> > Posted on behalf of Barry Singer: > Your email inquiry about Winston Churchill’s watch was forwarded to me by churchillchat group.
According to Emanuel Breguet, current Directeur of Breguet, whom I spoke to directly about this, Churchill’s pocket watch, known as “The Turnip,” was “*a rare N° 765, minute-repeating split-seconds chronograph bought in 1890 by “the Duke of Marlborough” (uncle of Sir Winston).*” Thanks to your close attention, I see that I erroneously rendered the Duke of Marlborough in 1890 as Churchill’s*cousin*. He was, in fact, Churchill’s uncle (the 8th Duke of Marlborough, George Charles Spencer-Churchill). However, Breguet’s records are clear that the watch does not go back to 1818 and the 4th Duke (who, in fact, I note, died in 1817). I believe that the Churchill Museum is quite wrong as well. Personally, I will fix my mistake in the next edition of CHURCHILL STYLE. Thanks you very much for bringing this to my attention. Best wishes, Barry Singer -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
