Napoleon Bonaparte
Les montres des puissants ... Napoleonpocketwatch

George Washington
Les montres des puissants ... Georgewashingtonspocketwatch

Benjamin Franklin montre de 1770. The watch exchanged hands several times. Engraved below the key hole reads: This watch first owned by / Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790 / to Timothy Folger 1732-1814 / to Benjamin Franklin Folger / 1769-1836 / to James Athern Folger / 1835-1889
Les montres des puissants ... BenFranklinspocketwatch

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Thomas Jefferson’s gold pocket watch, approx. ca. 1782. The watch is dedicated to his wife and contains a lock of his wife’s hair. The inscription reads: Martha W. Jefferson Born 19 Oct. 1748, Died 6 Sept. 1782.
Les montres des puissants ... Christies_jefferson

Marie Antoinette’s gold Breguet pocket watch, ca. 1827. It took 44 years to complete after it was first commissioned in 1793. Marie Antoinette never saw the watch through to its completion, as she was sent to the guillotine 10 years before its completion. It is referred to as the Queen/Mona Lisa of watches.

Les montres des puissants ... MarieAntoinettewatch

King Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark’s yellow gold Patek Philippe pocket watch. 45 rose-cut diamonds form the intertwining letters L and C, with a ribbon crossing them with the dates, 1842 and 1867. One side of the case is enameled with a portrait of Louise:
Les montres des puissants ... Christian-IX-and-Louise

Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch made by Jonathan Dillon, ca. 1861:
Les montres des puissants ... 24-lincoln_watch
Inside Lincoln’s watch, the Smithsonian Institute discovered inscriptions made by Dillon. The inscription reads: Jonathan Dillon April 13-1861 Fort Sumpter [sic] was attacked by the rebels on the above date. J Dillon » AND « April 13-1861 Washington. Thank God we have a government. Jonth Dillon.
Les montres des puissants ... Lincoln-inscribed-watch

Abraham Lincoln’s Waltham Watch Co. pocket watch, ca. 1863:
Les montres des puissants ... Ellery01

Queen Victoria’s 2 Patek Philippe yellow gold with blue enamel pocket watches, purchased at the Great Exhibition in London 12 years after Patek Philippe’s founding, ca. 1863:
Les montres des puissants ... Queen-Victoria-Pocket-Watch

Pope Pius IX’s custom-made 18kt gold with enamel Patek Philippe pocket watch, ca. 1867. Engraved inside it translates as, « Father, King, May you rule the souls and the hearts, Geneva 29 June 1867 »:
Les montres des puissants ... Pope-Pius-IX-pocket-watch

King Ludwig II of Bavaria’s gold, enamel, and diamond pocket watch with fob seal, ca. 1880. The symbol on the watch is the royal military order of Saint George:
Les montres des puissants ... Sotheby_ludwig
King Ludwig II of Bavaria’s gold pocket watch, stopped at 6:53:
Les montres des puissants ... Ludwig2uhr

Teddy Roosevelt’s Leroy et Fils pocket watch, ca. 1890. It is polychrome-enameled with the Roosevelt family arms and motto, « Qui Plantavit Curabit, » translated from the Latin: « Anyone who bothers to plant something will take care of it. »:
Les montres des puissants ... TeddyRooseveltspocketwatch

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy’s yellow gold Patek Philippe pocket watch worn during his reign. The pocket watch has an enameled ducal crown and the initials VE interlaced with the bow of Savoy:
Les montres des puissants ... Victor-Emanuel-III

Mahatma Gandhi’s Zenith pocket watch with alarm complication, approx. ca. 1910:
Les montres des puissants ... GandhiPocketwatch

Winston Churchill’s gold Breguet pocket watch:
Les montres des puissants ... WinstonChurchillswatch

Among the items that Churchill kept on his person attached to a heavy gold waistcoat-chain:
a small round gold case for holding gold sovereigns
a V for Victory emblem
a silver head of Napoleon (of whom he was a great admirer)
a keepsake medallion of the Westminster Abbey Division by-election of 1924 (which WSC lost by just 43 votes)
a garnet-stone set in a gold heart (the gift of Clementine on their wedding day in September 1908)
another golden heart, which Clementine gave Winston on his 90th Birthday

Les montres des puissants ... Churchill2

Professor Albert Einstein’s 14kt yellow gold, tonneau-shaped Longines watch given to him on February 16, 1931 in Los Angeles, ca. 1930:
Les montres des puissants ... AlbertEinsteinWatch1930s

John Dillinger’s 17 jewel gold-filled Hamilton pocket watch, found on his person the day of his death, ca. July 22, 1934:

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