A few quick thoughts on this one:

• I like the numerals, hands and style of the registers . . . all very 1920s / 30s
• Monza is a fine name for this watch, as the Monza track was built in the early 1920s . . . so the look of the numerals, hands and registers seems right to me
• as collectors who focus on the 1960s and 70s, we are jolted to see the Monza / Heuer name and logo transplanted from 1977 to 1927, and we see a case that we associate with the Monza re-issue
• having the "Calibre 36" on the dial is out of period, for the 1920s or the 1970s, but this is a legendary movement, so it is natural for TAG Heuer to want to show off the name [a shame that the hour recorder was lost in the process]

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: Another nice piece from DC that I don't think has been posted here
: yet:

: http://www.calibre11.com/2011-tag-heuer-monza/

: Helps explain the pre-Basel teaser shots that didn't appear to have
: any link to the 1/1000 Mikrotimer:

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: David also uncovered the link to the 30s chrono that inspired the
: Monza reedition, rather than the Camaro we all thought it was
: more like. Seems like a 40-year cycle for fashions in watch
: cases! Still don't get why it's called a Monza though :)

: Personally, I'm divided on the looks. It seems a bit pastichey to
: me - the retro styling alone I can live with, and it suits the
: case, but the model name above Heuer is for me tied irrevocably
: to that 60s and 70s heyday, and having it and that retro look on
: the same dial seems an anachronism. Wonder how it would look
: with a thin Heuer shield, no model name and the movement text
: omitted - I think I'd prefer that, although the argument over
: whether that might mislead a less well-informed consumer into
: thinking it was actually vintage would then apply. On balance
: then, it doesn't really appeal to me but I can see that it will
: find a ready market.