Daniel Kaluuya — watch collection

About Daniel Kaluuya’s watch collection

Daniel Kaluuya is a British actor born in London in 1989, who first came to widespread international attention through Jordan Peele's 2017 horror film Get Out, a performance that earned him his first Academy Award nomination. He went on to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at the 2021 ceremony for his portrayal of Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah. Before Hollywood, Kaluuya cut his teeth as a writer and actor on the British sketch series Skins, and has since built a filmography that includes Black Panther, Widows, and Nope. He is widely regarded as one of the most capable screen actors working today.

The Daniel Kaluuya watch collection, based on sightings logged in our database, runs to two pieces and leans toward mechanical watches with visible craft. The most documented example is his Cartier Santos Skeleton in stainless steel, reference WHSA0015, which he wore on his wrist the night he accepted his Academy Award at the Dolby Theatre in 2021. The Santos Skeleton is powered by Cartier's in-house Calibre 1847 MC, skeletonized and hand-finished so that the gear train and escapement are fully visible through the openworked dial, all in a medium case measuring 39.8mm × 47.5mm. Alongside the Cartier, Kaluuya has also been spotted wearing a piece from IWC Schaffhausen, the Swiss manufacturer known for its engineering-led approach to watchmaking.

What the collection reflects, even at just two confirmed sightings, is a preference for watches that have something going on mechanically rather than pieces chosen primarily for their logo value. The Santos Skeleton in particular is not the most obvious red-carpet flex — it is a mid-sized, steel-cased watch whose appeal is almost entirely about the movement inside it. That choice, made on one of the most watched nights in the awards calendar, says something deliberate about where Kaluuya's taste sits.