What Jarome Luai Keeps Inside His Safe
Four premiership rings. A watch collection. Jewellery. And a Pokémon card collection most people wouldn't expect from one of the NRL's standout playmakers.
When the Timeless Safes team visited Jarome Luai at his home, they brought a Timeless-3 watch winder safe. What he chose to put inside it says more about him than any post-game interview.
Jarome Luai: A Collector in the Truest Sense
Luai is known for precision on the field. Off it, he collects with the same deliberate eye.
Watches. Jewellery. And Pokémon cards. Seriously. At a level most people wouldn't expect.
The hobby started casually, but things rarely stay casual when you give them the same attention you give everything else.
His collection sits alongside four NRL premiership rings earned across four consecutive grand finals with the Penrith Panthers.
Those rings aren't in a display case. They're not in a drawer. They went straight into the Timeless-3.
Rare, sentimental, and genuinely valuable. That combination is exactly what the safe was built for.
Not everything valuable carries the same price tag. But everything worth keeping deserves the same level of care.
Why He Chose the Timeless-3 Watch Winder Safe
Luai chose the Timeless-3 himself. It matched the way he values the things he keeps.
The Timeless-3 is built for collectors who have more than one type of thing worth protecting. Internal watch winders keep automatic movements running correctly without the watches being worn.
No manual winding. No coming back to a watch that has stopped mid-complication and needs resetting.
The construction resists forced entry at a level standard storage never will. A locked cabinet keeps things tidy. Behind the clean exterior is serious protection: concrete-filled walls, locking bolts, and fire-rated construction.
His watches go in wound and ready. His rings sit secured. His Pokémon cards are protected from the conditions that quietly destroy value over the years.
It held more than he expected. That was his reaction.
That's what a well-engineered safe does. It fits more life than you planned for.
The Gift That Came With It
Alongside the safe, the Timeless Safes team gifted Luai a custom watch roll. Designed and hand-crafted by Su'a Tyla Vaeau, a Samoan artisan whose work is made entirely by hand.
For Luai, who is of Samoan and Maori heritage, that detail wasn't incidental. A piece made with that level of care by someone who shares that culture, built to hold something he values.
It fits the same logic as the safe itself.
What you keep says something. How it's stored says the rest.
What a Real Collection Actually Looks Like
Most people picture a serious collection as one thing.
One category. One focus. Organised neatly along a single interest.
Luai's safe tells a different story. Four grand final rings. Timepieces. Jewellery. Pokémon cards collected over years. All of it in one place. All of it properly protected.
That's what most collections actually look like. Not a single obsession. A life of things gathered carefully. Each one meaning something different. Each one deserving the same standard of care.
The Timeless Series was built for exactly that. Watch winder safes with the internal space and engineering to hold a real collection, whatever that collection happens to look like.
The rings are in there because they're irreplaceable. The watches are in there because they're investments. The Pokémon cards are in there because he understands what they're worth
One safe. One decision. All of it covered.
What does your collection actually look like, and is it stored the way it deserves to be?
View the Timeless Series: watch winder safes built for every kind of collector.
Watch the full video on Instagram
