In the wake of upsetting the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 NBA Finals, LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers were honored with a parade in downtown Cleveland yesterday. The storylines here are plenty: in winning the championship, the Cavaliers not only staged an historic comeback from a three-games-to-one deficit to vanquish the team with the best regular-season record in NBA history, but they also brought the city of Cleveland a much-needed major sports championship after a 52-year drought. That's nice and all, but we here at HODINKEE couldn't help but notice what was on LeBron's wrist: what sure appears to be the now-discontinued 41 mm Rolex Day-Date II.
The Rolex LeBron is sporting looks like the upsized version of the classic Day-Date, in 18k yellow gold with a fluted bezel, black dial, and Roman numerals. But within watch circles, what may be most interesting here is what the watch is not: an AP. LeBron is of course a longtime and well known Audemars Piguet ambassador (the line includes the special edition Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph LeBron James) – and this is the first non-AP he's been spotted wearing in years.
Also worth noting – in winning the championship (and earning the Finals MVP trophy) LeBron and his Cavaliers took down old HODINKEE friend and 2015 Finals MVP Andre Iguodala, who soon afterwards joined us for an episode of Talking Watches:
Top photo: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar
No comments:
Post a Comment