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September 1957 Le Cheminant was bought by Suffolk-based retail watchmakers and jewellers, the Betts family. Antony, Stuart and Gordon Betts were brothers and directors of Betts (Ipswich) Ltd. The main branch of Le Cheminant, however, was at 106 Wigmore Street, and the 1967 catalogue lists branches
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has a rare watch paper which places him at the virtually identical address of 72A, Wimpole Street. Although John Le
Cheminant, "watchmaker and jeweller" died on 1 February 1876, the name continued, with Le Cheminant appearing in trade directories as 'watch maker' at the same address, 72a Wimpole
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respectively. The Royal Navy also purchased deck watches from Le
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On the retirement of the Betts family, the company was taken over by Peter Reade, who ran it in
Ipswich until 2007, when it was purchased by the present owner, Stephen Grostate.
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Cheminant models at this time were ladies' watches with a variety of gold bracelets, children's watches, pendant and nurses' watch. All incorporated the
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Receipts and Issues of Chronometers. Held by the Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, UK. Le Cheminant chronometers Nos.18723
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Receipts and Issues of Chronometers. Held by the Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, UK. Le Cheminant chronometers Nos.18722
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Receipts and Issues of Chronometers. Held by the Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, UK. Le Cheminant Deck Watch No. 217251
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Ledger of Receipts and Issues of Chronometers. Held by the Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, UK. Le Cheminant Deck Watch No. 217249
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Ledger of Receipts and Issues of Chronometers. Held by the Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, UK. Le Cheminant Deck Watch No. 217248
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Ledger of Receipts and Issues of Chronometers. Held by the Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, UK. Le Cheminant Deck Watch No. 217247
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Ledger of Receipts and Issues of Chronometers. Held by the Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, UK. Le Cheminant Deck Watch No. 217246
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Ledger of Receipts and Issues of Chronometers. Held by the Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, UK. Le Cheminant Deck Watch No. 217242
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709:Deck watch
699:HMS Durban
696:Deck watch
683:Deck watch
676:2 May 1927
670:Deck watch
657:Deck watch
644:Deck watch
634:HMS Hermes
631:Deck watch
618:Deck watch
605:Deck watch
592:Deck watch
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566:Deck watch
553:Deck watch
540:Deck watch
527:Deck watch
514:Deck watch
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490:Deck watch
477:Deck watch
466:HMS Malaya
462:Deck watch
449:Deck watch
434:Deck watch
421:Deck watch
410:HMS Verdun
406:Deck watch
393:Deck watch
345:reference
234:Royal Navy
198:Royal Navy
90:footnoting
41:improve it
904:Greenwich
712:HMS Shark
569:HMS Alarm
452:HMS "P15"
298:Leicester
276:HMS
257:HMS
245:HMS
238:HMS
47:talk page
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396:HMTB 033
354:HMS Dido
86:citation
302:Bristol
294:Norwich
247:Titania
339:Vessel
274:, and
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202:Surrey
135:is in
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342:Date
336:Type
270:, a
262:, a
243:and
240:Dido
137:list
88:and
292:in
268:P15
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