Timothée Chalamet Wore a Niche $131,000 Watch to the Marty Supreme Premiere
If the word coming out of the New York Film Festival’s surprise premiere of Josh Safdie’s upcoming Marty Supreme is to be believed, Timothée Chalamet Season has come early this year. The ping-pong epic (not a typo) is getting rave reviews thus far, with Chalamet ascending overnight to the top of the Best Actor race for the imminent awards season. These days, any time the young actor so much as steps out the door of his apartment, every conceivable detail of his fit gets documented by menswear heads, Instagram accounts, and esteemed men’s magazines—and the Marty Supreme premiere proved no different. Chalamet hit Alice Tully Hall in head-to-toe (okay, head-to-ankle) black, sporting an understated leather jacket, a hoodie, leather pants, and beat-up tan combat boots, plus a now-customary black dad cap covering up his clearly shaven dome (much respect for his commitment to not revealing the look until the trailer for Dune: Part 3 hits).
The look’s lone flash of bright color came from his wrist. Chalamet was rocking a timepiece that marked a departure from his mainstay of Cartier, the watchmaker with whom he’s become synonymous over the last couple of years. Instead of his typical dainty Panthère, Chalamet opted for a chunky stunner sure to make all true horological nerds’ heads spin: the Urban Jürgensen UJ-2.
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Urban Jürgensen might not have the instant name-recognition that brands like Rolex and Omega do, but they’re far from a new endeavor. The 250-year-old brand was revived this year by Andrew Rosenfield after a relative fallow period. It became one of the buzziest stories in the watch world, largely thanks to Andrew and son Alex (who now serves as the brand’s CEO) installing Kari Voutilainen, one of the most revered names in the game, as their master watchmaker. After four years of work, the brand relaunched over the summer with three timepieces: the UJ-1, UJ-2, and UJ-3. They sold out immediately and became the toast of the watch world. Urban Jürgensen’s timepieces are tailor-made for the IYKYK crowd, folks who have seen enough 36mm vintage Rolex Datejusts to last a lifetime and need something deeper, denser, and more steeped in horological craft and lore to really get their blood pumping.
