Gold watch with key owned by Lt Gen Sir Hudson Lowe, nd.
Made by expert Swiss watchmaker, Abraham Louis Breguet, Paris, nd. This is a ‘simple’ watch as opposed to a ‘repeating’ watch. The small left dial gives the days of the week (Dimanche, Lundi, Mardi etc). The case of the watch was made by Jean Louis Joly (case no 1977).
After his defeat at Waterloo Napoleon was exiled to the South Atlantic island of St Helena.
Napoleon reputedly presented this watch to Lt Gen Sir Hudson Lowe who was governor of the island, 1815-1821.