Hour favourites: Owners reveal the watches they wear on board

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.”

“I’ve been wearing the same Rolex Submariner for years," says Slim Bouricha, former owner of 33.4 metre Heliad II (now Robbie Bobby). "It’s the only watch I wear.”

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

“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.

“I collect watches – I have 51 of them. My favourite is the Cartier Ballon Bleu, by far,” says Sieste Koopmans, former owner of 37 metre Zeepaard.

“I rarely part with my Rolex Yacht-Master II; it is a true classic for all occasions,” says Bobby Genovese, owner of BG.