16 January 2018, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by meganfox17
That's right Sir, sort of the first wristwatch for an aviator. Is it possible by any chance, the first EVER wristwatch in the world was actually worn by a woman? In the Breguet Muzium, in entry no 2369 of the famous Book Registry mentions in great detail of a "montre repetition de forme obloungue pour bracelet" or an oblong watch with repeater for a bracelet made by Abraham Louis Breguet and sold to Caroline Murat, the Queen of Naples and youngest sister of Napolean Bonaparte on the 5th Dec 1811 with two documented service records in 1849 and 1855
https://www.breguet.com/en/history/i...st-wristwatch# |
Very cool Megan thanks for sharing 
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