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Maybe not his grandfather
Apr 25, 2023,02:44 AM
A lot of online articles say the watch was commissioned by Churchill’s grandfather, but he died in 1883, seven years before the piece was commissioned. Emmanuel Breguet writes in Breguet, Watchmakers Since 1775, that the watch was commissioned by the Churchill’s uncle, who I imagine was George Spencer-Churchill, the 8th Duke of Marlborough.
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Maybe not his grandfather
By: prachi : April 25th, 2023-02:44
A lot of online articles say the watch was commissioned by Churchill’s grandfather, but he died in 1883, seven years before the piece was commissioned. Emmanuel Breguet writes in Breguet, Watchmakers Since 1775 , that the watch was commissioned by the Chu...