In the affluent Ambani clan, Nita has a collection, Akash has his, and Anant boasts a trove of treasures that make the heart skip. We’re talking about luxury accessories that stop the clock. While the Ambani men have led the race for luxurious timepieces, the ladies have taken a page from their book of extravagant, time-pausing watches. Shloka Ambani, wife of watch enthusiast Akash Ambani, the older son of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, worth $95 billion, and his wife Nita, recently made heads turn at an event. The couple married in March 2019 with a three-day extravaganza in Mumbai and St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Shloka, the daughter of a renowned diamantaire, donned the look of a princess for the event, not with a tiara but with an opulent Patek Philippe Nautilus 5719/10G, fully iced out for the winter festivities. Set with 255 diamonds, totaling 1.36 carats, the rounded octagonal bezel revealed her discerning taste, while the diamonds transformed this elegant sports watch into the perfect accessory for an Ambani.
Patek Philippe has delivered a splendid collection of Nautilus models for both men and women for four decades, but Shloka’s version stands out as a $720,000 testament to wealth and refined taste. She paired the stunning timepiece with a stack of cute beaded charms for an NMACC event. The cultural hub of Mumbai, the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, is a pet project of Reliance matriarch Nita Ambani, who herself has made waves with her exceptional jewelry and luxury watches.
The 60-year-old chairperson and founder of the Reliance Foundation even gifted Shloka the most expensive necklace in the world, a piece that eclipses the Patek Philippe in comparison. The breathtaking $55 million necklace, L’Incomparable, with 200 carats of diamonds and a centerpiece yellow diamond weighing a staggering 407 carats, is one of their most prized possessions. Matching the grandeur of the L’Incomparable with watches is nearly impossible.
However, the Ambani men’s watch collection, including Akash’s and Anant’s pieces, rivals their jewelry. Akash, a Patek Philippe fan himself, wore a $9 million Grandmaster Chime by Patek Philippe at his brother Anant’s pre-wedding celebration. Anant, a renowned watch collector, boasts possessions like a $4.6 million ultra-rare Richard Mille watch and a $9 million Grandmaster Chime by Patek Philippe, among many others. While the men often make headlines for their watches, the Ambani women undoubtedly steal the spotlight when it comes to jewelry, as the world has seen time and again.
Nita Ambani, who stole the show at her youngest son’s wedding, drew attention to her jewelry once again with mammoth solitaire studs. Not an expert opinion, but Nita’s solitaire duo, a square and a round diamond, likely weigh no less than 15 carats each. These extremely lavish choices of gems were worn by the women for the opening of an Art Café at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, explaining why they wear jewelry worth fortunes for monumental personal occasions.
