There are few watches ever designed that are as instantly as recognisable as the Heuer Monaco.  Model reference 73633B.

HOW DO WE DATE THIS WATCH?

The three register 73633B was only made between 1972 and 1974, so the dating window is quite narrow for this model.

CONDITION

Everyone thinks the Heuer Monaco was an enormous success.  When launched it was the first waterproof square watch case, made by Piquerez exclusively for Heuer, and also featured the one of the first automatic chronograph movements ever made, calibre 11.  Most famously it was worn by Steve McQueen in the 1971 film Le Mans – Jack Heuer was a master at having his watches seen around race cars.  But the model only ran from 1969 to 1976, with slow sales due to various factors including the quartz crisis, Seiko’s cheaper alternative automatic chronographs, other models in Heuer’s own range that were too similar, and even the oil crisis of ’73.  The model was relaunched in 1998, and it is still in the catalogue now.

Model 73633B was the only Monaco with three subdials, so they could register up to 12 hours rather than just 30 minutes.  It was available in either grey or blue dials, and we have the later here.  They were also manual wind, with the crown on the right rather than the left handed crowns of the calibre 11 and 12 watches.  The dial on this example is good and has been checked against this exhaustive resource from On The Dash.   The dial has some marks on the bottom left, but overall is excellent.  The hands also meet all the things to look for to ensure they are original.  On the back is the Heuer logo and telling you to use tool 033 to open the case – a tool we don’t have and we don’t want to risk damaging the case.  The leather strap is new, and could be swapped for a different colour if preferred.

This watch will be supplied with our branded presentation box and our Certificate of Authenticity.

This watch has been checked against the Watch Register and has not been reported as lost, stolen or implicated in fraud, and a copy of that certificate will also be included.

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​SIZE

Width with crown  42.0 mm

Width without crown  39.8 mm

Between lugs  22 mm

Lug to lug length  45.3 mm

Case Thickness  13.7 mm

All sizes are approximate.  The watch is photographed on a wrist of 190mm/7.5 inches.

Included with this watch is a 3 month guarantee and free delivery to UK addresses.  If you live outside the UK we can still deliver to most countries.  Please see our Worldwide Shipping information, or Contact Us.   Payment can be made by most credit or debit cards, bank transfer or PayPal.

From 1st September 2021 we will be planting a tree for every watch we sell, working with the International Tree Foundation (Est 1922) to make this business positive on carbon.  By buying anything pre owned you are effectively reusing what already exists, but this takes it further and makes us feel good.

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