Watchlords

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“This one, coming directly from the person who McQueen gifted it to, is as good as it gets as far as provenance goes,” said Paul Boutros, the head of watches at Phillips, Americas. The iconic and ultra-rare Heuer Monaco watch was worn by McQueen during the filming of Le Mans, and it sold for $2.2 million.“

Very cool. This was has been discussed as long as I've been interested in watches and then some. Can't get much cooler than this.

I'm probably wrong, but as far as "crossover" provenance goes, nothing has ever topped this one. I mean, I knew about the McQueen watch long before I was into watches, even. I remember reading magazine articles about it in the freakin' '70s.