Le Mans (1971)

Le Mans

A motor-racing drama starring Steve McQueen, shot around the real 24 Hours of Le Mans. Two car racing champions, an American and a German, face off on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France. (IMDb)

Watches

Heuer Monaco 1133B

Worn by Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney. The square-cased Monaco became inseparable from McQueen's racing image. Sotheby's sold his screen-worn watch, case no. 160'304, in December 2024, identifying it as the blue-dial reference 1133B and noting a special steel bracelet fitted for it during the production. The dial is signed Heuer: the firm did not become TAG Heuer until 1985. (Sotheby's) Montres de Luxe corroborates the blue-dial Monaco as McQueen's watch in the film. (Montres de Luxe)

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Rolex Submariner 5512

Worn by Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney. A closer look at the film shows that the first watch to appear on screen is actually McQueen's own Submariner, not the Monaco; behind-the-scenes photography from the production documents that whenever filming did not require the Monaco, McQueen wore his own no-date 5512 on his right wrist, the same watch photographed on him at Sebring earlier the same year. The Monaco was a prop obtained for the production and put on his right wrist only when filming required it; the Submariner was his own. (Revolution)

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