A Week On The Wrist: The Heuer Monaco 1133

The Monaco might be one of the most recognizable watches of the 20th century, no doubt due to a phenomenal amount of money spent by TAG Heuer in celebrating its connection with Steve McQueen during the filming of the absolute best really bad movie of the 1970s, LeMans. But, what is the original Monaco like to wear, and live with? We see this watch posterized so much, it's often easy to overlook what this watch is like from a personal perspective, and while I've owned vintage Carreras and a self-winding Autavia, I'd never actually spent much wrist time with an original Monaco. Until recently, when I spent a full week with the vintage Heuer Monaco 1133(G) on the wrist. Here is what I thought of it: http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/heuer-mo...