it helps to have friends with good taste.

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Like the Avengers, Tom Holland has assembled an impressive lineup of luxury timepieces, each a superhero in its own right:

This classic Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona in Oystersteel features a white dial and an Oyster bracelet.

Holland owns three Patek Philippe Aquanauts: this one with a black strap, a second in rose gold and a third with an in-demand blue dial.

The Rolex Submariner, like this one in Oystersteel with a Cerachrom bezel insert in green ceramic and a black dial, was originally intended for divers, so it’s fitting for Spider-Man too.