Comments on: “The Turnip”: Churchill’s Breguet Pocket Watch http://richardlangworth.com/the-turnip-churchills-breguet-pocket-watch Churchill historian, automotive and travel writer Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:39:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard M. Langworthhttp://richardlangworth.com/the-turnip-churchills-breguet-pocket-watch#comment-615 Richard M. Langworth Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:49:57 +0000 http://richardlangworth.com/?p=836#comment-615 Oddly enough, "brain of a genius" does track to something said ABOUT WSC, by Charles Hobhouse, at the time Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, according to Ted Morgan's biography, YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY: Hobhouse thought Churchill "was just a spoiled child endowed by some chance with the brain of a genius."But it does not track to anything Churchill said; it would seem more likely that Breguet Watches themselves coined that paean. Oddly enough, “brain of a genius” does track to something said ABOUT WSC, by Charles Hobhouse, at the time Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, according to Ted Morgan’s biography, YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY: Hobhouse thought Churchill “was just a spoiled child endowed by some chance with the brain of a genius.”

But it does not track to anything Churchill said; it would seem more likely that Breguet Watches themselves coined that paean.

]]> By: A.C.Davieshttp://richardlangworth.com/the-turnip-churchills-breguet-pocket-watch#comment-614 A.C.Davies Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:09:12 +0000 http://richardlangworth.com/?p=836#comment-614 Was it WSC who said, "To own a Breguet is to carry the brains of a genius in your pocket"? Was it WSC who said, “To own a Breguet is to carry the brains of a genius in your pocket”?

]]> By: Johnhttp://richardlangworth.com/the-turnip-churchills-breguet-pocket-watch#comment-352 John Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:19:41 +0000 http://richardlangworth.com/?p=836#comment-352 The watch was originally acquired by the Duke of Marlborough in 1890. It is a minute repeater chronograph, with a fly back second hand. The watch was originally acquired by the Duke of Marlborough in 1890. It is a minute repeater chronograph, with a fly back second hand.

]]> By: Richard M. Langworthhttp://richardlangworth.com/the-turnip-churchills-breguet-pocket-watch#comment-312 Richard M. Langworth Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:20:06 +0000 http://richardlangworth.com/?p=836#comment-312 Sorry, I know nothing more than I reported. Sorry, I know nothing more than I reported.

]]> By: Joehttp://richardlangworth.com/the-turnip-churchills-breguet-pocket-watch#comment-311 Joe Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:37:26 +0000 http://richardlangworth.com/?p=836#comment-311 I just saw this post. Very intersting Richard. What model Bregeut, specifically, did WSC carry? Anyone know? I just saw this post. Very intersting Richard. What model Bregeut, specifically, did WSC carry? Anyone know?

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