Lee Jung-jae Watch Collection - Every Watch He's Been Spotted Wearing
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Introduction to Lee Jung-jae
Lee Jung-jae is one of South Korea's most accomplished actors, with a career spanning three decades across film, television, and more recently, international streaming. Born in 1972 in Seoul, he built his reputation through a string of critically regarded Korean films and dramas before breaking through to a global audience in 2021 with Netflix's Squid Game, in which he played the lead role of Seong Gi-hun, also known as Player 456. The series became the most-watched show in Netflix history, and Lee's performance earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award — making him the first Asian actor to win in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series category. He has since expanded into directing, with his debut feature Hunt receiving significant attention at Cannes.
The Lee Jung-jae watch collection, based on sightings logged in our database, points toward a preference for substantial, technically serious Rolex references rather than understated everyday pieces. He has been spotted wearing a Rolex Yacht-Master II reference 116688, the full regatta complication version of the Yacht-Master line, built in 18k yellow gold. At 44mm, it is a large-format watch by any measure, and the Caliber 4161 movement inside it — featuring a programmable countdown function designed for competitive sailing — represents one of the more technically demanding movements Rolex has developed in the modern era. This is not a watch chosen for subtlety.
The choice of the Yacht-Master II in solid yellow gold, rather than a steel sports model or a more commonly spotted Daytona or Submariner, says something specific about where Lee's taste sits. This is a reference that commands attention through scale and material rather than brand recognition alone — a watch that rewards closer inspection from anyone who knows the reference. For an actor who has navigated both arthouse Korean cinema and global blockbuster television, there is a certain consistency in reaching for something with genuine depth behind the surface.
Lee Jung-jae Spotted Wearing Rolex Yacht-Master II Reference 116688
Inserted 30/12/2022
The Rolex Yacht-Master II ref. 116688 is one of the most technically ambitious watches the brand has ever produced, housing the proprietary Caliber 4161 with its programmable countdown regatta timer — a complication so complex it took Rolex nearly a decade to develop. On the wrist of Lee Jung-jae, the South Korean actor who became a global household name overnight with Netflix's Squid Game, the 44mm 18k yellow gold case reads less as a nautical instrument and more as a statement of unambiguous arrival.
