By Cam Wolf

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In 2025, no celebrity-happy gathering—be it a major tennis tournament or an awards show—is complete without a trove of exceptional watches. That held true at Sunday night’s 77th Emmy Awards, where many of the nominees and attendees sported watches worthy of the occasion. (Notably, many of the actors opted for true-blue dress watches, ditching the casual sport pieces that have dominated red carpets in recent years.)
It’s perhaps even less suprising how many great watches were at the 2025 Emmys considering how important these accessories have become in the shows themselves. Over the past couple of years, the biggest series on TV—and biggest Emmy winners—like Succession, The Bear, and The White Lotus have put serious thought into the timepieces their characters wear. That same attentiveness shone through Sunday night. Here are the best watches from the 2025 Emmy Awards.
Walton Goggins’s Vacheron Constantin Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin
Goggins clearly has a thing for spectacular, gold timepieces. The actor is known to regularly wear a yellow gold Rolex Day-Date and rocked a JLC Reverso in pink gold while hosting SNL earlier this year. Like that Reverso, the Overseas is on a hot streak thanks to some killer new editions, like this pink gold-on-gold-on-gold version of Vacheron’s sportier option.
James Marsden IWC Portofino Complete Calendar
It’s cool that Marsden wore IWC’s Complete Calendar, which only needs to be set five times a year (any time a month is shorter than 31 days). But honestly, I’m surprised he’s not wearing the manufacturer’s Eternal Calendar, which will accurately track the date for the next 1,974 years—or roughly the same amount of time Marsden will continue to look this handsome.
Tramell Tillman’s Audemars Piguet Code 11:59 Perpetual Calendar
Tillman took home the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama—and probably would have taken home the trophy for Best Dressed were the Emmys ever to give one out. The actor wore an all-white Dolce & Gabbana tuxedo with a version of the Code 11:59 featuring a smoky blue dial and chic matching strap.
Nate Bargatze’s Breguet Classique Souscription 2025BH
Breguet is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year. The watchmaker kicked off the festivities with the release of this piece, which pays tribute to a one-handed pocket watch from 1796, which made its red-carpet debut on host Bargatze’s wrist on Sunday night.
Colman Domingo’s Omega Speedmaster
Thanks to Domingo’s sublime run of one-of-one bejeweled Speedmasters, this heavy-hitting, two-tone Moonwatch somehow feels like his casual option.
Benny Blanco’s Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Frosted Gold
AP keeps finding new ways to make its iconic Royal Oak feel that much more glamorous. Blanco’s variation is a great example of how they’re succeeding: its sparkling frosted gold case and bracelet is merely the appetizer to the “Crystal Sand” dial.
Cristin Milioti’s Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra
Which conveys more depth: Milioti’s eyes or her Aqua Terra’s sun-ray dial with 11 diamonds standing in as the hour markers?
Brian Tyree Henry’s Jaeger-Lecoultre Reverso Tribute Chronograph
Pretty wild that one of the OG sport watches—the Reverso was originally designed for polo players in 1931—is now one of the swankiest dress pieces on the red carpet.
Tayme Thapthimthong’s Omega De Ville Prestige
In a way, Thapthimthong’s road to the Emmys began on The White Lotus, with a watch and jewelry robbery that his character failed to stop. It culminates in the actor wearing an Omega worth planning a heist over.
Jesse Williams’s Blancpain Villeret Quantième Complet
There’s so much to love about Williams’s Blancpain—especially that swoopy hand that indicates the date and the moon with an expression that says it means business.
Hiroyuki Sanada’s IWC Portofino Automatic
Sanada’s Portofino is the most elegance money can buy when it comes to watches. At less than $5 grand, this white-dial beauty looks perfect on the Emmys red carpet.
Sam Rockwell’s Vacheron Constantin Historiques American 1921
Rockwell’s White Lotus monologue should have gone: “Well, you know, I… I went to the Emmys because, uh… I moved… went there because, you know, well, I had to attend the carpet, but I picked the Emmys because, uh, because I always had a thing for insane watches, you know. And when I got to Vacheron Constantin, you know, I was like a kid in a candy store: got money, no attachments, nothing to do, and I started wearing crazy watches. It got wild. I was picking up watches every night. Always different ones.” Picture me with my face aghast as Rockwell describes this funky, asymmetric Historiques.