queen victoria
1838

Purchase by Queen Victoria

The young Queen purchased a small watch with an off-centre dial wound by a knurled button.

Breguet Reine Victoria

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, purchased a Breguet watch on July 17 1838, a year after her accession to the throne. It was “a very small and simple watch, without repeater, very thin, for a ring” registered under number 5102.