Worn by: Jean-Paul Belmondo as Mike Gaucher
Reference: Rolex Daytona
Brand: Rolex
Belmondo’s Rolex Daytona “Big Red” in The Animal is less a timepiece than a stunt prop—flashy, fearless, and slightly ridiculous, like its wearer. Playing both a washed-up stuntman and his own arrogant double, Belmondo turns the racing chronograph into a satire of macho perfection. The bold red “Daytona” script across the dial evokes the adrenaline world he’s parodying. Every gleam of the bezel mocks the cult of precision and performance, its tachymeter scale as absurd as the film’s physics-defying gags. The watch becomes a visual gag with a heartbeat—a chronograph timing the farce of masculinity itself.