Gift of God
about Steve McQueen, the man certainly had fine taste in watches. And his gift of a Heuer Monaco to personal mechanic Haig Alltounian in 1970 turned out to be pretty generous, too. When it came to auction at Phillips late last year, bidding opened at a pocket-money $200,000 but finally soared to $2,208,000. Mr Alltounian was not only McQueen’s spannerman, but also, the movie with this memorable poster line: ‘Steve McQueen takes you for a drive in the country. The country is France. The drive is at 200mph!’
