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Spotlight on: Patrick Dempsey, and his choice Tag Heuer Watches.
Patrick Dempsey is best known for his role as Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd in Grey's Anatomy.
What many people don't know is that aside from acting, he has one other passion - racing.
Dempsey, who maintains a sports car and vintage car collection, has competed in elite events, like
the 24 Hours of Le Man, and Rolex 24 at Daytona. He even owns a racing company, Dempsey Racing.
His enthusiasm for the sport, and for racing timepieces,
makes him a perfect ambassador for Tag Heuer.
We went watch spotting, and identified Patrick Dempsey’s Tag Heuer watches.
We've seen Patrick wear the very striking Tag Heuer Monaco Gulf. Channeling the powder blue
and bright orange, found on Gulf Oil-sponsored racing cars, this is one lively watch.
This collaboration of two iconic brands - Tag Heuer and Gulf Oil - the oil company
that sponsored Steve McQueen in the film "Le Man",
celebrates the 50th anniversary of the iconic Gulf racing stripes.
Aside from the cool call out to Gulf Oil's racing colors,
the watch is complemented with a blue leather strap with orange stitching.
One of Patrick's prized possessions is a vintage Tag Heuer Monaco from 1972.
The watch has a black dial and red accents, complemented by a red leather strap.
He's often photographed with the timepiece,
which he bought on his way to race in the WEC and Supercup races in Belgium.
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The Tag Heuer Autavia (awe-teyv-ya) holds a special place in Tag's history,
as the first chronograph from the brand to have a rotating bezel, and be given a model name.
This modern Autavia Heuer 02 (oh-two), launched in 2016, was born out of the "Autavia Cup" campaign.
Over 50,000 fans had the opportunity to choose, which vintage model would
be launched the following year, as a historically inspired edition.
Of course, no Tag Heuer collection would be complete without the iconic blue Monaco.
Patrick wears the Calibre 12 model, whose square case, rich royal blue dial,
and red central hand are faithful to the original model popularized by Steve McQueen.
This version is the 2010 edition, measuring 39 millimeters,
and considered more angular than other editions.
Powered by the now discontinued Calibre 12 movement, which was replaced by the
new Monaco Heuer 02 - it's still very much in demand in the pre-owned market.
While Patrick is very partial to the Monaco, he does have one Carrera in his
collection - the Carrera Indy 500 watch, based on the modular skeleton dial Carrera Heuer 01.
TAG Heuer has been the official timekeeper of the iconic Indianapolis 500 race since 2004,
and this watch, with a limited edition of 100 pieces, marks the 100th running of the race.
The latest watch to grace the wrist of Patrick
Dempsey is the limited edition Tag Heuer Monaco 1989 to 1999.
This is the third of five limited edition pieces, meant to celebrate the Monaco's 50th anniversary.
Celebrating the Monaco's third decade of production, the 1989 to 1999 applies
stylistic influences from the 1990s, to the template of the classic 1969 chronograph.
With his passion for racing, Patrick Dempsey’s watches are spot on.
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