Tech giant CEO wore Greubel Forsey ‘Hand Made 1’, which retails for $895,500, as he announced policy overhaul. By Léonie Chao-Fong, Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg wore a rare Swiss watch worth nearly $900,000 as he announced a sweeping policy overhaul across Facebook and Instagram and offered to help Donald Trump take on governments deemed too censorious, according to a report.
In a video message posted to Facebook on Tuesday, Zuckerberg vowed to prioritise free speech after the return of Trump to the White House, and said that Meta Platforms – the world’s largest social media business – would ditch its third-party fact-checkers and recommend more political content across its social networks.
Meta would also “get rid of a bunch of restrictions on topics like immigration and gender” that were “out of touch with mainstream discourse”, the 40-year-old billionaire said, while wearing a Greubel Forsey “Hand Made 1” on his left wrist, Bloomberg reported. The watch retails for $895,500 before taxes, according to the outlet.
On its website, Greubel Forsey says only two or three Hand Made 1 pieces are produced each year. According to the company, 95% of the watch is crafted by hand-operated tools and a single timepiece requires 6,000 hours to make.
A viral video taken during the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant last year showed Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, admiring a $1m Richard Mille RM 30-01 worn by Ambani, the youngest son of Asia’s richest man.
“This watch is fantastic,” Chan exclaimed in the video. “That’s so cool,” Zuckerberg agreed, saying: “I never really wanted to get a watch, but after seeing that, I was like: ‘Watches are cool.’”Since then, Zuckerberg has been seen wearing luxury timepieces by Patek Philippe, Jaeger-LeCoultre, De Bethune and two pieces by FP Journe.
According to Forbes, Zuckerberg surpassed Oracle founder Larry Ellison on Monday to become the world’s third wealthiest person, with a net worth at $217.7bn.
