Lewis Hamilton's three watches: The EYE-WATERING value of F1 star's bling
Hamilton has been at loggerheads with t𝄹he FIA this season which shows little sign of slowing down.
The thre❀e watches wಞorn by Hamilton totalled an eye-watering £32,250.
But, all three watches were made by luxury Swiss manufacturer IWC who collaborate with Mercede🍸s and count Hamilton among their ambassadors.
He wore a Big Pilot’s W♋atch (£10,900), a Big Pilot’s Watch Top Gun Mojave Desert (£14,500) and a Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team watch (£6,850), according to GQ Magazine (prices per the official IWC website).
"In the interest of 🌳safety, watches will be considered as jewellery," race director Niels Wittich confirmed t✱he day after Hamilton wore his three pieces.
Hamilton has bee🌌n an ambassador for IWC since 2013 so maybe he was spared paying for his watches!
IWC partnered with Hamilton on a collection last year and said he has gone from “a ‘driver of the fastest car♎s’ to a ‘driver of change’, as he increasingly seeks to use his talent and influence to raise awareness of social injustices and broaden opportunities to people from diverse backgrounds”.
“He is not only a 🏅remarkable athlete but a multifaceted personality driven by passion and purpose, using his voice to speak out,” the brand have also said about Hamilton.
Will jewellery-gate strike at F1 Spanish GP?
This wee𓆏kend is the final race that Hamilton will enjoy a me🥃dical exemption for a nose ring which he says cannot be removed.
Aft🎶er arriving in Miami wearing three watches, plus plenty of other jewellery including necklaces, rings and ear-rings, he did appear to compromise by taking to the track without his ear-rings.
168澳洲5最新ꦑ开奖结果:He𒁏 has previously hit out at the FIA’s rule: “I think we’ve g🐼ot bigger fish to fry, bigger t🃏hings to do, more impact to have. So that’s really where I think the focus should be.”
Part of the FIA’s justification for the rul💎e reads: “Metallic objects, such as jewellery, in contact with the skin can reduce heat transmission protection and thus 🅰may increase the risk of burn injuries in the event of a fire.”
Hamilton drops out of Forbes rich list
The seven-time F1 world champi❀on was not included in Forbes' top 10 highest-earning athletes of 2022.
He has featured in the annual list twice and, lasꩲt yeaꦫr, was eighth.
