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Inside the Queen’s watch collection: the private passion of a serious connoisseur
her jewellery – much of which belongs to the Royal Collections – is easy to find (her gems even have their own Wikipedia page), the particulars of her watches, most of which come from her private collection, are harder to confirm.One thing is for sure: like her four-times-great-grandfather George III, the Queen has a passion for timepieces by the finest makers. While the watches never make too big a statement, certainly never overshadowing the crown jewels on state occasions, each one that has been spied on the royal wrist has serious horological clout – even where they cannot be identified precisely, the calibre of the makers is obvious.Below is a selection of the Queen's watches through the years.As befits a future queen and her husband,
