Repeating Watch Once belonged to King George III and King George V Swiss, 1802 Gold The Royal Collection |
The watch was made in 1802 by watchmaker Louis Recordon. Recordon was an important part of horologic history and developed one of the first self-winding watch mechanisms. This particular timepiece is a repeater—meaning that it chimes the hour twice. It also chimes on the quarter hour.
George III presented his nephew, the future King George V, with this watch on his wedding day in 1893.
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