We’re Obsessed With Tom Cruise’s Rare Meteorite Rolex At Cannes

Tom Cruise doesn’t do low-key.  For someone who’s made a career out of outrunning clocks—scaling the Burj Khalifa, clinging to military aircraft, jumping off cliffs on a motorcycle—time has always seemed more like a suggestion than a limit for him.

But at the Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning premiere at Cannes 2025, Cruise wore a timepiece that quietly stole the scene: a white gold Rolex Day-Date 40 with a meteorite dial.

It’s not your typical red-carpet watch.

Then again, Cruise isn’t your typical leading man.

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Rolex, Reimagined by the Cosmos

Let’s break it down. The Day-Date is already Rolex royalty — known as the “President” watch for good reason.

Officially, it’s reference is m228239-0003: 18k white gold, fluted bezel, President bracelet, powered by Rolex’s technically advanced calibre 3255. But none of that is what caught the eye.

Instead, it was the dial—cut from a slice of the Gibeon meteorite, which landed in Namibia after tumbling through space for billions of years—that makes this Day-Date something altogether different.

The geometric patterns you see on the surface weren’t decorative. They’re Widmanstätten structures, forged as the iron-nickel meteor cooled over cosmic time. It’s a look no human hand can replicate, and no two dials are alike. Rolex uses this extraterrestrial material sparingly, typically on its most exclusive models—and even then, only for select clients. Getting one isn’t just a matter of money. It’s a matter of access.

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Cruise And His Watches

Cruise’s relationship with Rolex runs deep. In Rain Man, his gold Day-Date symbolised aspiration. In Cocktail, it was a steel Air-King—ambitious, but still finding its feet. Off-screen, he’s rotated through a Datejust, a Sky-Dweller (ideal for someone who practically lives in the sky), and most recently, a white gold “Pepsi” GMT-Master II. Each choice has probably carried meaning and been a reflection of where he stands in his career over the years.

But the meteorite Day-Date is different. This isn’t Cruise the commercial juggernaut. It’s Cruise as the icon. At 62, he no longer needs to prove anything. This is a watch that doesn’t chase status; it is status.

At the Cannes photocall, Cruise kept it casual—burgundy polo, matching trousers, aviators. Later, he ascended the Palais steps in a razor-sharp tux as the orchestra played Lalo Schifrin’s theme from Mission: Impossible. But throughout, the meteorite Rolex remained on his wrist. A reminder that even in an age of streaming fatigue and franchise burnout, Cruise is still betting big on cinema—and winning.

The Rolex Day-Date 40 in meteorite is priced at £48,350, if you can find one.

Most collectors can’t.