Maybe it was originally planned to be a Le Mans edition but it got changed. Or that was what it was referred to internally at some point. Seems the more likely explanation than sending out the wrong boxes from another forthcoming special edition.

 

I guess we'll know in about 2 months time. My gut tells me there's a surprise coming.

 

I've been told August is when they will release the Lemans Monaco. Will be exciting to see if rumours are true!

 

My guess is a Le Mans 50th Anniversary Edition is coming, and If I had to speculate, I'd guess we'll see the blue McQueen dial setup in the titanium case. Thinking about it like, if Steve McQueen were to wear a Monaco while making the movie today, this would be the most modern interpretation of that watch, while still holding onto some of the classic Monaco design cues (left-hand crown, horizontal indices).

Plus, it seems like a lot of trouble to go through producing the Calibre 11 Monaco case in titanium to only use it for one run of 500 silver dialed Titans.

 

Well that would make sense...

 

My guess is solid yellow gold C11 Monaco in a very limited run

 

That's an interesting take, too - being the "golden" birthday. How about rose gold? That would be really cool, too. Either would wind up well into 5 figures...

 

Last time I went to Oxford Street they still had the last solid gold Monaco in stock...

 

How much???

 

Let me consult my notes....

 

http://tagheuerenthusiast.blogspot.com/2019/08/on-wrist-tag-heuer-monaco-calibre-12.html

Between £11,000 and £12,000, but I'm sure they would have taken an offer. Not a Calibre 11 though...

 

I wouldn't be interested in one, but I was just curious.

 

I like this idea, but I wonder how many existing CAW211P owners would go for such a watch? It will look almost the same at a glance, but cost a lot more.

If they release a "Le Mans LE" 50th anniversary movie Monaco, it absolutely should have some inspiration from the movie. A blue dial of some type is practically a "must have". Whether they give it some form of Gulf treatment or stripes (recall the CAW211D striped McQueen) or precious metal case or something else, it needs a movie theme tie-in IMHO.

But again, I feel a Le Mans Edition should have a blue dial. Yellow gold and blue is a bit much for me. I'd rather see titanium, white gold or platinum. All of these options will only be for those with very deep pockets. Hence, my preference would be a stainless steel case and something else special about the dial and caseback.

 

Interesting discussion. Some really good thoughts here about what may or may not get released. I'm coming round to thinking maybe something is in the pipeline after all. I just thought we'd had enough limited editions this year, but I guess one more won't make that much difference!

 

Most things going forward limited editions it feels like, the new standard production is limited runs. Ruins a bit of the fun in my opinion.

I doubt the Lemans Monaco will be white gold, dont forget we've got the white gold glassbox coming. Looking back through the history of racing and Heuer, a yellow gold makes more sense to me.

 

Has anyone come across a good source to see better photos of the Max piece unique masterpiece with 33 on the dial?

 

I noticed Max was wearing it again at Baku, even though it didn't bring him good luck. I wonder if he will wear it all year, gonna keep my eyes peeled.