Ben Chillwell — watch collection

About Ben Chillwell’s watch collection

Ben Chillwell is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Chelsea FC in the Premier League and for the England national team. Born in Milton Keynes in 1996, Chillwell came through the Leicester City academy before establishing himself as one of the sharper attacking full-backs in English football. His move to Chelsea in 2020 for a reported £50 million underlined his standing in the game. He has represented England at senior level and was part of the squad at UEFA Euro 2020. Injury disrupted his 2022-23 season, but he has remained a prominent figure at club and international level.

When it comes to watches, the Ben Chillwell watch collection leans toward the serious end of the spectrum. He has been spotted wearing Patek Philippe, the Geneva-based manufacture that sits at the top of the conventional watchmaking hierarchy. Specifically, Chillwell has been seen with the Patek Philippe Grand Complication reference 5270P — a platinum-cased perpetual calendar chronograph fitted with a lacquered green dial. The 5270P is powered by the Calibre CH 29-535 PS Q, a manually wound movement that Patek developed entirely in-house, introduced in 2011 as a significant technical landmark for the manufacture. This is not an entry-level Patek purchase; the 5270 sits among the most mechanically involved wristwatches the company produces.

With two watches currently in the Watch Paparazzi database, the picture of Chillwell as a collector is still forming, but the 5270P sighting alone separates him from footballers who wear luxury watches as fashion accessories. Choosing a platinum grand complication with a green dial — a low-production reference that trades on mechanical substance rather than brand visibility — suggests a degree of deliberate collecting rather than impulse buying. It is the kind of watch that tends to appear in the hands of people who have done some reading.