Earlier today, Roger Federer won the men’s singles championship at the 2017 Australian Open after a five-set battle with Rafael Nadal. He maintained his record as the winningest man in tennis, despite having missed six months of competition earlier this year. And, as usual, he was rocking a pretty great watch when he hoisted the trophy over his head. Federer, a long-time Rolex ambassador, sported a Rolex GMT-Master II BLNR, a classic that perfectly suited the occasion (and the bright blue tennis courts of Melbourne Park).
Yesterday we told you about Serena Williams’s latest victory, which made her the winningest female player in the modern Open era of tennis, and how she achieved this with a solid rose gold Audemars Piguet Millenary on her wrist. Federer wasn’t wearing his Rolex during the actual match today (not all of us can be as badass as Serena), but at 35 years old he was the oldest major championship finalist in 43 years and with this win increases his record to 18 major titles.
The Rolex in question was the much-buzzed-about GMT-Master II BLNR, otherwise known as the “Batman” GMT. The watch was first released at Baselworld 2013 and its blue and black 24-hour bezel made it the very first Rolex to feature a two-tone Cerachrome bezel (quickly followed by the white gold GMT-Master II with a blue and red bezel). I have to say, I’m a bit surprised Federer wasn’t rocking the new ceramic-bezel Daytona that we’ve seen him wearing a lot this year, but maybe this watch has some personal significance or he wanted to shake things up.
On the opposite side of the court though, there was another awesome timekeeper. Rafael Nadal was wearing his signature Richard Mille RM 27-02 tourbillon, which is instantly recognizable by the bright orange-red strap (that was originally meant to recall the clay tennis courts of Roland Garros at the French Open). Sure, Rafa ends up in second place at the Australian Open, but with a watch like that on his wrist, we think he’ll be ok.
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