Tore Christiansen — watch collection

About Tore Christiansen’s watch collection

Tore Christiansen is a Norwegian entrepreneur and investor best known as the principal shareholder and board chairman of Stavanger Oilers, the professional ice hockey club competing in the Norwegian GET-ligaen. Based in Stavanger, Christiansen has built his profile through business interests and sports ownership, with his involvement in the Oilers making him one of the more recognisable figures in Norwegian hockey circles. His chairmanship places him at the intersection of sport, business, and the kind of public visibility that tends to bring watch collections into frame.

The Tore Christiansen watch collection, as documented so far, points to a straightforward preference for proven, well-regarded Rolex references rather than anything experimental. Christiansen was spotted rinkside at a Stavanger Oilers game wearing what appears to be a Rolex Submariner Date reference 116613LN — the two-tone variant pairing Oystersteel with 18ct yellow gold on both the case and bracelet. The 116613LN was introduced in 2010 as part of Rolex's systematic update to the Submariner line, succeeding the 16613 with a larger 40mm case wearing closer to 41mm, ceramic Cerachrom bezel insert, and updated Oysterlock clasp. The black dial and bezel against yellow gold is a combination that reads clearly even at distance, which is presumably how it caught the eye of our spotter in a fast-moving arena environment.

Choosing a two-tone Submariner says something fairly concrete about taste: it sits between the accessibility of a full steel sports watch and the overt luxury of a full gold piece. For a business figure who spends time in sporting environments — boardrooms one day, hockey arenas the next — a reference like the 116613LN travels sensibly across both contexts. With only one confirmed sighting in our database, there is undoubtedly more to the collection than we have seen.