AR / ITEM / 00100487

Steve McQueen’s Heuer Monaco Ref. 1133 (Le Mans)

Heuer

Steve McQueen wore this Monaco during production of Le Mans and later gave it to his mechanic Haig Alltounian.

Date
Worn during filming, 1970

Plate not recorded
No photograph with documented reuse rights is held for this record.

Record

Steve McQueen wore this Monaco during production of Le Mans and later gave it to his mechanic Haig Alltounian. Phillips sold it in New York on 12 December 2020 for $2.2 million, a record price for a Heuer timepiece. The object is individually identifiable rather than merely an example of its model, which is important for Arcarel’s object-level record. The cited Phillips source supplies the key provenance, event or institutional facts used here. No unnamed buyer or owner has been inferred, and fields not established by the source are left blank. Its significance comes from the combination of the physical watch and the documented people, events, institutions or market history attached to this specific specimen.

Culture
Swiss
Medium
stainless steel
Origin
Switzerland

In the Tapestry

Featured in
Le MansA
Made by
HeuerA
Associated with
PhillipsA

Provenance and history

  1. Worn during filming, 1970

    Made / first documentedA

  2. 12 December 2020

    Public saleA

    Phillips sold it in New York on 12 December 2020 for $2.2 million, a record price for a Heuer timepiece.

Sources

  1. A

    Phillips, 'Racing Pulse auction results'

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