Jan Thomas — watch collection

About Jan Thomas’s watch collection

Jan Thomas is one of Scandinavia's most recognizable figures in fashion and styling. Born in Norway, he built his reputation over decades as a celebrity stylist and designer, becoming a household name through his television appearances, most notably as a judge and style authority on Norwegian reality and makeover programming. His work has taken him across European fashion weeks and into the wardrobes of some of the continent's most visible public figures. Beyond styling, Thomas has developed his own design sensibilities that extend into fashion lines and personal branding, making him one of the few stylists in the Nordic market to cross over into genuine celebrity status in his own right.

The Jan Thomas watch collection reflects a preference for proven, well-documented references rather than novelty for its own sake. He has been photographed wearing the Rolex Submariner Date reference 16610, the stainless steel dive watch produced between 1988 and 2010 before Rolex replaced it with the ceramic-bezeled 116610. The 16610 carries a gilt-era pedigree in its DNA and remains one of the more sought-after references on the secondary market, appreciated precisely because it represents a long production chapter in Rolex history. Alongside Rolex, Thomas has also been spotted wearing pieces from Vacheron Constantin, the Geneva manufacture that holds the distinction of being the world's oldest continuously operating watch brand. The pairing of Rolex and Vacheron Constantin is a relatively coherent one — utility and legibility on one wrist, Geneva haute horlogerie on the other.

With three watches currently in the Watch Paparazzi database, Thomas's collection is focused rather than sprawling. What emerges from the sightings is a collector who gravitates toward references with documented histories and secondary-market credibility. The Submariner 16610 in particular signals an awareness of Rolex's internal chronology that goes beyond simply wearing the brand's current catalog.