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At last, the Holy Grail, 1133B

Every brand has their iconic piece, the Monaco Steve McQueen to me is the one to find, examined and owned, was a dream until yesterday when I actually man-handled one in a shop that sell vintage watches. After surviving 45 years, no box & papers are understood, the watch condition according to the shop owner (also a friend) claimed the previous owner has serviced once. She's a definite beauty and after agreeing on a reasonable offer, I am taking her home this weekend. Many web articles on this piece and held true when I held the 1133B on my hand, just don't want to leave her and quickly settled on the deal. Here is the first snap in the shop, and I put this against my recent purchase of the re-issue McQueen for comparison. I hope Tag Heuer do Monaco re-issue watches without removing the 12 hrs chrono register, it just doesn't seem right putting a 30 minutes register on their re-issues, actually I hated it...will contemplating selling the new re-issue now that I found the holy grail piece...







1133B vs CAW211P

Its hard to show the dial color with my phone camera... Anyway, another quest for one of my sought after is done.

Cheers to all... Ian