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From Rolex to Cartier: Tom Cruise’s luxury watch collection includes a meteorite dial Day-Date 40 for the Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning press tour, Daytonas and a classic Santos de Cartier

STORYCarla Thomas
Tom Cruise has a fondness for luxury watches by the likes of Rolex and Vacheron Constantin, and particularly appreciates holy grail models. Photos: Handout (watches); Reuters
Tom Cruise has a fondness for luxury watches by the likes of Rolex and Vacheron Constantin, and particularly appreciates holy grail models. Photos: Handout (watches); Reuters
Tom Cruise

The Top Gun star boasts a number of holy grail timepieces – among them a Vacheron Constantin favourite he has worn everywhere, from red carpet premieres to black tie galas

Anyone who’s watched Tom Cruise sprint across rooftops, cling to an aircraft as it takes off or free fall from the stratosphere knows one thing for sure: the man never misses a beat. And when it comes to style, that precision holds true – especially on his wrist. Say what you will about the Hollywood action titan’s idiosyncrasies, but Cruise’s taste in timepieces cannot be denied.
Tom Cruise, seen here at the Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning premiere in New York on May 18, is an avid luxury watch collector. Photo: Reuters
Tom Cruise, seen here at the Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning premiere in New York on May 18, is an avid luxury watch collector. Photo: Reuters
From crème de la crème Cartiers to just-released Rolexes – including at least two that are quite literally from out of this world – here’s a closer look at some of the most lust-worthy, collector-coveted watches in Tom Cruise’s line-up.

Rolex Daytona Platinum

Tom Cruise owns a number of Rolex Daytonas. Photo: Handout
Tom Cruise owns a number of Rolex Daytonas. Photo: Handout
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The Rolex Daytona is already considered holy grail tier in the watch world – but trust Cruise to take it a step further. One of his latest additions appears to be the ultra-covetable Rolex Daytona Platinum. It’s essentially the Daytona turned up to 11: made from ultra-luxurious platinum, finished with an icy blue dial, and topped off with a chestnut brown Cerachrom bezel.

Cruise already owned a few coveted Daytonas – including the classic “Panda” and a rare meteorite-dial version – but this platinum model puts him ahead of the curve, especially as the appetite for platinum wrist candy continues to grow. Good luck spotting this on anyone else’s wrist.

Rolex Cosmograph Daytona with meteorite dial

Tom Cruise has a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona in his collection, although his white gold version has a meteorite dial. Photo: Handout
Tom Cruise has a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona in his collection, although his white gold version has a meteorite dial. Photo: Handout
Also in his collection is a heaven-sent white gold Cosmograph Daytona featuring a meteorite dial, crafted from an actual meteor that crash-landed in Namibia during prehistoric times. The material is sliced thin, then polished and chemically treated to reveal its natural crystalline pattern, meaning no two dials are ever alike.

Rolex Day-Date 40 with meteorite dial

A meteorite-dial Rolex Day-Date 40 was Tom Cruise’s choice when promoting his latest Mission: Impossible film. Photo: Handout
A meteorite-dial Rolex Day-Date 40 was Tom Cruise’s choice when promoting his latest Mission: Impossible film. Photo: Handout
It seems Cruise has a thing for cosmic timepieces – he was also spotted wearing his (inter)stellar meteorite-dial Rolex Day-Date 40 during the press tour for the latest Mission: Impossible movie, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Crafted from 18k white gold, it features the same sort of one-of-a-kind dial with naturally occurring Widmanstätten patterns, this time paired with a commanding President bracelet, fluted bezel and 10 baguette-cut diamond hour markers. It’s rare, it’s expensive, and it’s exactly the kind of high-impact statement piece you’d expect from Cruise.

Rolex Land-Dweller

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