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Winston Churchill's birthplace and his pocket watch
Visited the newly refurbished Churchill museum at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock UK yesterday and saw on display the pocket watch described as a 21st birthday present from Winston's father. Lots of other stuff on display were sadly replica artefacts and I wondered if this watch is the same. Alongside here is pictured another, somewhat blurred image, pocket watch claimed also to be Churchill's taken from elsewhere on the internet. Maybe he had more than one watch like most purists here! Clearly the two watches shown are quite different.
A very tiny part of Blenheim Park's long Cotswold-stone wall (9 miles in circumference) is the boundary of my small garden and we regularly walk the park and enjoy a coffee and a cake at the palace's cafes. Yesterday, the palace's car parks were full and I spotted a bevy of MG sports cars, so for the benefit of motor enthusiasts I share my quick photo of the interesting congregation.
Clive
21st birthday present
Another Churchill watch
Bevy of MG’s in the sun
Winston Churchill's birthplace and his pocket watch
Visited the newly refurbished Churchill museum at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock UK yesterday and saw on display the pocket watch described as a 21st birthday present from Winston's father. Lots of other stuff on display were sadly replica artefacts and I won...
Thanks for the pictures Clive.
Do you know who made the two pocket watches? All the best, Jon
The second one is a Breguet
Churchill famously wore Breguet no 765, a rattrapante minute repeater pocket watch. It was commissioned in 1890 by John Spencer-Churchill, the 7th Duke of Marlborough, who was Winston Churchill’s grandfather. Breguet made a replica of the watch for the fi...
Maybe not his grandfather
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...
Thanks for posting the link.
It seems a shame that the watch isn’t used by a family member.
Truly interesting pieces....
Thank you for taking the time to post the images here! Cheers, Filip
