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Heuer. An unusual and large stainless-steel square-shaped automatic chronograph wristwatch with date
Lot 267

Heuer. An unusual and large stainless-steel square-shaped automatic chronograph wristwatch with date

SIGNED HEUER, MONACO, AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH, TOOL NO. 033, CIRCA 1970

Closed16 May 2011

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Heuer. An unusual and large stainless-steel square-shaped automatic chronograph wristwatch with date
Signed Heuer, Monaco, Automatic Chronograph, Tool No. 033, circa 1970
Cal. 12 movement, 17 jewels, blue dial, applied baton numerals with luminous accents, luminous hands, two subsidiary dials for 12 hour and 30 minute registers, window for date, large square-shaped case with rounded sides, winding crown to the left, two round chronograph buttons in the band, case, dial and movement signed
40 mm. wide

Specialist note

The Heuer "Monaco" model was created in 1969 to honour the Grand Prix of Monaco. The watch featured a revolutionary new design of a water-resistant square case combined with the world's first automatic chronograph movement with a micro-rotor.

During this period, Steve McQueen was turning the movie "Le Mans" and was given the watch to wear. It appears that he liked it so much that, once the movie finished, he decided to keep it.

Due to its popularity, the model has recently been relaunched in a slightly modified version.