After filming Le Mans, this instance ended up within the fingers of Bevan Weston, a younger mechanic who labored on the movie. Afterwards, he would go on to work for McLaren and was part of their Indy 500 crew in 1971 – the place, in fact, the Monaco was on his wrist. Weston bought the watch to a non-public collector round 2010 (this outdated On The Sprint thread has an unsubstantiated declare as to its worth then). Now, this personal collector is consigning it to Sotheby’s, marking the primary time it is appeared publicly.