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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stephanie Wareham

Pocket watch ‘used by naval officer at Battle of Trafalgar’ set for auction

A pocket watch believed to have been used by a naval officer during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is to go under the hammer at auction.

The 235-year-old silver watch was discovered alongside a handwritten note from 1897, penned by its 19th-century owner, James H Waters.

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