Rami Malek Watch Collection - Every Watch He's Been Spotted Wearing
Rami Malek currently has 3 watches in his collection. Check them in our database.
Introduction to Rami Malek
Rami Malek is an Egyptian-American actor who built one of the more distinctive careers in contemporary Hollywood. Born in Los Angeles to Egyptian immigrant parents, he broke through with his portrayal of Elliot Alderson in the USA Network series Mr. Robot, a performance that earned him a Primetime Emmy Award in 2016. Two years later, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody — a physically and vocally demanding role that required months of preparation and cemented his standing as one of his generation's most committed performers. He has since joined the James Bond franchise as the villain Safin in No Time to Die, adding a global blockbuster to a résumé that already ranged from Night at the Museum to The Pacific.
The Rami Malek watch collection, as captured across three sightings in our database, leans firmly toward Cartier — and not toward the brand's more straightforward entries. At the 92nd Academy Awards in February 2020, Malek wore a yellow gold Cartier Pasha on a dark leather strap, a choice that distinguished him from the Santos de Cartier and Rolex Datejust sightings that dominated the rest of the room that evening. The Pasha is a historically loaded reference: Louis Cartier reportedly developed the original prototype in 1943 for El Glaoui, the Pasha of Marrakech, and the design carries that sense of provenance — cushion-adjacent case, chained crown cap, a shape that reads as confident rather than conventional.
What the sightings suggest is a collector who is drawn to pieces with documented histories and unconventional case shapes rather than safe, high-visibility references. The yellow gold configuration of the Pasha he wore is a deliberate choice in an era when steel sports watches dominate red carpet wrists. It points to someone engaging with Cartier's back catalogue with some knowledge of where individual references sit within the brand's broader story.
Rami Malek Spotted Wearing Yellow Gold Cartier Pasha de Cartier at the 2020 Academy Awards
Inserted 07/06/2023
The Cartier Pasha is one of the few luxury sport watches with a genuine backstory: it was originally designed in 1943 for the Pasha of Marrakech, who wanted a waterproof watch he could wear while swimming. Rami Malek, fresh off his Best Actor win for Bohemian Rhapsody the previous year, chose the yellow gold Pasha on leather strap for Oscar night 2020 — a quietly confident choice that sidesteps obvious tuxedo-watch clichés in favor of something with real horological character.
Rami Malek Spotted Wearing Cartier Tank Solo in Stainless Steel at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards
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The Cartier Tank's rectangular case traces directly to Louis Cartier's 1917 design inspired by Renault tank treads on WWI battlefields — making it one of the oldest continuously produced watch silhouettes in history. Rami Malek, fresh off his Academy Award win for Bohemian Rhapsody, kept his wrist understated but deliberate at the 2020 Golden Globes, pairing the Tank Solo's pink/silver dial and burgundy-accented case with a clean black velvet jacket — a choice that signals quiet confidence over showmanship.
Rami Malek Spotted Wearing Cartier Tank Louis Cartier 18k Yellow Gold (Ref. MGTA0091) at the Met Gala
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The Cartier Tank Louis — introduced in 1922 as a refined evolution of Louis Cartier's original 1917 design — remains one of the most architecturally disciplined dress watches ever produced. Reference MGTA0091 renders it in 18k yellow gold with a hand-wound movement, retailing at $13,000. It is precisely the kind of quietly authoritative choice that rewards the informed observer. Rami Malek, whose aesthetic sensibility has long leaned toward the considered and the classical, wore the piece at the Met Gala in New York.
