Max Verstappen's Watch Collection: The One-Brand Outlier on the F1 Grid

Last updated: August 2026

Max Verstappen's documented watch collection is almost entirely TAG Heuer, and the piece he wears most is a personalized, one-of-one Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph that TAG Heuer says now carries four stars for his 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 world titles. The rest of what independent watch press has photographed on him is also TAG: a titanium Monaco Chronograph, a bespoke Monaco Skeleton, a $1,350 Kith collaboration, a yellow gold Carrera, and the run of Max Verstappen special editions that started in 2016.

That makes him unusual on the current grid. Oracle Time's 2026 driver-by-driver rundown has Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton all on Richard Mille. Verstappen has stayed with one brand for a decade, and most of his best-known watches were built for him by that brand. Below is what reputable outlets have actually documented, what each watch is, what the comparable versions cost, and what we left out because the sourcing did not hold up. His home race, the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, ran August 21 to 23, 2026, and was set to be the last edition under the promoter's current agreement with Formula 1.

What Max Verstappen Has Been Photographed Wearing

Six pieces have solid documentation behind them. Each row below names the outlet that reported the sighting or the launch.

Plenty of aggregator pages also credit him with a Rolex Daytona, a Datejust and a Patek Philippe Aquanaut. We could not trace any of those to an independent watch or news outlet, and the trail runs back through spotter accounts and retailer blogs, so we have left them out. If a mainstream outlet documents one later, we will add it here with the citation attached.

The Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph: His One-of-One

The watch he is most associated with now started as a serial production model. TAG Heuer launched the Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph at Watches and Wonders 2024 in two titanium versions, one with a black DLC coating and red accents, one uncoated with blue anodized bridges on the dial side. Both went on sale from June 2024 at roughly €135,000 (Watches and Wonders 2024 coverage, WatchTime and Fratello).

Inside is the Calibre TH81-00, developed with Vaucher. It runs at 5Hz, or 36,000 vibrations per hour, with a column wheel, a vertical clutch and a 65-hour power reserve, dropping to 55 hours with the chronograph running. The movement is built almost entirely in titanium, and the watch press describes it as one of the lightest automatic chronograph movements TAG Heuer has made. A split-seconds chronograph, or rattrapante, adds a second chronograph hand that can be stopped independently and then snapped back to catch up, so it times two intervals inside one measurement. It is the complication a timekeeper actually wants at a race track, and it is one of the harder ones to build.

Verstappen's version was presented to him at the 2024 Monaco Grand Prix. TAG Heuer's own magazine described that watch as carrying the 2021, 2022 and 2023 championship years, which were all he had at the time. It has been updated since. Per TAG Heuer's own channels, the personalization now runs to four stars for the 2021 through 2024 titles, the championship years on the hour counter, his name on the chronograph minute counter, his lion's head emblem in the dial, and "World Champion Max Verstappen" engraved on the rotor. Hypebeast reported that the four-star version was presented ahead of the 2025 Australian Grand Prix, the first race of TAG Heuer's return as Formula 1's official timekeeper.

A 10-piece edition at CHF 155,000 is not the kind of production that creates a liquid pre-owned market. Prices above are launch figures in the currency each was announced in, and they move with condition, completeness and where you buy.

The Verstappen Editions, 2016 to 2026

The signature pieces came first. Watchonista covered the TAG Heuer Formula 1 No. 33 Max Verstappen special edition in 2017, built around a blue aluminium tachymeter bezel with the number 33 marked in red on the dial. A second edition followed in November 2018, limited to 1,300 pieces and launched at an event in Amsterdam. Verstappen worked on that one himself, briefing the design team at Silverstone and then visiting the manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds. His summary of it, quoted by Watchonista: "The watch is very sporty, with nice racing colours in black and red. I think it's very cool, exactly what I wanted it to be!"

The bespoke gifts came later, and they track his results. At the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix he was given a one-of-one Monaco Chronograph Skeleton in sandblasted grade 2 titanium with a blue skeletonized dial, a red number 1 on the hour counter and date wheel, and two stars on the sapphire caseback for the 2021 and 2022 titles (Revolution). Verstappen's own comment on gifts like it, in the same piece: "Some watches have a very special meaning because of when you receive or buy it, because of a special stage in your life."

Five weeks later he was on the Austrian Grand Prix podium in a production watch. Robb Report identified it in its July 3, 2023 report as the then-new Monaco Chronograph, a 39mm titanium case with a skeletonized dial in blue, red and white, sub-dials at 3 and 9 o'clock, a date at 6, the in-house Heuer 02 automatic, an 80-hour power reserve and 100m of water resistance.

