Alessandro Roia — watch collection

About Alessandro Roia’s watch collection

Alessandro Roia is an Italian actor who has built a steady and respected career across Italian film and television. He is perhaps best known internationally for his role in Diabolik (2021), the stylish crime film directed by Manetti Bros. based on the beloved Italian fumetti series of the same name. In the film, Roia portrays Caron, a character defined by controlled menace and a certain old-world cool. Beyond Diabolik, he has accumulated credits across Italian productions that have established him as a dependable and watchable screen presence, capable of carrying both dramatic weight and genre material with equal ease.

The Alessandro Roia watch collection, as tracked by our sightings database, currently features one confirmed piece — and it is a significant one. On screen in Diabolik, Roia was spotted wearing a stainless steel Audemars Piguet Royal Oak in the early "B Series" configuration, reference 5402. This is one of the original production runs of the Royal Oak, first introduced in 1972 following Gérald Genta's now-famous overnight design commission ahead of the Basel Fair. The reference 5402 features the distinctive octagonal bezel secured by eight exposed screws, an integrated bracelet, and the tapisserie dial that defined a generation of sports-luxury watches. A B Series example places this watch firmly in the earliest years of Royal Oak production.

Whether the Ref. 5402 was a prop sourced for the production or a personal piece worn by Roia during filming is not confirmed, but its presence in a film set in the 1960s and 70s Italian underworld is entirely appropriate. The early Royal Oak carries a period-correct credibility that a reproduction or later reference simply could not replicate. For a character like Caron, the choice of watch — deliberate or not — lands well.