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HEUER,
Automatic Chronograph, Monaco, aka “McQueen”, Ref. 1133B, case no. 160685, circa 1970

A very fine and rare, left-handed, automatic, stainless steel square with curved sides, chronograph wristwatch with two-tone dial, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, date and original stainless steel Heuer buckle.

Fitted with a caliber 11, blued steel screws, 17 jewels, engraved SX, self-winding, straight line lever escapement, self-compensating blued steel flat hairspring, three-arm monometallic balance, shock absorbers.

Dial, case and movement signed.
Dim. 40 x 38 mm. Thickness 14.10 mm.

The Heuer Monaco Ref. 1133 was the world first automatic rectangular chronograph wristwatch ever produced. The model was revealed simultaneously on the 3rd March 1969 in Geneva and New York. It gets its name from the Monaco Grand Prix, one of the greatest and most famous auto races in the world. Steve McQueen, the actor, was inspired to wear one in the movie « Le Mans » in 1971, after seeing it on the wrist of his friend, the racing legend Jo Siffert. The legend was born! Since the re-launch of the Monaco on the occasion of the 40th anniversary, the original Monaco has gained again huge popularity. Furthermore, the present watch is fitted with a rare non-luminous dial. As an upgrade to the caliber 11, 1971's caliber 12 featured a faster beat rate of 21,600 VpH, for better precision. The model, Ref. 1133B, is described and illustrated in Heuer Chronograph by Arno Michael Haslinger, edition Callwey 2008, pages 200 to 207.

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