Hour favourites: Owners reveal the watches they wear on board

From classic sailing watches to the latest high-tech diving watch, perhaps no-one knows the ins and outs of a great timepiece quite like a superyacht owner. If you're looking for inspiration for your next investment why not heed the top picks of these experienced sailors...

Matty Zadnikar: Breitling x Bentley

“Breitling for Bentley B05 Unitime, because it’s very masculine, it has multiple time zones, which make it easy when you travel, and because I’m a Bentley ambassador,” says Matty Zadnikar, owner of 28.5 metre Benetti Mister Z.

A two-tone Rolex Oyster Perpetual is the pick of Sabina Nasser, owner of 42.7 metre Bina. "I ‘borrowed’ it from my mother a few years ago – it’s clear I won’t be giving it back to her but it still feels like I’m wearing something of hers, even though we live oceans apart. It makes us feel closer.”

“My go-to watch on board is my Breitling Superocean Chronograph in blue,” says Reinout Oerlemans, owner of 31.1 metre Good Times.

“I’m very hard on a watch," admits Buddy Darby, owner of a 47 metre sailing yacht. "The one that stands up to the abuse best is a Panerai Regatta.”

“I wear a watch at night only. I have an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore because it’s chunky and understated," says Paul Goldstein, owner of La Cima III. "I also have a Parmigiani Pershing 115 watch that comes out of the safe from time to time.”

“At the moment I’m switching between a TAG Heuer Carrera and an Apple Watch,” explains Sebastian Vibe-Petersen, owner of 52 metre Q and 53.8 metre Parsifal III.

Joaquin Folch-Rusiñol, owner of Buka says, “I wear the Breitling Emergency when on board, a 1981 Comex in the evening and a Swatch when swimming – because water and watches don’t mix well.”