“When I was exposed to the truth by way of a book, I kept the secret, too. I was 13. My parents divorced, and five years later, my mother died. In 1966, I went to live with my father in Hollywood. I was forbidden to talk about our life: ‘Don’t discuss our family business...
“George Horton of Keeper’s Cottage, Footherley, a farm labourer [he was 15 at the time] was summoned for trespassing on land in the occupation of Mr Alfred Ellison at Footherley. Mr C L Hodgkinson appeared for Horton, against whom it was stated that he was seen on the land….two s...
But when Frederique Constant released the first worldtimer in the brand’s history in 2012, it was a sign of the brand’s long-term commitment to not only watchmaking and accessible luxury but the brand’s commitment to an overall ease of use. Why? Because instead of placing a pusher that...