Serendipity can make a watch an icon and the Reference 11338, launched in 1 969, owes its legacy to the simple fact that the prop department of the film "Le Mans" had duplicates of this watch, as opposed to the Autavia Steve McQueen allegedly would have preferred to wear. However, more importantly perhaps was that the calibre 11 housed in this watch was a point of real contention between several watch brands and Heuer needed to set themselves apart from other designs. They therefore turned to renowned watch case manufacturer in Switzerland, Ervin Piquerez S.A (EPSA), who had also developed the compression case used in diving models from Jaeger LeCoultre or Longines, to create a bold, powerful and enticing case exclusively designed for Heuer and synonymous with the Monaco today. The present example is the standard reference 11338 "McQueen" Monaco with matt blue dial, white sub registers and brushed steel hands with red stripe and luminous insert with a rare 'no lume' dial, making this timepiece extremely rare and possibly unique.