Tag Heuer Monaco

In the last grand prix (in Turkey) he ran a thrilling race, duelling wheel-to-wheel with Lewis Hamilton, the man whose world crown he seized last autumn, and is currently placed perfectly in the drivers' championship. He has absurdly palatial homes in Monaco and Guernsey and his - until very recently - girlfriend, the stunning Jessica Michibata, is a lingerie model. He's the reigning world champion of the most glamorous and highly paid sport in the world. He is worth £40 million and adds £6 million to his fortune each year purely out of his salary. Button is the epitome of the rakish grand prix hero. He'll have taken note of the speed, the glamour and the money to be made. 'Of course,' he adds, 'he'll have already worked out what the positives are.

When Tag Heuer created it’s Formula One racing watch, Monaco 1133 , for Swiss racecar driver, Jo Siffert, no one could imagine that this edition would be made famous just two years later when actor Steve McQueen decided to wear the timepiece for... The TAG Heuer Monaco 1133 began as a brand new design concept by Jack Heuer himself, who had a vision for a great racecar timepiece.   The TAG Heuer Monaco 1969 Original Re-Edition was released as a limited edition, with only 1,000 timepieces available. In 2009 TAG Heuer decided to re-launch the Monaco 1133 in a replica almost exact to the orginal.   Perhaps McQueen was attracted to the impressive craftsmanship and unique blue square design when he decided to brand himself with the Monaco.

Here, though, he is temporarily off-duty, taking a tour around the watch museum of TAG Heuer, one of his sponsors, in the sleepy Swiss town of La

McQueen was born left-handed, and had sought out Heuer's Monaco Calibre 11 watch to give him the accuracy that successor company TAG Heuer maintains to this

TAG also organised an exhibition of its 16 historical timepieces and three watches for the future – the TAG Heuer Pendulum Concept, Monaco V4 and Carrera

The Monaco continues to represent the spirit of TAG Heuer. The blue chronograph version with its 60-second counter at 3 o'clock and 30-minute counter at 9

It is hugely popular amongst collectors and is the second most valuable series of Heuer watches after the Monaco. The Silverstone gets its name from the