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Some guys have it all. The tier-one Hollywood career, the cars, the homes, the watches, and someone they love to share it all with. And then there’s Tom Cruise who, after Shakira reportedly rebuffed his advances, just has everything else, including this gorgeous Rolex Daytona with a meteorite dial.
The Rolex Daytona stays in the news. Just last weekend, two pieces that belonged to Paul Newman each sold for over a million dollars. On Monday, the Crown announced a special-edition of the piece in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Cruise’s edition is pretty special in its own right. While nearly every version of the Daytona flies off the shelf now, trying to find this one at retail would truly be an… impossible mission. (Sorry.)
This version of the grail watch is outfitted with a dial made of meteorite—as in legit space rock. Rolex sources its extraterrestrial junk from the Gibeon meteorite, which crashed in Namibia in prehistoric times. Now, that slice of meteor is elevating one of the hottest watches in the world. This baby retails for $34,050. Not a bad trajectory for a rock, which was once hurtling through space and now gets to spend its life on the wrist of a real star. (I have a sickness.)
In my opinion, this is the best of the three meteorite-dial Daytonas that were released in 2021. The silvery meteorite and black subdials makes it feel like a space-age version of the beloved white-and-black “Panda” dial.
It was a good week for championship parades, which means it was a good week for watches. Breitling is best known for its purpose-built pilot watches, but the brand also knows how to go big design-wise. (Its salmon-dial B25 Datora is a personal favorite.) In 1943, the founder’s grandson, Willy Breitling, introduced a luxury collection called Breitling Premier. This watch debuted last year as part of a tribute to the founding of that upscale line. The three models in the collection are each named for a Breitling family member. Manchester City striker Haaland’s piece, with its platinum case and navy blue dial, is named after Willy.
The coolest watch at the Denver Nuggets championship parade? No doubt this G-Shock made in collaboration with Supreme and North Face. About three years ago, Supreme began bulking up its watch offerings with limited-edition pieces from Jacob & Co. I’ve always considered that the moment that streetwear culture and watches merged onto parallel paths. It was also the moment that watches became such a big deal that they could no longer be ignored by the buzziest brands in the world. This snow-white G-Shock comes with the ultimate hype signifier (in certain parts of lower Manhattan) across the band: the red Supreme box logo. Hat tip to Nick Gould for the spot.
The Alpine Eagle is Chopard’s entry in the world of sport watches and it really leans into that persona here. This version of the AE comes on a rubber strap and is equipped with a chronograph, presumably for timing Mikkelsen’s daring escapes from crumbling caves in the new Indiana Jones movie. Who’s to say this isn’t the real Dial of Destiny?
Brady has been flexing the full breadth of his watch collection lately. He whipped out this rare Day-Date with an “Arabic” dial for the French Open. Read all about it here.