The one that says the most about him is the cheapest. At the 2024 Miami Grand Prix he collected the pole position award wearing the TAG Heuer x Kith Formula 1, reference WA121J.BT0012, a 35mm sandblasted black PVD steel case with a blue arnite bezel and a blue rubber strap, limited to 825 pieces at $1,350 (Robb Report). Same driver, same season, a watch that costs about one percent of the Monaco. For 2026, Oracle Time reports he has also appeared at a pre-season event in a yellow gold Carrera Chronograph.

Why the Whole Collection Is TAG Heuer

The relationship is a sponsorship, and it is old. TAG Heuer became Red Bull Racing's watch partner in 2016, the same season Verstappen won his first Grand Prix, and Robb Report reports he has been a brand ambassador ever since. Ten years with one brand is why his collection reads the way it does: the watches arrive as gifts, campaign pieces and signature editions.

The bigger shift happened above the teams. From the 2025 season TAG Heuer took over as Formula 1's Official Timekeeper under LVMH's ten-year agreement with the sport, ending Rolex's run as the Official Timepiece of Formula 1 since 2013 (Formula1.com, motorsport.com). So the watch on Verstappen and the clock on the timing screens now come from the same house.

Everyone else near the front went a different way. Per Oracle Time's 2026 rundown, Lando Norris wears the Richard Mille RM 72-01 flyback chronograph, Charles Leclerc a prototype RM 67-02 in Ferrari colors, and Lewis Hamilton the RM 43-01 tourbillon split-seconds chronograph Ferrari. We cover each of those in Lando Norris's watch collection, Charles Leclerc's watch collection and Lewis Hamilton's watch collection, and the full grid sits in our guide to what Formula 1 drivers actually wear.

We work the pre-owned and grey market every day, and the racing chronographs that come through our hands are Rolex Daytonas, Richard Milles and flyback chronographs from across the trade. Those are the pieces you can go and buy today, in the same complication family as the watch on the Red Bull driver.

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Zandvoort 2026: The Last Home Race

The Dutch Grand Prix ran August 21 to 23, 2026 at Circuit Zandvoort, round 12 of the season, and it was set to be the final Dutch Grand Prix under the promoter's current agreement with Formula 1. It was also the first Dutch Grand Prix to use the sprint format (Dutch Grand Prix organizers, Formula1.com).

Verstappen owns the modern history of the track. He won from pole in 2021, 2022 and 2023, with the 2023 win equalling Sebastian Vettel's record of nine consecutive Grand Prix victories. Lando Norris broke the streak in 2024, and Oscar Piastri won in 2025 with Verstappen second (Formula1.com, Sky Sports).

He went into the Dutch Grand Prix well outside the title fight. At the summer break, after the Hungarian Grand Prix, Verstappen sat sixth on 109 points and Kimi Antonelli led on 219 (Forbes, RacingNews365, July 2026). He also spent part of May away from Formula 1 entirely, racing the Nürburgring 24 Hours in a Mercedes-AMG GT3 (Sky Sports, ESPN).

TAG Heuer has marked his big weekends with bespoke Monacos before, twice at Monaco itself. For the wider picture of how racing and watchmaking got so tangled, see our pieces on Ayrton Senna's watches and the watches in the F1 movie.

Sources and methodology: every watch listed here is tied to a named outlet. Robb Report documented the Monaco Chronograph at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix and the TAG Heuer x Kith Formula 1 at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix. Revolution documented the one-of-one Monaco Chronograph Skeleton given at the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix. Watchonista covered the 2017 and 2018 Max Verstappen special editions. Oracle Time's 2026 driver rundown covers his current TAG Heuer rotation and the Richard Mille pieces worn by Norris, Leclerc and Hamilton. Personalization details for his Monaco Split-Seconds come from TAG Heuer's own channels, and Hypebeast reported the four-star version ahead of the 2025 Australian Grand Prix; both are the brand describing its own ambassador's watch, so treat them as such. Movement and pricing details for the Monaco Split-Seconds come from Watches and Wonders 2024 coverage (WatchTime, Fratello) and Monochrome's 2025 report on the 10-piece F1 edition; those are launch prices in the currency each was announced in, as of August 2026, and actual transaction prices vary by condition, year, included accessories and seller. Formula 1's timekeeping change is per Formula1.com and motorsport.com. Race results, calendar and standings are per Formula1.com, Sky Sports, ESPN, Forbes and RacingNews365. Watches attributed to Verstappen only by aggregator or spotter sites have been excluded. Watches Off 5th is a pre-owned and grey market dealer with no authorized-dealer relationship to the brands named here. Thumbnail image: TAG Heuer Monaco by EMore98, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.