Nicknamed “Baby Le Mans” because its black dial and silver sub-dials echo Rolex’s six-figure Le Mans tribute, this is racing royalty’s stealth-wealth flex: all that look, none of that lottery. Wrapped in 18k white gold yet riding on rubber, it reads as steel to strangers and as serious money to anyone who knows.

Presents itself in brand new condition with no signs of wear. Start with that Bright Black dial and its silver-steel sub-dials, a reverse-panda layout straight out of Paul Newman’s playbook that pops harder in person than any photo gives it credit for. Next comes that black Cerachrom bezel, a single piece of high-tech ceramic with a platinum-coated tachymetric scale built to look this good long after your car’s paint fades. Then an 18k white gold case, cast in Rolex’s own foundry, throwing off that cool, dense, expensive glow yellow gold can only dream about.

Functions include hours, minutes, running seconds, and a chronograph with 30-minute and 12-hour counters. Unscrew that Triplock crown to set the time, where a stop-seconds feature lets you sync to the second like you’re flagging off a Grand Prix. Top pusher starts and stops timing, bottom pusher resets to zero, all driven by a column-wheel Caliber 4131 with a 72-hour power reserve, so a weekend off your wrist won’t leave it dead come Monday.

Comes as a full set, double-boxed with warranty card, warranty wallet, warranty booklet, Daytona manual, Rolex green tag, and Rolex white tag.

Built for any collector who wants Le Mans drama without a Le Mans waitlist, it settles that oldest watch-guy dilemma: dress watch or sports watch, gold or go-anywhere. Swim in it, drive in it, wear it to a black-tie wedding and a Sunday car meet in one week, then watch it hold its value like few things in your collection will.