Limited to 592 pieces / 28 pre-orders available

DNA Edition GTR 02R No. 24

Retail Price:3,595.00 USD Pre-Order Offer:-600.00 USD Pre-Order Price:2,995.00 USD

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Made from McLaren F1 GTR chassis 02R, the most victorious F1 GTR in racing history.

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Limited to 592 pieces / 28 pre-orders available

DNA Edition GTR 02R No. 24

Retail Price:3,595.00 USD Pre-Order Offer:-600.00 USD Pre-Order Price:2,995.00 USD

USD EUR GBP DKK

Made from McLaren F1 GTR chassis 02R, the most victorious F1 GTR in racing history.

Pre-order for 15% off

Delivery from March 2027

This is a pre-order item. Read More
Worldwide shipping, 3 year warranty, 30 day returns. Non EU import fees may apply. Read More
Split your payment into up to 12 interest-free installments via Split-it. Read More

Project GTR 02R

DNA Edition

Limited to 592

The DNA Limited Edition GTR 02R timepiece is made from the legendary McLaren F1 – and not just any F1, but McLaren F1 GTR chassis 02R: the most winning F1 GTR ever, which competed in both a unique deep-blue Gulf livery and the equally legendary Ueno Clinic livery.

The McLaren F1 became a legend for redefining performance and design. It remains the last road-based, series-produced car to win Le Mans outright and, even today, three decades later, still holds the title as the world’s fastest naturally aspirated road car.

This project is a one-of-a-kind collaboration. The GTR 02R timepiece combines authentic McLaren F1 DNA with Swiss horological craft, designed and engineered from scratch to celebrate the engineering excellence, legendary status, and racing achievements of McLaren F1 GTR chassis 02R.

Split your payment over 12 months (at no extra cost).

Specifications

Dimensions

Case diameter: 40.00mm
Opening 6H – 12H: 33.40mm
Opening 3H – 9H: 30.70mm
Lug-to-lug: 47.00mm
Height: 14.20mm

Movement

Caliber REC – 5100M, Certified Swiss Made
Manual winding, integrated column-wheel operated flyback chronograph
Hours and minutes display in the center, small second at 9 o’clock.
Chronograph counters: 60 sec, 30 min and 12 hours.
Frequency: 28’800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz)
Power reserve: 63H
23 Jewels, Incabloc shock-absorber
Accuracy ±5 sec per day

Features

4-piece tonneau case
Exhibition caseback w. 2-piece glass
3 ATM / 30 meters water resistance
Each piece individually numbered
Certified Swiss-Made

Materials

6 o’clock DNA ring: Disc bell from McLaren F1 GTR 02R
Case, crown, pushers & clasp: 316L Stainless steel
Top glass: Sapphire crystal w. 3xAR Coating
Caseback glass: Sapphire crystal
Strap: Orange FKM rubber

Strap

Width at lugs: 26.85mm
Width at clasp: 18.00mm
Strap Length: 94 x 122mm

Legal disclaimer

REC Watches and its products are not in any way associated or supported by McLaren or any of its affiliates.

Why did REC develop this timepiece?

A Decade of Expertise

The McLaren F1 is legendary and often considered the world’s first hypercar. At REC, we exist at the intersection of two worlds: the love and nerdiness for iconic vehicles, and the passion for watches.

Simply put, we wouldn’t be satisfied until we found a way to honor it.

For more than a decade, we’ve been honoring icons, transforming the DNA of history’s finest machines into timepieces.

Our track record includes Ayrton Senna’s F1 Lotus 98T, the legendary Porsche 956, and the first production GT40 car ever – alongside drift cars, spy planes, WWII aircraft, movie cars, off-roaders, and famous sports cars.

Ultimately, we found a way. Even though any McLaren F1 is a rarity, we raised the stakes by tracking down a GTR. We did the impossible by securing material from chassis 02R, the most victorious F1 GTR in racing history.

We began discussions with Ray Bellm, an endurance racing champion widely viewed as a driving force behind the F1 GTR program. We explored how to perfect a timepiece that would honor McLaren F1 GTR 02R, and before we knew it, the GTR 02R project was born.

Ray is responsible for chassis 02R’s title as the most successful F1 GTR ever built. He secured all of its wins himself, making this collaboration truly unique.

Born as the ultimate road car

Racing Was Inevitable

With the McLaren F1, the goal was not to build a race car. It was to create the ultimate road car.

A machine engineered without compromise, built around innovation, purity, and performance at a level the automotive world had never seen before. The result was nothing short of revolutionary.

The McLaren F1 became one of the first sports cars to use a full carbon-fibre monocoque body and chassis structure. It combined groundbreaking engineering with obsessive attention to detail, from its central driving position and dihedral doors to its gold-lined engine bay and naturally aspirated BMW V12 engine.

In 1998, the McLaren F1 set an official top speed record of 240.1 mph / 386.4 km/h, making it the fastest naturally aspirated production car in the world, a title it still holds today.

But what makes the McLaren F1 truly extraordinary is not only what it achieved on the road. It is also what it achieved when it was taken racing.

Despite being conceived as the ultimate road car, the F1’s potential on track was impossible to ignore. Gordon Murray initially resisted the idea of turning it into a race car, but with the persistence of figures such as Ray Bellm and Ron Dennis, the McLaren F1 GTR was born.

The McLaren F1 GTR went on to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans outright in 1995, making the F1 the last road-legal, series-produced sports car to claim overall victory at Le Mans. It also became a dominant force in GT racing, proving that a car originally designed for the road could rise to the very top of endurance motorsport.

