Other than frequenting restaurants he believes bring him luck, tennis champ Carlos Alcaraz isn’t known as a particularly superstitious guy. He’s more of a make-your-own-luck type of athlete, prioritizing a healthy balance of practice and rest and bringing his natural-born talent and unflinching work ethic and focus to the game.
We couldn’t help but notice, however, a common denominator between the Wimbledon final Alcaraz won over the weekend and last year’s tournament when he won the Wimbledon men’s singles title for the first time: the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona (pictured at top) on his wrist.
Featuring a distinctive dial made with meteorite from an asteroid older than Earth, the timepiece is certainly otherworldly. And it’s rare, too: Rolex discontinued the design early last year. (Don’t fret—the watchmaker still offers the style with alternative dials, including 18k yellow gold as shown below.)
Rolex Cosmograph Daytona watch in 18k yellow gold with black Cerachrom bezel and Oysterflex bracelet, $30,600
Alcaraz was wearing his Cosmograph Daytona when he collected his trophy on Sunday after defeating seven-time champion Novak Djokovic for the second year in a row at Wimbledon. A Rolex brand ambassador since he was just 18, the now 21-year-old Spaniard also wore the watch (ref. 116500LN) to accept his first Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open in 2022.
Whether or not mystical powers are at play here, we do have one request for Alcaraz in pursuit of Roger Federer’s record eight Wimbledon titles and Djokovic’s 24 Grand Slams: Keep the Rolex, please, if only for style’s sake!
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