Timeless watch the Queen loved

THIS delicate diamond and platinum watch was presented to Her Majesty the Queen in 1947 as a wedding gift from the Swiss Federal Republic.

Made at Vacheron Constantin, the world’s oldest watch factory, founded in Geneva in 1755, the diamondencircled round watch face is joined to a strap with loops of diamonds, making it one of the most ostentatious timepieces ever seen.

The Queen wore the watch often in her youth, once showing it off over a pair of black satin gloves.

It was among the many wedding presents the Queen bestowed upon Diana in 1981. Here she wears it to a gala dinner in Washington in 1985. The tiny gleaming stones mirror the crystals on the shoulder of her white silk gown.