That legacy began almost immediately. At the 1995 4 Hours of Jerez, the first race entered by the McLaren F1 GTR, Ray Bellm and Maurizio Sandro Sala took overall victory, securing McLaren’s first sports car racing win in more than two decades.

With only 106 examples of the McLaren F1 produced across all versions, it remains one of the most exclusive and celebrated cars ever created. Today, examples have been known to sell for more than $20 million, but its value goes far beyond rarity. The McLaren F1 is remembered as one of the greatest achievements in automotive history.

A car built to be the ultimate road car. A car that became a Le Mans winner. A car that, more than three decades later, still stands as one of the purest expressions of performance, engineering, and ambition ever put on four wheels.

McLaren F1 GTR chassis 02R

The First F1 GTR Customer Car

What happens when the ultimate road car is pushed beyond the road and engineered for the world’s most demanding circuits? You get the McLaren F1 GTR.

Chassis 02R became one of the clearest proofs of what the F1 platform was capable of. As the first McLaren F1 GTR customer car, chassis 02R was delivered to Ray Bellm and GTC Motorsport for the 1995 Global GT Series.

Bellm was not just a driver in the story of the F1 GTR. He was one of the key figures who helped instigate the programme, convincing McLaren that the F1 had the potential to become a world-class GT racer.

Once 02R arrived on track, the result was immediate. At the 1995 4 Hours of Jerez, the first race for the McLaren F1 GTR, Ray Bellm and Maurizio Sandro Sala took overall victory, giving McLaren its first sports car racing win in more than two decades.

It was the beginning of a remarkable debut season, with 02R going on to win six races during the 1995 season, including the Suzuka 1000km in the legendary Ueno Clinic livery, where Masanori Sekiya, winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, joined Bellm and Sala behind the wheel to secure another victory for 02R.

Across its racing career, the McLaren F1 GTR chassis 02R became known as the most victorious F1 GTR in history, with Ray Bellm behind the wheel for every one of its wins.

That connection is what makes 02R so special. It is not just a McLaren F1 GTR. It is the car that helped launch the McLaren F1’s racing legacy. The car that won on debut. The car that carried Gulf colors at Le Mans. The car that was victorious in the legendary Ueno Clinic livery at Suzuka.

Chassis 02R stands as one of the most important competition McLaren F1s ever built, its success inseparable from Ray Bellm’s role as both a driving force behind the programme and the man who turned its potential into victories.

Behind project GTR 02R

Collaboration Between Specialists

This project unites three specialists, each bringing their own legacy of craftsmanship, performance, and authenticity.

Ray Bellm, an endurance champion and widely viewed as the driving force behind the creation of the McLaren F1 GTR program, played a uniquely defining role in its history. The project might never have begun without his push, and once the car existed, he proved its worth.

The McLaren F1 GTR 02R is unique as the most victorious F1 GTR in history, and every one of its victories was achieved with Bellm behind the wheel. He is responsible for giving chassis 02R its title as the most successful F1 GTR ever built. His unbeaten record and foundational influence set him apart as the key figure in the F1 GTR’s rise to dominance.

Lanzante Limited, a British automotive engineering firm synonymous with precision and beauty, has long been the trusted name behind some of the world’s most exceptional supercar restorations and bespoke commissions. From McLaren to Pagani and Porsche, Lanzante’s work represents the highest standard of engineering artistry, rooted in motorsport heritage.

And finally, REC Watches, known for transforming icons of speed and history into mechanical timepieces, brings this story to the wrist. By reclaiming authentic material from McLaren F1 GTR Chassis 02R, REC continues its mission to preserve and celebrate automotive legends, not just through storytelling but through tangible design.

Together, Ray Bellm, Lanzante, and REC are turning a legendary machine into a new kind of masterpiece, one that captures the spirit of endurance, innovation, and racing history in every detail.

True racing history in a timepiece

Racing DNA on your wrist

The GTR 02R timepiece is crafted with physical DNA from the McLaren F1 GTR 02R, meaning each timepiece carries historical racing components specifically manufactured for the McLaren F1 GTR.

For us, creating a watch that shares physical DNA with this legendary machine wasn’t enough.

We wanted to create a proper tribute to the ultimate road car, its upgraded GTR version, and the remarkable racing legacy of chassis 02R, which became the most winning McLaren F1 GTR ever.

To create a tribute worthy of that legacy takes years of meticulous pursuit, deep research, and uncompromising attention to every detail.

Every single component has been shaped, designed, and engineered from scratch with the McLaren F1 GTR in mind, ensuring that the style, proportions, and function of the GTR 02R timepiece align perfectly with the icon it shares physical DNA with.

The aerodynamically optimized bodywork of the McLaren F1 is translated directly into the case design.

Through the exhibition caseback, the integrated column-wheel flyback chronograph movement with a 63-hour power reserve is put proudly on display, mirroring the way the McLaren F1 reveals its V12 engine through the rear glass engine cover.

Beyond the physical DNA, the GTR 02R timepiece also carries the visual DNA of chassis 02R. Its livery-inspired design draws directly from the colors and graphic identity worn by the car during its racing career, turning one of the car’s most recognizable features into a defining element of the watch.

Available in both the deep-blue Gulf-inspired livery and the legendary Ueno Clinic livery raced by 02R, each version captures a distinct chapter in the story of the most winning McLaren F1 GTR ever.

These are only a few of the many design references woven into the GTR 02R timepiece, inviting you to explore the details and discover how deeply the McLaren F1 GTR has influenced every element of the watch.

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Asia	FedEx or DHL	5-10 days
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DNA Edition GTR 02R No. 24

DNA Edition GTR 02R No. 24

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