Hereโs a revelation; rappers like expensive watches. In fact, few things seem as important to the budding urban musician than having something Swiss and expensive on their wrist, so I thought Iโd write about it. As for the reason for this article even needing to be written, as a watch enthusiast I absolutely fucking love baller hip hop watches reference in rap.
โNo jewels in this Patek Philippe
Itโs complicated, three million apieceโ
โ DJ Khaled, Future, Beyonce & Jay-Z: โTop Offโ
Lately, however, I have noticed a trend shift, a changing of the horological guard as such. It appears that some of the more discerning crowd of hip-hop moguls are making the switch from the classic Rolex or AP (thatโs Audemars Piguet for those that have no business reading this article) to Patek Philippe.
Now as I have mentioned before, Rolex to the uninitiated is as good as it gets. Although a bit of reading and you may discover that AP is widely considered a more premium brand โ and then thereโs Patek Philippe. Patek, depending on who you ask is either the grand master of fine watchmaking OR a pack of price jacking cash-grabbing bastards.
From Jay Z to DJ Khaled, Post Malone and Migos everyone seems to be feeling some type of way about Patek as hip hop watches at the moment, so much so Future and Young Thug dropped the track โPatek Waterโ in 2017. Interestingly Patek Philippe takes themselves very seriously, so I would suggest that a gaggle of hood-raised young money rappers slapping 5 carats of questionable quality baguette diamonds on a Nautilus is going to grind their gears pretty rapidly.
Not only this but Iโm sorry, there is nothing gangster about a Patek. Give me Biggie in a Rolex Day-Date any day over Lil Yachty in a 5170J every damn time.
For more crazy hip hop watches check out Travis Scottโs crazy timepiece.
By Jack Gilleland
