Watch Facts
Quiz: 2024.10.07 Quiz (Movie)
- Worn by Steve McQueen in the racing film, Le Mans.
- In 1971, Steven McQueen starred in the racing “documentary styled” movie Le Mans; directed by Lee Katzin.
- This is before the trend of brand using movies to build their presences; and the production team went out to purchase these watches at retail price.
- McQueen took one Monaco and gave it to his chief mechanic; thanking him for keeping him alive for the past few months.
- At first, Haig Alltounian didn’t want the watch but McQueen told him he had already done the engraving on the case back, he couldn’t give it to someone else.
- The Monaco watch was first introduced in 1969, bearing a few significant details, first and foremost is the case shape, being square isn’t the easiest to make it water resistant; but they’ve managed to get the Monaco to withstand water to 100m.
- 39mm stainless steel case.
- The movement was the legendary cal 11. In 1967 a group of companies; Breitilng, Hamilton-Buren, Heuer, and Dubois-Depraz— joint effort to develop a new automatic chronograph movement.
- In 1969, they unveiled the Cal. 11. The Heuer Caliber 11 was the company’s first and arguably most famous automatic chronograph movement.
- This watch is up for auction on December 12th at Phillips auction (New York).
Steel case in 51mm x 47.2mm with a thickness of 13.8mm, sapphire crystal with double anti reflective coating, water resistance to 100m. The hybrid display combines reflective LCD with emissive OLED. This is a movie prop watch and NOT a real watch.
- 18K Rose Gold and Sapphire crystal case in 49mm, thickness is 23mm.
- Manual winding JCFM07 movement Triple axis tourbillon, music box with double comb.
- Minute repeater with 2 hammer, 2 gongs.
- Tourbillon 180S/48S/24S
- Power Reserve is 44hrs
- Limited to 18pcs
- Priced at CHF 660,000.00
- Stainless steel case at 40mm with 13.5 thickness, sapphire display caseback.
- Automatic in house movement, hour minute and moonphase
- Power reserve is 38 hrs
- Limited to 28pcs
- Priced at 19,950CHF
- Collection 2022
Titanium case & bracelet in 42mm. Automatic caliber 8806 coaxial movement, water resistance to 300 meter. Silicon balance spring. “Tropical” brown aluminium dial and bezel ring. On the NAIAD LOCK caseback; a series of numbers, which follow the format for genuine military issue watches “0552” is the code number specified for Navy personnel with “9237697” being the number for a divers’ watch. The letter “A” is a code used to signify a watch with a screw in crown. The number “62” is the year of the very first James Bond film. 5 year warranty. Power reserve is at 55hrs. Priced at 9,200.00CHF
brushed titanium case 40mm. Automatic chronograph El Primero movement, black dial with silver hands and brown leather strap. The watch features hrs, minutes, small seconds at 9 o’clock, a date between 4 and 5 o’clock, chronograph with three counters – reading through to 1/10th second, and tachymeter scale around the bezel ring dial. Sapphire back case. The PAM 74 was featured in the Hollywood movie : The Transporter
2019 marks the 50th anniversary for the Heuer Monaco. To honour the 50-year milestone, TAG Heuer is launching throughout 2019 five new Monaco models that capture the design spirit of each decade since the launch of the original in 1969. Case is 39mm x 39mm case in 316L stainless steel. Automatic chronograph movement Cal.11, modular chronograph with Dubois-Depraz module. Power reserve is at 40 hours. Limited to 169pcs. Priced at 6,400.00CHF
The case is in 2N 18k gold, the design uses subtle asymmetry; taking clues from Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon. In addition to the usual time display utilizing the star wheel system, are the spacetime indications on each side of the top dome. The first display at 9 o’clock marks the 555 km traveled along the equator during 20 minutes of the earth’s rotation, the second display at 3 o’clock indicates the distance – 35,740 kilometers – traveled by the earth as it orbits the around the sun over 20 minutes. Automatic UR12.01 movement. Dome sapphire crystal. Water resistance to 30m. Power reserve is at 48hrs. Limited to 25pcs Priced at 58,000CHF
Omega Speedmaster “ULTRAMAN” 1967 “Moonwatch” has been a hit with collectors ever since it appeared in the Japanese TV show “RETURN OF ULTRAMAN.” Now, that popular chronograph has been reborn – in the form of an exclusive #SpeedyTuesday model (available only by online order at Omega website) 42mm case in stainless steel. Manual winding 1861 movement. Limited 2,012 pieces. Priced at 7,100.00USD
40.8mm x 34.7mm – 13.30mm case in PVD stainless steel with PVD bracelet. Digital quartz movement – LCD & OLED hybrid display. Limited to 1,999 pcs Priced at 995CHF