Heuer
Reference 1133B Monaco | A rare stainless steel square automatic chronograph wristwatch with date, Screenworn by Steve Mcqueen in Le Mans, Circa 1969
Estimate
500,000 - 1,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Dial: blue
Caliber: cal. 11 automatic, 20 jewels
Case: stainless steel, solid case back
Case number: 159'381
Closure: stainless steel Heuer "sun" buckle
Size: 46 x 40 mm
Signed: case, dial, and movement
Accompanied by a lockbox labeled “1970 LE MANS” containing over 400 documents from the archive of Don Nunley, Property Master for Le Mans; further accompanied by over 200 photographic reproductions from the same archive, a sworn and signed affidavit by Don Nunley, dated 9 September 2016, attesting that the present watch was “worn by Steve McQueen most often throughout the film and on set,” together with a signed letter from Don Nunley dated 21 May 2009.
Don Nunley, Property Master for Le Mans
Private collection (acquired from the above, 24 April 2008)