The Academy Awards: Outstanding Achievement in Watch Spotting at the 2024 Oscars

Arbiters of taste used to say that a watch was the only piece of jewelry a man could wear. Well, that’s not true anymore because, this year, there was a trend toward more opulent accessories – especially for the fellows.

For instance, musician and presenter Bad Bunny best encapsulated the feeling all dressed up in glittering Cartier jewels – including a Cartier Collection Tank Cintrée skeleton wristwatch from 2018 in platinum, 18k white gold with a sapphire cabochon.

Then, there was Best Actor nominee for his role in Rustin, Colman Domingo made the best-dressed list wearing a double-breasted Louis Vuitton suit, stacks of David Yurman jewelry, and a 40mm stainless steel Omega DeVille Prestige with a domed PVD black dial, date window at 6 o’clock, and Gold Sedna colored hands, Roman numerals, and cabochon indices.
 

The Barbie movie had two Ken-adians, Ryan Gosling (we will talk more about him later) and Simu Liu. Here’s Liu in a Fendi suit with a bejeweled clasp and a 43mm 18-karat rose gold Jacob & Co. The World Is Yours Dual Time.
 

For the 96th Academy Awards, Cartier and Omega ruled the red carpet.

For starters, last year’s winner of Best Supporting Actor, Ke Huy Quan, flashed a Cartier Dupont Santos Skeleton large model with a micro-rotor and 31mm 18-karat yellow gold case at the big show.
 

Then, there was The Holdovers newcomer, Dominic Sessa, who looked like a winner in a 40mm stainless steel Omega Trésor De Ville featuring a domed black dial with a power reserve indicator, small seconds, the Omega Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 8934, and 18-karat white gold hands and indices.
 

Next, The Zone of Interest won the Oscar for Best International Film for the UK; meanwhile, its star, Christian Friedel, went for a more continental look with his collarless shirt, burgundy suit, and burgundy Tank Louis Cartier large model in 18-karat yellow gold.
 

Naturally, last year’s Best Actor winner, Brendan Fraser, presented this year’s award for Best Actress, and he did so wearing a 41mm 18-karat Sedna Gold Omega Constellation on an attractive dark blue leather strap.
 

Of course, Past Lives leading man Teo Yoo also made us swoon with his bi-colored 41mm Pasha de Cartier watch in 18-karat yellow gold and steel.
 

Finally, Enzo Vogrincic, part of the ensemble cast of the Best International Feature nominee, Society of the Snow, melted our hearts in a 40mm stainless steel Omega De Ville Trésor featuring a domed opaline dial and a diamond-paved bezel.
 

Newcomer Taylor Zakhar Perez made a very good first impression in Prada and the 41mm Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date Openface.
 

Finally, there was John Cena, who presented the award for Best Costume Design wearing his Rolex Explorer II, a pair of Birkenstocks, and…well, that’s it!
 

Swedish composer Ludwig Göranssen took home a golden boy for the Oppenheimer soundtrack. But we think he really scored in this 40mm 18-karat rose gold Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch featuring a fluted crown with a sapphire cabochon and silvered guilloché dial.
 

Taking home his second Oscar for Best Original Song (Barbie’s “What Was I Made For?”), musician FINNEAS flexed what looks like one of his many Cartier Tanks (specifically a Tank Must in black) while accompanying his sister, Billie Eilish, on the ivories.
 

Meanwhile, Jon Batiste stuck a chord wearing a J.N. Shapiro Resurgence (probably one of the first of the new series to be delivered) on the red carpet before his performance of his Best Original Song-nominated “It Never Went Away” from the Netflix Documentary American Symphony.
 

Last but certainly not least, Ryan Gosling brought the house down wearing his 36mm 18-karat white gold TAG Heuer Carrera Plasma Diamant d’Avant Garde in pink during his performance of “I’m Just Ken.”
 

While these timepieces are already pretty cool, we imagine that the Oscars Class of 2024 will never forget what they were wearing when they won these awards.

The Holdovers’ Da’Vine Joy Randolph held up her statue for Best Supporting Actress with a 28mm stainless steel Omega Constellation featuring a stunning meteorite dial and a diamond-set bezel on her wrist.
 

Writer and director Cord Jefferson was over the moon when he won Best Adapted Screenplay for American Fiction. He wore the new 42mm, steel-on-steel, white-dialed Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional.
 

An acting chameleon, it’s fitting that Oppenheimer’s Robert Downey Jr. wore his Art Deco-inspired Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Chronograph featuring an 18-karat pink gold 49.4 x 29.9mm case to accept his award for Best Supporting Actor.
 

Best Actor winner for his role in Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, brought old Hollywood glamor to the stage with this combination of a classic tux and a 41mm stainless steel Omega De Ville Prestige with a domed PVD pine green dial featuring a randomly stamped vertical pattern and a sun-brushed finish.
 

We know Christopher Nolan gives a lot of thought to the timepieces that appear in his films (think the Hamilton Murph from Interstellar or the vintage Omega worn in Dunkirk).

But, according to Instagram watch spotter extraordinaire @niccoloy, the Best Director winner wore a Soviet Era pocket watch conversion. In fact, Nolan has been wearing this the whole Oppenheimer press tour and award season. So, if it’s his lucky watch, it’s working.
 

(Front image © The Academy/Instagram)