{"id":120574,"date":"2026-08-26T02:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T02:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/120574\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T02:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T02:26:07","slug":"sam-altman-reportedly-commissions-seven-ultra-rare-openai-branded-swiss-watches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/120574\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Altman reportedly commissions seven ultra-rare OpenAI-branded Swiss watches"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, Sam Altman has reportedly commissioned seven custom watches from Swiss watchmaker Vanguart, each carrying prominent OpenAI branding. The watches are said to be based on Vanguart\u2019s Orb, a high-end model whose regular versions start at around $180,000. Altman is apparently a \u2018watch guy\u2019 and has previously been spotted wearing a $650,000 piece from Greubel Forsey, another Swiss watchmaker. <\/p>\n

The custom pieces feature the OpenAI logo on the dial alongside references to concepts such as \u201cCOMPUTE IS DESTINY\u201d and \u201cSCALING\u201d. The back is even more explicit, carrying the inscription if AGI.aligned: deploy().\u00a0Then again, this isn\u2019t OpenAI\u2019s first rodeo with custom watches, either. The company previously commissioned a separate run of customised Tudor watches carrying the phrase \u201cGood Research Takes Time\u201d. <\/p>\n

At the time of writing, Vanguart has not publicly listed the OpenAI edition on its website, and given the tiny seven-piece run, it may never do so. Besides, Vanguart’s timepieces are only sold in the U.S. at one watch and jewelry store. So far, the company has produced fewer than 200 watches to date, indicating it prioritizes small, heavily-customized batches over mass production.\u00a0Lastly, WSJ reports that roughly a third of Vanguart\u2019s 33-person workforce was involved in producing the seven watches. <\/p>\n

\"Anil<\/a>Anil Ganti<\/a> – Senior Tech Writer – 2985 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2019<\/p>\n

I’ve been an avid PC gamer since the age of 8. My passion for gaming eventually pushed me towards general tech, and I got my first writing gig at the age of 19. I have a degree in mechanical engineering and have worked in the manufacturing industry and a few other publications like Wccftech before joining Notebookcheck in November 2019. I cover a variety of topics including smartphones, gaming, and computer hardware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to The Wall Street Journal, Sam Altman has reportedly commissioned seven custom watches from Swiss watchmaker Vanguart,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[58741,21907,58740,21908,1231,21905,1741,21906,21904,28122,21909,5674,3823,7424,58737,41,1232,17,15704,16623,29748,58738,58739],"class_list":["post-120574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-agi","tag-benchmarks","tag-custom-watch","tag-graphics-card","tag-greubel-forsey","tag-laptop","tag-luxury-watches","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-openai","tag-processor","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-sam-altman","tag-swiss","tag-swiss-watches","tag-switzerland","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-tudor","tag-vanguart","tag-vanguart-orb"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117159446784800456","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}