Even Dwayne Johnson’s Sports Watches Come Packed With Gold

The wrestler-turned-actor wore a flashy Carrera on The Tonight Show.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a serious watch guy. From Rolex to Audemars Piguet to Panerai to IWC, the man knows how to rock an excellent timepiece. Lately, however, his taste has turned to a fascinating niche: High-end versions of classic Heuer sports watches. We saw it previously when Johnson strapped on the Monaco Night Driver, a brand-new version of an automatic chronograph famously worn by Steve McQueen in 1971’s Le Mans.

This time, his sights have turned to the Carrera, the famed racing watch developed by Jack Heuer and released in 1963. While simple, stainless steel versions of this beloved chronograph are what generally come to mind when one pictures the neck-and-neck automotive escapades of famous midcentury drivers, solid gold versions of the watch were given by the brand to particularly big personalities.