The TAG Heuer Monaco Calibre 11 Edition Steve McQueen, an updated version of the watch McQueen wore in the movie ?Le Mans,? has racing written all over it. Did it take the checkered flag in our test" Find out in this test.
More than four decades have passed since Steve McQueen wore a Heuer Monaco chronograph in the car-racing movie ?Le Mans.? A few years ago, TAG Heuer (the company added ?TAG? to its name in 1985) launched a commemorative edition of the watch called the Monaco Calibre 11 Edition Steve McQueen. We took it out for a test drive. The watch?s styling evokes its racing heritage. It has racing stripes on its dial ? along with a logo that reads simply ?Heuer? in homage to its pre-TAG origin ? and a perforated strap. The watch is big ? 39 mm by 39 mm and 15 mm thick ? but it?s very comfortable. Nothing scratches, pinches, or rubs. The clasp and supple calfskin strap both feel pleasant on the wrist.
As in the original, the chrono pushers are on the right and the crown on the left.
The movement is a Sellita SW 300 base, with Glucydur balance, paired with a chronograph module made specifically for TAG by Dubois Dépraz. (Most other Monaco chronographs contain the ETA 2894.) The movement?s configuration enables TAG to place the crown on the left side of the case while keeping the chronograph pushers on the right, the same arrangement that was used in the original Monaco. (That watch, launched in 1969, was one of the world?s first automatic chronographs. It conta...