Max showing class

[Stevemr]

If I am not mistaken, sporting a tag Monaco in interview after qualifying today! Classy!

[EX51GE R]

Probably more sponsory than classy.

[Stevemr]

I am sure you are right, but still cool.
Don’t be so square!

[AJB88]

Yep RBR Honda sponsored by TAG.

I've noticed on all of Max's non RBR pics on his Instagram, if hes wearing a watch that isn't TAG he blurs them. One of them can be made out as a Submariner.

[CoolHands]

Funny you should say that as I noticed a few of the drivers today flouting gaudy watches in the interviews. I thought it looked dreadful.

[AJB88]

They have to do it as part of being the team. Its like Beckham is a Tudor ambassador but quite often seen with Rolex on.

[GCH]

I hope it fits him better than his hats do

Edited by GCH on Sunday 23 May 13:43

[reapercushions]

Roger Federer was the master of this. Watch his interviews and he would purposefully run his fingers through his hair with the hand his Rolex was on. The more he did it, the more he got paid.

[The Moose]

I wondered if the watch companies would pay them to adjust their masks with their watch hand

[don logan]

I assume it was the new titanium version!

[don logan]

GCH said:

I hope it fits hime better than his hats do

His and Raikkonen’s hats..........I think there was a phase of wearing them with their ears inside too!! They are truly THE sttest shaped caps ever!

Part polo helmet, part saucepan!

[Mr Pointy]

If he wanted to be classy he should be wearing a vintage Heuer piece - there are plenty of lovely motorsport related watches he could have worn.

[don logan]

Mr Pointy said:

If he wanted to be classy he should be wearing a vintage Heuer piece - there are plenty of lovely motorsport related watches he could have worn.

Except he couldn’t because they wear what they are told to wear over race weekends!

IWC even embroider Big Pilots onto the outside of glove cuffs

[Barchettaman]

Mr Pointy said:

If he wanted to be classy he should be wearing a vintage Heuer piece - there are plenty of lovely motorsport related watches he could have worn.

Oh I dunno, the TH Monaco is an effortlessly classy thing. I’m not on board with all their offerings but that watch is beyond reproach.

[Mr Pointy]

don logan said:

Mr Pointy said:

If he wanted to be classy he should be wearing a vintage Heuer piece - there are plenty of lovely motorsport related watches he could have worn.

Except he couldn’t because they wear what they are told to wear over race weekends!

IWC even embroider Big Pilots onto the outside of glove cuffs

I realise that. There's nothing classy about wearing something you're paid to wear - see Stewart & Rolex embroidered shirts.

[liner33]

reapercushions said:

Roger Federer was the master of this. Watch his interviews and he would purposefully run his fingers through his hair with the hand his Rolex was on. The more he did it, the more he got paid.

I heard a story that Federer was initially sponsored but Maurice Lacroix and that Rolex decided that they would buy out his agreement with them , cost them a great deal of money apparently as in millions

[don logan]

Mr Pointy said:

I realise that. There's nothing classy about wearing something you're paid to wear - see Stewart & Rolex embroidered shirts.

For sure!!

[smithyithy]

Always a good bit of watch spotting over the F1 weekend even if many are just sponsored..

During the pre-quali stuff yesterday, Brundle was rocking a black RM of some type, and I belive Rosberg had a rull rose gold Rolex

[dvs_dave]

The RM stuff baffles me. Seems their MO is being incredibly expensive for the sake of being incredibly expensive, whilst ignoring any semblance of taste or subtlety. Quintessential new money showoff tat.

Although what do I know...there are obviously plenty of people that enjoy having a quarter of a million quid Wurlitzer on their wrists.

[joshcowin]

dvs_dave said:

The RM stuff baffles me. Seems their MO is being incredibly expensive for the sake of being incredibly expensive, whilst ignoring any semblance of taste or subtlety. Quintessential new money showoff tat.

Although what do I know...there are obviously plenty of people that enjoy having a quarter of a million quid Wurlitzer on their wrists.

They are amazingly complicated and functional time pieces! The new Nadal watch can withstand 10,000g for example