House of Cards (2013)

House of Cards

Beau Willimon's Netflix political thriller, the service's first flagship original, starring Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood, a South Carolina congressman who schemes his way to the presidency, with Robin Wright as Claire Underwood, across six seasons (2013–2018). Corey Stoll appears in the first season as Congressman Peter Russo, and Paul Sparks joins the fourth season as journalist-turned-novelist Tom Yates. (IMDb)

Watches

IWC Portofino Automatic IW356501

Worn by Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood. Underwood's dress watch is a steel two-hander with a silvered dial and black alligator strap, identified by the spotting record as the Portofino Automatic IW356501; the publicity still of Underwood at his desk resolves the layout that supports it (baton indices with Roman numerals at twelve and six, date at three, no complication), while the dial text stays out of reach, so the exact reference is likely rather than confirmed. The series' IWC saturation is well documented and no accident: Spacey was an IWC brand ambassador during the show's run, and specialist coverage counts at least five IWC models across Underwood's wardrobe. The Portofino is the register he uses when power should look effortless. (Italian Watch Spotter, Grey Market Magazine) Montres de Luxe independently corroborates the breadth of the rotation, describing Spacey as cycling through several distinct IWC models across the series without naming a specific one. (Montres de Luxe)

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IWC Portugieser Chronograph

Worn by Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood. Underwood's more assertive IWC is a steel Portugieser chronograph on a dark strap, worn here with a blue dial whose applied Arabic numerals and vertically stacked registers are visible in the Oval Office frame. The frames support the model but not a sub-reference: specialist coverage places the 40.9mm reference 3714 generation on Underwood, while one spotting source names IW390406, actually the 42mm flyback Portugieser Chronograph Classic in its 2016 Laureus edition of 1,000 pieces, a materially different watch, so only the model is confirmed until a frame resolves the counters. A chronograph on the wrist of a man who measures everything, worn for the rooms where the Portofino's silence would read as weakness. (Italian Watch Spotter, Twenty Two Ten)

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IWC Portuguese 7 Day Power Reserve

Worn by Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood. In season 3's "Chapter 33," BAMF Style identifies a further Underwood IWC as a yellow gold Portuguese 7 Day Power Reserve with a white dial and two white sub-dials, on a dark brown leather strap. (BAMF Style)

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TAG Heuer Monaco

Worn by Mahershala Ali as Remy Danton. BAMF Style notes that Danton's TAG Heuer Monaco, worn during his lobbyist days, is later replaced by an unbranded stainless watch as his career shifts toward the White House chief of staff role. (BAMF Style)

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IWC Pilot Chronograph

Worn by Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood. Deployant's survey of Underwood's IWC rotation names a Pilot's Watch Chronograph, a fourth distinct IWC beyond the Portofino Automatic, Portugieser Chronograph, and Portuguese 7 Day Power Reserve already cataloged for the character; the source gives no reference, so this record is at the model level. (Deployant) Shown here in a watch-spotting composite (an authentic scene still beside a product photo).

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Cartier Tank Louis Cartier XL

Worn by Michel Gill as President Garrett Walker. Deployant identifies Walker's watch for his presidential inauguration as the outsized Cartier Tank Louis Cartier XL, contrasted with the smaller Calibre de Cartier he wears day to day, quoting the source's own framing that "a Tank Louis Cartier XL would be too elegant and refined" for routine business and that "respect is an equal measure of fear and love." The source names no reference. (Deployant) Shown here in a watch-spotting composite (an authentic scene still beside a product photo).

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Cartier Calibre de Cartier W7100037

Worn by Michel Gill as President Garrett Walker. Deployant identifies a Cartier Calibre de Cartier as Walker's watch for daily meetings, distinct from the dressier Tank Louis Cartier XL he wears at his inauguration. The source names no reference; this record links the cataloged steel W7100037 execution as the closest resolved Calibre de Cartier page, but the source does not confirm this specific case or dial, so the identification is at the model level only. (Deployant)

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Cartier Tank Francaise

Worn by Robin Wright as Claire Underwood. Deployant identifies Claire Underwood's watch as a Cartier Tank Française, describing it as "aesthetically demure, yet a capable counterpart for the woman who can play the hard game without losing her femininity." The source names no reference or size. (Deployant) Montres de Luxe independently corroborates the identification for season 5 (2016), describing the piece as a small, steel, quartz Tank Française; the reference again goes unstated. (Montres de Luxe)

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Rolex Sea-Dweller

Worn by Corey Stoll as Peter Russo. Deployant identifies Russo's watch as a Rolex Sea-Dweller, "recognisable from the usual Submariner because of the way it dominates his wrist," and names no reference. A reader comment on the same article disputes this identification, with a commenter named Joshua writing "I only watched a couple seasons.... but I only ever saw a speedmaster on Peter Russo's wrist," proposing an Omega Speedmaster instead; this is a single reader's recollection in the comment thread, not an independent second source, and no further evidence has been found to settle the disagreement either way. (Deployant) Montres de Luxe reaches a third identification, calling the watch a stainless steel Rolex Submariner Date and noting it stays clearly visible across many of Russo's season 1 scenes, up to the character's death at the season's close; the site gives no reference and does not address Deployant's Sea-Dweller reading, so the two competitor identifications remain unreconciled. (Montres de Luxe)

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Victorinox Infantry Chronograph

Worn by Paul Sparks as Tom Yates. A reader asked Deployant to identify the watch on Yates's wrist in a very dark season 4 scene, roughly fifteen minutes from the end of episode 10, where Yates holds Claire Underwood's hand after her mother's death; contributor Justin Chong worked from the best video grab the scene allowed and identified it as a Victorinox Infantry Chronograph, now discontinued, giving no reference or dial colour. The source frames the choice as deliberately modest next to the Rolexes, IWCs, and Cartiers worn elsewhere on the show, fitting a writer who, despite his later success, was born into poverty. (Deployant)

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Breitling Navitimer B01 Chronograph

Worn by Michael Kelly as Doug Stamper. Montres de Luxe identifies Stamper's watch in season 3 as a steel Breitling Navitimer B01 on a leather strap, calling the wristwatch out in a season 3, episode 7 scene. Spotern independently catalogs the same Navitimer B01 sighting for Stamper in that episode. No reference is given. (Montres de Luxe; Spotern)

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