{
  "id": 3500179,
  "title": "A $1 million watch, only 7 of them, and 3 words Sam Altman wanted engraved inside",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/a-1-million-watch-only-7-of-them-and-3-words-sam-altman-wanted",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-26T11:13:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/americas-richest-techies-new-status-symbol-is-a-swiss-watch-and-sam-altman-ordered-seven-worth-over-1-million-with-these-words-engraved-on-them/articleshow/133538155.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sam Altman has commissioned seven custom Swiss watches from Vanguart for select OpenAI staff. Based on Vanguart's titanium Orb, which starts at $180,000, each carries the phrase COMPUTE IS DESTINY on the rotor and a line of Python code on the caseback. The Sam Altman watch is part of a wider Silicon Valley trend, with OpenAI, Google, Palantir and Uber staff commissioning custom Tudor timepieces.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}