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Tweet In the community of vintage Heuer enthusiasts, the story of how Steve McQueen came to wear a Monaco chronograph in the film Le Mans has been told many times. Indeed, Jean-Christophe Babin, ex-CEO of TAG Heuer (2001-2013) has proclaimed that “Jack [Heuer’s] greatest achievement is to have succeeded in placing a ‘Monaco’ chronograph on the Read more ;raquo Tweet There have been rumors that Bo Derek wore a Heuer dive watch, but now OnTheDash is happy to share the story and the photo. Of course, we start with the photo, taken on a beach in 1979 and provided by Bo’s father to Jack Heuer, then CEO of Heuer Leonidas. Read more ;raquo Tweet As described in our first posting covering the McQueen-worn Monacos, I am aware of four Heuer Monacos said to have been “worn by McQueen” during the production of the movie Le Mans, as follows: worn by McQueen during the filming of the movie, Le Mans; sold by the property master in the early 2000s; now Read more ;raquo Tweet I am aware of four Heuer Monacos said to have been “worn by McQueen”, as follows: worn by McQueen during the filming of the movie, Le Mans; sold by the property master in the early 2000s; now in the TAG Heuer Museum, in Switzerland. worn by McQueen during the still photography / promotional shots for Read more ;raquo Tweet If you have ever been mad at yourself for selling a watch at a price that turned out to be a shade too low, consider the case of Morry Barmak, owner of “Collector Studio”, a gallery of motorsports art and memorabilia located in Toronto, Canada. Morry recently had the good fortune of selling Steve McQueen’s Read more ;raquo Tweet Watch collectors are different. While most people watch movies for entertainment, for escape, or even for information, a “watch guy” may watch an entire movie for the sake of identifying the various watches worn by members of the cast. Of course there are the famous ones, the watches worn by James Bond, Sylvester Stallone and Read more ;raquo |