Billions (2016)

Billions

A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance. (IMDb) Created by Brian Koppelman, David Levien and Andrew Ross Sorkin and drawing on real federal prosecutions of financial crime, the Showtime drama premiered on 17 January 2016 and ran seven seasons and 84 episodes to its finale on 29 October 2023. Damian Lewis plays hedge fund manager Bobby "Axe" Axelrod against Paul Giamatti as US Attorney Chuck Rhoades, with Maggie Siff as the performance coach Wendy Rhoades caught between them, David Costabile as Mike "Wags" Wagner and Asia Kate Dillon as Taylor Mason; Corey Stoll's Mike Prince takes over as Axelrod's opposite number in the later seasons. (Wikipedia)

Watches

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Camouflage

Worn by Damian Lewis as Bobby Axelrod. Axelrod turns up in the season four premiere on the Royal Oak Offshore "Camouflage": the Offshore Chronograph in blue camo, reference 26400SO.OO.A335CA.01, a 44mm steel case with marine-blue ceramic bezel, crown and pushers, a matching Méga-Tapisserie dial and a camouflage rubber strap. Limited to 400 pieces and sold only through AP boutiques, it is a far louder watch than the plain Royal Oak Chronograph he favours in the early seasons, a watch that announces itself across a trading floor rather than waiting to be recognised. (Deployant, Professional Watches, Montres de Luxe)

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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph 25860ST.OO.1110ST.04

Worn by Damian Lewis as Bobby Axelrod. Montres de Luxe identifies a steel Royal Oak with a blue dial and steel bracelet on Axelrod's wrist in season 2, which aired in 2017. Professional Watches separately documents the same 39 mm blue-dial Royal Oak Chronograph, reference 25860ST.OO.1110ST.04, as Axelrod's watch in the show's earlier seasons, before he moves to the louder Royal Oak Offshore Camouflage from season 4 onward; the two sources' descriptions match, supporting that reference identification. (Montres de Luxe, Professional Watches)

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Breitling Chronomat

Worn by Damian Lewis as Bobby Axelrod. Montres de Luxe identifies a steel Breitling Chronomat chronograph with a blue dial and matching steel bracelet on Axelrod's wrist in season 2, a plainer everyday watch than the Royal Oak pieces the character wears elsewhere in the series. (Montres de Luxe)

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Cartier Roadster Chronograph

Worn by Damian Lewis as Bobby Axelrod. Montres de Luxe identifies a steel Cartier Roadster Chronograph on Axelrod's wrist in the show's first season, another everyday piece alongside the Breitling Chronomat and well below the Royal Oak pieces he favors later; the outlet does not narrow a reference. (Montres de Luxe) Deployant's Billions feature likewise lists "the iconic Cartier Roadster" among the watches Axelrod is seen wearing. (Deployant) Professional Watches gives a reference for the Roadster Axelrod wore "Earlier in the series": "Cartier Roadster (Ref. W6206019)", which it calls a discontinued watch; it shows no frame for the reference. (Professional Watches)

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Cartier Tank

Worn by Maggie Siff as Wendy Rhoades. Montres de Luxe identifies performance coach Wendy Rhoades' watch, in the show's fourth season, as a small-production Cartier Tank with visible case screws, very likely in platinum and fitted with a Piaget-supplied calibre; the outlet does not narrow a reference. (Montres de Luxe)

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Hamilton Jazzmaster Viewmatic

Worn by Paul Giamatti as Chuck Rhoades. Hamilton's own "Watch Spotting in Hollywood" page credits the brand's Jazzmaster Viewmatic Auto as the watch U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades "relies on... throughout all five seasons" of Billions. Several secondary sources describe the screen watch as rose-gold-toned with a brown leather strap, but the closest catalogued Hamilton reference matching that description, H32645555, is listed by Hamilton itself as a steel case with red PVD coating, a white dial and a calf-leather strap, a mismatch that leaves no source resolving an exact reference. (Hamilton)

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Patek Philippe 5270R

Worn by Asia Kate Dillon as Taylor Mason. In the fourth episode of season 3, Taylor Mason walks into Wempe's Fifth Avenue store and buys a $164,000 rose-gold Patek Philippe 5270R perpetual calendar chronograph for full price without trying it on; in the next scene Bobby Axelrod spots it on Taylor's wrist and says, "Nice piece!" (Professional Watches; Precision Watches) Deployant also records Taylor's "purchase of a Patek Philippe 5270R at Wempe in Season 3". (Deployant) David Eriksson posted six captures of the Wempe sequence on Klocksnack in September 2018, and Öbo had photographed the watch and its sapphire caseback off the screen that April. The scene is Eriksson's capture of the salesman presenting the watch in white gloves; it is held in the frame, not worn. (Klocksnack; Klocksnack)

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Franck Muller Casablanca

Worn by Rob Morrow as Adam DeGiulio. SwissWatchExpo identifies recurring judge Adam DeGiulio's watch as a Franck Muller Casablanca Perpetual Calendar, spotted in one episode; no reference is given. (SwissWatchExpo)

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TAG Heuer Aquaracer

Worn by Kelly AuCoin as "Dollar" Bill Stearn. SwissWatchExpo identifies Axe Capital trader "Dollar" Bill Stearn's watch as a TAG Heuer Aquaracer, calling it a fitting choice for a character defined by his no-frills, cheap reputation; no reference is given. (SwissWatchExpo)

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