The Other Race Winner's Watch

The most famous watch in motorsports is the Rolex Daytona, which for over 30 years has been given out to all winners of the Daytona 24-Hour endurance classic. It is not, however, the only watch you get after winning a big race. Take the checkered flag at the Indy 500, and Tag Heuer will present you with a special-edition watch, something the Swiss brand has done since 2004. And the nice thing for the rest of us non-500-winners? You can buy one of these watches.

This year's Indy 500 watch is part of Tag Heuer's entry-level Formula 1 range and features a quartz chronograph movement housed in a 43-mm steel case. The chronograph has subdials for 1/10th seconds and minutes, so it should make for a great lap timer, while a tachymeter scale on the bezel lets wearers measure average speed.

Alexander Rossi is Tag Heuer's ambassador on the IndyCar grid, and he apparently helped design this chronograph. It wears the Indy 500 name in bronze on the bezel—matching the chronograph second timer—and on the second-hand subdial, there's an illustration of the famous Pagoda at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The border of the watch is finished in a maroon evoking the famous yard of bricks at the Speedway, while the caseback has the event logo. Rossi's helmet at this year's 500 was painted to match the watch, though unfortunately for him, it was Marcus Ericsson that won the 106th running of the race.