Heuer Monaco

Heuer Monaco, Heuer
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The chronograph with a square, water-resistant case that Steve McQueen wore in the film Le Mans.

The Monaco was launched in 1969 with one of the first automatic chronograph movements. The square, water-resistant case was unusual for a sports watch.

Steve McQueen wore the watch in the film Le Mans in 1971, and it became a symbol of 1970s motor racing. TAG Heuer has made the Monaco in new versions.

Materials: Steel, acrylic crystal, leather strap; automatic chronograph movement

Manufacture: Made by Heuer in Switzerland with the Calibre 11, developed together with other watchmakers.

The square case with the crown on the left.

The blue dial with two sub-dials and red details.

Heuer, without TAG, on older watches.

The Monaco had Calibre 11, an automatic chronograph movement developed jointly by Heuer, Breitling, Hamilton-Büren and Dubois Dépraz. The movement was built as a module, which is why the crown is on the left.

A square case, the crown on the left-hand side, two subdials and often a blue dial with horizontal indices.

TAG Heuer, which bought Heuer in the 1980s, has issued the Monaco in new versions since 1998.