“Le Mans” a film staring Steve Mcqueen and this Heuer Monaco, set through the golden age of racing with the enduring 24hr race being the backdrop in opposition to which this watch and Mcqueen could be set.
This specific Heuer is a carbon copy of the one worn in “Le mans” by Steve Mcqueen
The watch options the enduring 39mm x 39mm square-shaped case which immediately makes the Monaco an iconic piece, full with the pink second hand, pink tipped hour and minute markers and the pink markers on the dial providing robust and resolute distinction from the dial making it extremely legible throughout racing eventualities.
This sporty theme continues to the write band which is perforated including to that sporty feeling that this fully embodies.
The monaco is powered by the CALIBRE 12
This calibre 12 is a C.O.S.C. certifed watch the final word recognition of precision and reliabilty. it has a staggering 59 Jewel motion full with 40hr energy reserve. This motion is a bonding of the Selita SW300 with Chronograph perform coming from the Dubois-Depraz 2008 module.
The Monaco is coming into its 50th 12 months and but it endures, wanting recent nonetheless after 5 many years of existence…. that’s when that you’ve got an everlasting traditional, its simplistic type being a touchstone to the period of less complicated and extra refined watches and again to that golden age of racing.
Right here at AM, we’d take into account this a traditional. In the identical vein because the Submariner, Speedmaster and Navitmer. That is the drivers watch.