Thanks Eric, and thanks for your article which brought it to my attention.
I have read that he may have picked it up whilst filming the Great Escape - which is possible, only if the filming was done a year or so before it's release, otherwise, he must of picked it up elsewhere.

Stewart

: Great watch! Thanks for linking to my HODINKEE piece on the watch,
: as well.

:
: http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/2011/11/28/the-story-of-the-hanhart-417-chronograph-steve-mcqueens-othe.html

: Interestingly, as I note in the post, he wore it in The War
: Lover, released in 1962, so we know he had it before 1964.
: In addition, he wore it in the press photographs for Love
: with the Proper Stranger.