Carlo Cracco Watch Collection - Every Watch He's Been Spotted Wearing
Carlo Cracco currently has 2 watches in his collection. Check them in our database.
Introduction to Carlo Cracco
Carlo Cracco is one of Italy's most recognizable chefs, holding Michelin stars and building a reputation that extends well beyond the kitchen. Born in Vicenza in 1965, he trained under Gualtiero Marchesi and later worked with Alain Ducasse before forging his own path. His flagship restaurant, Cracco, located inside Milan's historic Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, represents the pinnacle of his culinary career — a bold move that drew both admiration and scrutiny when it opened in 2018. Alongside his restaurant work, Cracco has become a familiar face on Italian television through his appearances on MasterChef Italia, bringing fine-dining culture to a mainstream audience.
The Carlo Cracco watch collection, as captured in our sightings database, reflects a taste for technically ambitious Swiss watchmaking with a clear Italian sensibility. He has been photographed wearing a Richard Mille RM 11-01 Roberto Mancini Flyback Chronograph, a reference that carries particular cultural weight given its connection to Italian football and its Swiss engineering credentials. The RM 11-01 runs on the calibre RACS3, a skeletonized automatic movement that combines a flyback chronograph, GMT second time zone, and annual calendar — a dense complication stack housed in Richard Mille's characteristically lightweight, tonneau-shaped case. Cracco has also been spotted wearing pieces from Omega, a brand that occupies a very different register but shares the same commitment to mechanical precision.
What the collection suggests, even with just two confirmed sightings in our database, is a collector who gravitates toward watches with a functional backbone rather than purely decorative appeal. The RM 11-01 is not the most understated choice — it is an expensive, visually complex piece — but it is also genuinely useful as a travel and timing instrument, which fits the schedule of someone running a high-profile restaurant while maintaining a media presence. Cracco appears to treat watches as tools with character, not simply as accessories.
Carlo Cracco Spotted Wearing Richard Mille RM 11-01 Roberto Mancini Flyback Chronograph
Inserted 03/05/2023
The RM 11-01 was co-developed with Italian football manager Roberto Mancini, making it one of the few Richard Mille references with a direct Italian sporting identity — a fitting choice for a wrist spotted in a Milan kitchen rather than a dugout. The flyback chronograph with GMT and annual calendar complication packs a RACS (Richard Mille Automatic Calibre Sport) movement into a tonneau case built from grade-5 titanium and NTPT carbon. Michelin-starred chef Carlo Cracco, a fixture of Italy's luxury culinary scene, proves haute horlogerie crosses every discipline.
Carlo Cracco Spotted Wearing Omega Speedmaster 'Silver Snoopy Award' 50th Anniversary
Inserted 03/12/2022
The Silver Snoopy Award on this Speedmaster's dial is not decorative mythology — NASA astronauts physically voted to bestow the honour on Omega in 1970, recognising the Speedmaster's role in manually timing the critical engine burns that returned Apollo 13's crew safely to Earth. Reference 310.32.42.50.02.001 commemorates the 50th anniversary of that commendation, featuring a panda dial, a hand-painted Snoopy on the caseback, and a movement that hides a genuine mechanical surprise. Italian culinary icon Carlo Cracco was photographed wearing one during a tour of the Omega Museum in Biel.
