Inside Vinicius Jr's $1.2 Million Watch Collection

The 228239 is the white gold Day-Date 40, which means it reads as steel from three feet away and as serious money up close. That is the whole point. The green sunray dial is the sharpest colorway Rolex offers in this reference, paired with a fluted white gold bezel and the President bracelet, all driven by the Caliber 3255 with a 70-hour power reserve. Vinicius wore his applauding the Bernabeu crowd, sleeve pushed back, which is exactly the stealth wealth energy this reference was designed for. It is the most restrained watch he owns, and probably the one a collector would grab first.

The RBR suffix is Rolex code for a factory-set diamond bezel, and on the 228345 it turns the Everose Day-Date into a genuinely warm, high-jewelry object rather than a boardroom watch. The chocolate dial with Roman numerals is one of the best matches Rolex has made to rose gold, since the brown pulls the copper out of the case instead of fighting it. Everose is Rolex's proprietary rose gold alloy, engineered with platinum in the mix so it does not fade to yellow over time. Vinicius wore this one on a team flight, and it is arguably the most photographed watch in his rotation.

This is the top of the Day-Date pyramid. The 228396TBR is cased in 950 platinum, the heaviest and most exclusive metal Rolex works in, and the TBR suffix denotes custom-cut baguette diamonds set into the bezel rather than the standard brilliants. The dial is a genuine showpiece configuration, and the whole watch trades well above its six-figure retail on the secondary market. It is the same reference Tom Brady owned and sold at auction, which tells you the company this watch keeps. Vinicius wore his poolside with a vintage tee, which is a very specific flex.

The 116505 is the full Everose gold Daytona, running the in-house Caliber 4130 chronograph with a 72-hour power reserve inside a 40mm case on a matching Everose Oyster bracelet. Vinicius went for the black dial with factory diamond hour markers, which is the configuration that reads richest against the warm gold and pushes the watch out of pure sports chronograph territory. Rolex has since moved this line to the 126505 with the newer Caliber 4131, so the 116505 is now a discontinued reference with a fixed supply. He wore his courtside at a Lakers game in a LeBron jersey, throwing up a peace sign with the gold fully on display.

The 116718LN is the discontinued full yellow gold GMT-Master II, and the green dial version is the one collectors chase. Rolex fitted it with a black Cerachrom ceramic bezel and the Caliber 3186 movement, then quietly killed the reference, which is why the green dial variant now trades at a real premium over the black. Solid gold on a gold Oyster bracelet gives this thing serious wrist weight, and the green catches light in a way photos never do justice. Vinicius wore his in a Real Madrid corridor with Cristiano Ronaldo standing over his shoulder, which is a hard image to top.

Root Beer is the collector nickname for the brown and black Cerachrom bezel, and the 126715CHNR is the full Everose gold version, not the two-tone. That distinction matters, since the solid gold examples are far rarer and trade at roughly double the Rolesor. Inside is the Caliber 3285 with a 70-hour power reserve, driving a true GMT hand for a second time zone. Everose was specifically engineered to hold its color against fading, which is exactly what you want on a watch whose entire appeal is the warmth of the metal against the brown ceramic. Vinicius wore his moving through a private jet cabin, which is about as on-brand as a travel watch gets.

This is the most valuable watch in the collection and the one that signals Vinicius is playing in a different tier. The RM 67-02 is the automatic extra-flat sports piece, built to be worn at full speed, and the Alexis Pinturault edition is a capped-production run made for the French alpine skiing champion in white Quartz TPT with the tricolore running across the skeletonized movement. The whole thing weighs almost nothing thanks to the composite case and the woven elastic strap. Vinicius wore his on a jet with family, thumbs up, treating a $400,000 watch like a travel piece, which is exactly how Richard Mille wants them worn.

The RM 07-01 is Richard Mille's tonneau-cased automatic built on a smaller, curved case, and the pink TZP ceramic version with a diamond-set dial is one of the most recognizable pieces the brand makes. Ceramic at this level is not a shortcut material, it is harder to machine than gold and holds color permanently, which is why Richard Mille charges what it does for it. Vinicius wore his in a full head-to-toe pink Nike campaign shoot, matching the watch to the boots, the cap, and the jacket. That is not a man who bought a watch and put it on. That is a man who styled a $280,000 watch as an accessory to a colorway.

The 15500ST is the reference that replaced the 15400 and became the Royal Oak's best-selling model before Audemars Piguet retired it for the 15510. It runs the in-house Caliber 4302 with a 70-hour power reserve inside the 41mm steel case, and the white Grande Tapisserie dial is the cleanest, most versatile configuration in the line. This is the watch in Vinicius's collection a serious collector would understand immediately, no diamonds, no gold, just the Gerald Genta silhouette doing its job. He wore it in a Champions League tunnel with a chain and an all-black fit, letting the steel carry the whole look.

This is the Royal Oak at its most technical. The 16204BC is the Jumbo Extra-Thin Openworked in 18k white gold, part of the 50th anniversary generation that replaced the 15202, and the movement is the Caliber 7124 skeletonized down to its bridges and finished by hand on every visible surface. Openworking a Jumbo is significantly harder than skeletonizing a thicker watch, since there is almost no material to remove in the first place. In white gold it reads as steel to anyone who does not know, and as a six-figure grail to anyone who does. Vinicius wore his in a closet mirror selfie, which is the exact right way to wear a watch nobody else can identify from across a room.

The 26240 is the current-generation Royal Oak Chronograph, and the OR suffix puts it in solid 18k rose gold on a matching integrated bracelet. Inside is the in-house Caliber 4401, a flyback chronograph with a 70-hour power reserve and a column wheel, which is a genuine step up from the modular movements Audemars Piguet used in the previous 26331 generation. The silver-toned Grande Tapisserie dial keeps the whole thing legible against all that warm gold, and the date sits discreetly at 4:30. Vinicius wore his at home in a pink cap and camo cargos, which is exactly the kind of styling that makes a six-figure gold chronograph feel casual.

The Offshore is the loud cousin of the Royal Oak, and the 26238ST leans all the way into it. This is the 42mm steel chronograph with a blue Mega Tapisserie dial, oversized Arabic numerals, orange accents on the chronograph hand and subdial markings, and a textured blue rubber strap that snaps into the case. Audemars Piguet built the Offshore in 1993 specifically to be worn hard, with a thicker case, larger pushers, and better water resistance than the standard Royal Oak, and the color-blocked configurations are where it makes the most sense. Vinicius wore his courtside in an all-black fit, which let the blue and orange do all the work.

The Aquanaut Travel Time is the dual time zone version of Patek's sportier icon, and the 5164R is the 40.8mm rose gold execution with a brown embossed dial and a matching tropical composite strap. The two pushers on the left side of the case advance the local hour hand in one-hour jumps without disturbing the movement, which is one of the most elegant travel complications in modern watchmaking. Patek discontinued this reference in 2024, which immediately shifted it from a production watch into collectible territory. Vinicius wore his at a holiday event with his family, dressed down, which is exactly the register the Aquanaut was built for.