Luxury watchmaker Raymond Weil is suing Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron.

The actress has allegedly broken an endorsement agreement with the company to only wear their watches.

According to court papers filed by the company on Monday, she signed a deal in October 2005 stating she would only wear their watches. Part of the deal allowed Weil to use photographs of the actress in advertising for ‘substantial funds.’

Theron is accused in the suit of wearing a Christian Dior watch in public, therefore breaking her $20 contract.

David Jaroslawicz, an attorney for the watchmaker, told fashion united: If you're the model for Ralph Lauren, you can't show up wearing Gucci at the Academy Awards

She undercut our entire ad campaign. We spent a fortune on an ad campaign centered around her. Then she goes off and makes us look silly in the industry by wearing Dior.

Patricia Johnson

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