OKAY in honor of Ilya's birthday here are the Rolexes that Shane buys Ilya to mark his territory commemorate their relationship. Ollie spent a frankly insane amount of time researching Rolexes for this.
According to Ollie this model is vintage circa ~1980. It is a Datejust model, yellow gold with a diamond set bezel and number dial, black leather band and dark blue dial face. This is the watch that Shane buys for Ilya as a territory marker post-Cottage. The one that Ilya proudly wears with his suits into the arena and brags to the others that it was given to him by His Jane. Shane spends several months scouring the second hand market for a watch that he can imagine on Ilya's wrist and which, in his opinion, sends the perfect message of: He is loved and you cannot afford him.
And THIS:
is the Rolex that Shane buys Ilya as a wedding present.
According to Ollie, it is a 2021 Daytona Rainbow in 18k rose gold with a rainbow sapphire bezel and black laquer dial face with diamond-studded lugs and crown, and baguette-cut rainbow sapphires for the hour marks. It is a watch that says LOOK WHAT I BOUGHT MY HUSBAND FOR OUR GAY WEDDING WITH MY GAY MONEY. It costs nearly a million dollars and it is so exclusive that even Shane Hollander, Rolex brand ambassador of a decade, has to practically sell his soul (Agree to be centerpiece in their new campaign*) to get his hands on it. He gets the back engraved with their wedding date, which most watch connoisseurs would consider an ACTUAL crime, but Shane doesn't care. Ilya cries when he sees it and that's all that matters.
* The Rolex campaign in question is the flagship ad for their new "We All Have Crowns" campaign, which highlights a very palatable version of diversity amongst their brand ambassadors. Shane normally would not touch something like this with a 30 foot pole but he REALLY wanted to give his husband that watch. While he's there for the photoshoot a PA ducks her head down next to him and asks him if he would like to meet Taylor Swift who is participating in the campaign as well because it takes its name from one of her songs, of course. He tries to say No Thank You and Yuna says "YES HE WOULD LIKE TO MEET TAYLOR SWIFT. :)"
Hayden refers to the watch as "The Taylor Swift blackmail watch" and Ilya tries to kill him with his mind.
