Napoleon's pocket watch

La montre à gousset de Napoléon | Goussets Béguin

The golden gusset watch of the French Boussot de Villeneuve, who belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte until his death in Santa Elena, was "inherited" by his personal doctor, who Careed in his last days, Dr. Antommarchi, with other personal objects from the Emperor, and settled in Cuba with his property where he established his residence.

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many years later, the heirs of Dr Antommarchi, offered as Wedding gift In Commander Raul Castro Ruz, Gousset watch which belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte. Later, the president of the Cuba State Council, donated this timepiece to the Napoleonic Museum of Havana, where it is currently on display.

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