Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Watch Collection - Every Watch He's Been Spotted Wearing
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani currently has 1 watches in his collection. Check them in our database.
Introduction to Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is the Emir of Qatar, a position he has held since June 2013 following the abdication of his father, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Born in 1980, he was educated at Sherborne School in England before completing his military training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. As head of state of one of the world's most prosperous nations — Qatar holds some of the largest natural gas reserves on the planet — Tamim has presided over a period of significant geopolitical and economic activity, including Qatar's hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, a landmark moment that placed the Gulf state under sustained global scrutiny and attention.
The Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani watch collection, as far as public sightings allow us to document, gravitates toward the upper tier of the Rolex catalogue. The specific piece confirmed in our database is a Rolex Day-Date II, reference 218239, cased in 18k white gold and fitted with a fluted bezel. The dial is where things get serious for collectors: it carries an afterset configuration pavéd with baguette-cut diamonds and sapphires, a level of gem-setting that Rolex reserves for its most specialised dial variants. The Day-Date II was produced between 2008 and 2015, when Rolex retired it in favour of the Day-Date 40. That relatively short production window makes clean examples increasingly sought after on the secondary market.
The choice of a Day-Date in this configuration is consistent with how senior heads of state and political figures have historically used the reference — it is a watch with clear institutional weight, carrying the day and date display that Rolex has long marketed toward leaders and decision-makers. The heavily set dial, however, moves this particular example away from restrained formality and toward something more deliberate, reflecting a wearer comfortable with precision and detail rather than simply defaulting to the most conservative option available.
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Spotted Wearing Rolex Day-Date II Reference 218239 in 18k White Gold with Diamond and Sapphire Dial
Inserted 29/04/2023
The Rolex Day-Date II ref. 218239 was quietly discontinued when Rolex introduced the slimmer Day-Date 40 in 2015, making surviving examples increasingly sought after by collectors who preferred the bolder 41mm case. Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani wears one of its most opulent configurations: 18k white gold, a fluted bezel, and an afterset silver dial set with baguette-cut diamonds and sapphires — a combination that sits at the intersection of presidential authority and haute horlogerie.
