Tom Cruise’s Watch Is Made Out of Actual Space Stuff

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Some guys have all of it. The tier-one Hollywood profession, the automobiles, the houses, the watches, and somebody they like to share all of it with. After which there’s Tom Cruise who, after Shakira reportedly rebuffed his advances, simply has every little thing else, together with this beautiful Rolex Daytona with a meteorite dial.

The Rolex Daytona stays within the information. Simply final weekend, two pieces that belonged to Paul Newman each sold for over a million dollars. On Monday, the Crown introduced a special-edition of the piece in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Cruise’s version is fairly particular in its personal proper. Whereas almost each model of the Daytona flies off the shelf now, looking for this one at retail would actually be an… unattainable mission. (Sorry.)

This model of the grail watch is outfitted with a dial manufactured from meteorite—as in legit house rock. Rolex sources its extraterrestrial junk from the Gibeon meteorite, which crashed in Namibia in prehistoric occasions. Now, that slice of meteor is elevating one of many hottest watches on this planet. This child retails for $34,050. Not a nasty trajectory for a rock, which was as soon as hurtling by means of house and now will get to spend its life on the wrist of an actual star. (I’ve a illness.)

In my view, that is the most effective of the three meteorite-dial Daytonas that had been launched in 2021. The silvery meteorite and black subdials makes it really feel like a space-age model of the beloved white-and-black “Panda” dial.

Erling Haaland’s Breitling Premier B21 Chronograph Tourbillon

It was a great week for championship parades, which implies it was a great week for watches. Breitling is greatest identified for its purpose-built pilot watches, however the model additionally is aware of tips on how to go huge design-wise. (Its salmon-dial B25 Datora is a personal favorite.) In 1943, the founder’s grandson, Willy Breitling, launched a luxurious assortment known as Breitling Premier. This watch debuted final yr as a part of a tribute to the founding of that upscale line. The three fashions within the assortment are every named for a Breitling member of the family. Manchester Metropolis striker Haaland’s piece, with its platinum case and navy blue dial, is called after Willy.

Ish Smith’s G-Shock x Supreme x The North Face DW-6900

The good watch on the Denver Nuggets championship parade? Little question this G-Shock made in collaboration with Supreme and North Face. About three years in the past, Supreme started bulking up its watch choices with limited-edition items from Jacob & Co. I’ve always considered that the moment that streetwear culture and watches merged onto parallel paths. It was additionally the second that watches turned such an enormous deal that they might now not be ignored by the buzziest manufacturers on this planet. This snow-white G-Shock comes with the last word hype signifier (in sure components of decrease Manhattan) throughout the band: the purple Supreme field emblem. Hat tip to Nick Gould for the spot.

Mads Mikkelsen’s Chopard Alpine Eagle XL Chrono

The Alpine Eagle is Chopard’s entry on this planet of sport watches and it actually leans into that persona right here. This model of the AE comes on a rubber strap and is provided with a chronograph, presumably for timing Mikkelsen’s daring escapes from crumbling caves within the new Indiana Jones film. Who’s to say this isn’t the actual Dial of Future?

Tom Brady’s Rolex Day-Date

Brady has been flexing the complete breadth of his watch assortment these days. He whipped out this uncommon Day-Date with an “Arabic” dial for the French Open. Read all about it here.