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These are the watches worn by Wall Street's most powerful men

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These are the watches worn by Wall Street's most powerful men

T. Boone Pickens, BP Capital

T. Boone Pickens, BP Capital

Oil magnate T. Boone Pickens also wears a yellow gold Rolex Day-Date that he purchased in 1964.

Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs CEO

Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs CEO

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein rocks a Swatch with what appears to be a clear plastic band. Swatch's tend to range between $50 to $245. It's also not exactly the sort of timepiece you'd expect a chief executive of a Wall Street investment bank to wear. Then again, Goldman is "the most hipster" bank on Wall Street.

Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone Group

Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone Group

Billionaire private equity chief Stephen Schwarzman also wears a Swatch. He also uses a flip phone.

Jack Bogle, Founder of the Vanguard Group

Jack Bogle, Founder of the Vanguard Group

Investing legend Jack Bogle, the founder of the Vanguard Group, wears a $14 wristwatch he received from a shareholder.

"I received in the mail a wristwatch from a devoted shareholder in California. On the dial were printed our Vanguard logo, my name, and a phrase that was an indication I was still looking out for our shareholders: "Still on Watch." It was also an outrageous pun: "Still on Watch." Confident that it would be my rabbit’s foot, I put the watch on my wrist, where, having proved itself, it remains to this day. (Yes, I knew about the $50 limit on gifts. So I checked the catalog for the price. It was $14. Talk about value!)," he wrote.

Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square

Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square

Ackman, the billionaire activist investor, wears a stunning Patek Philippe Ref. 5216P.

Carl Icahn, Icahn Enterprises

Carl Icahn, Icahn Enterprises

Billionaire Carl Icahn, the famed activist investor, appears to wear The A Lange & Sohne Grosse Langematik Gangreserve in this TIME magazine cover from December 2013.

George Soros, Soros Fund Management

George Soros, Soros Fund Management

Hedge fund legend George Soros was seen wearing this Patek Aquanaut back in 2010.

Bond guru Jeff Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine Capital

Bond guru Jeff Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine Capital

We learned about Jeff Gundlach's watch collection when he had a bunch of his artwork and personal property stolen in 2012. According to the Santa Monica Police Department report, the watches that were stolen included a Glashutte, Breitling, A. Lange & Sohne, TAG Heuer and a Patek Philippe. We couldn't nail down prices for these specific models, but every one can run in the tens of thousands of dollars or more.

Talk about some serious wrist candy though! Fortunately, the DoubleLine Capital CEO brilliantly helped the FBI recover his stolen property.

Lynn Tilton, Patriarch Partners

Lynn Tilton, Patriarch Partners

Private equity chief Lynn Tilton, the founder of Patriarch Partners, wears a massive bejeweled timepiece by Jacob the Jeweler.

It definitely fits her "dust to diamonds" persona. In August 2014, she received a personalized Rolex timepiece along with a pretty big tennis award.

Phil Falcone

Phil Falcone

Former hedge fund manager Phil Falcone, who recently spoke in public for the first time in years, wears a black sports watch (it looks like Casio G-Shock) and some friendship bracelets and beads. We're assuming his twin girls made those for him.

Tom Steyer, Farallon Capital (retired)

Tom Steyer, Farallon Capital (retired)

Billionaire retired hedge fund manager, Tom Steyer, wears a sporty Ironman watch.

Andreas Halvorsen, Viking Global

Andreas Halvorsen, Viking Global

The billionaire "Tiger Cub" hedge fund manager also wears a sports watch. We can't tell what the make or model is. Halvorsen runs marathons and competes in triathlons.

James Gorman, Morgan Stanley CEO

James Gorman, Morgan Stanley CEO

Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman wears what appears to be a stainless steel Rolex Daytona, according to Ben Clymer, the founder of watch site Hodinkee.

Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase CEO

Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase CEO

BONUS: Jamie Dimon doesn't wear a watch! Ever. Apparently, he doesn't care for jewelry.

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