Draped in a smouldering grey-and-black “Zombie” Cerachrom bezel over warm yellow Rolesor gold, the result is a pilot’s tool that moonlights as after-dark jewellery. It speaks to the collector who lives across time zones and refuses to choose between rugged and refined — steel for the airport, gold for the arrival. For anyone whose watch box leans sporty, this two-tone traveller is the charismatic wildcard that makes the whole tray more interesting.

Presents itself in mint condition with little to no signs of wear. Set against glossy black lacquer, the applied gold Maxi markers and Mercedes hands throw back warm flashes of light that make the dial feel deep enough to fall into. Crowned by a grey-and-black Cerachrom insert, the 24-hour bezel carries engraved numerals filled with 18-karat yellow gold, its dusk-to-dark fade the look collectors have nicknamed the “Zombie.” Threaded across the wrist, the two-tone Jubilee wraps brushed steel outer rows around a spine of polished yellow-gold centre links for a five-piece flow that feels like liquid. Carved from Oystersteel and 18-karat yellow gold, the Oyster case shifts between brushed strength and mirror-polished warmth as it turns in the light.

Functions include hours, minutes, seconds, date, and a 24-hour second time zone. The screw-down Triplock crown on the right of the case unlocks everything, so unscrew it fully first — and if the watch has rested for over a month, give it about thirty winds to wake the movement before setting. Pulled all the way out, the crown sets the minute hand together with the 24-hour hand — the hand that reads home time against the bezel — and hacks the running seconds, so line them up to your reference time to the second. Clicked back to the middle position, the crown jumps the local hour hand on its own in one-hour steps, and since rolling it forward through midnight is what moves the date, carry it to the day before today and then keep going to today’s date and your correct local hour. Beating inside is the self-winding calibre 3285 with roughly a 70-hour power reserve and 100 metres of water resistance, engineered to hold chronometer-grade time on the wrist or at rest.

Comes as a full set, double-boxed with a warranty card, card wallet, booklets, and swing tag.

Few modern Rolex pairings manage to look this rugged and this rich at once — grey-black ceramic against yellow Rolesor is the kind of combination that makes people lean in and ask what it is. It belongs with the collector who wants one watch that crosses continents and boardrooms without blinking, and who appreciates a nickname with a little mischief in it. Spend a moment with it in the metal and the rest tends to take care of itself.