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BBC News31 December 2007 |
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- Winston Churchill's first watch was a Dent
- King George V's Dent struck eleven as the Great War ended
- Tsar Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, wore a Dent
- Dent built Big Ben's famous four-faced clock
- King George V presented Woodbine Willie with a Dent
- 1st Duke of Wellington, The Iron Duke, wore a Dent
- Dent made the chronometers that guided the Royal Navy
- Dent chronometers guided the Royal Yacht Britannia
- Dent's Palace Clock has kept Balmoral on time since 1857
- Dent equipped the Royal Navy with marine chronometers
- The Shah of Persia granted Dent a Royal Warrant in 1904
- Dent held Warrants from Emperor Meiji of Japan
- Dent was watch and clock maker to Queen Victoria
- The magnificent clock at St Pancras station is a Dent
- Dr Livingstone and Stanley both used Dent timepieces
- Dent clocks controlled GMT at the Royal Observatory
- Darwin had six Dent No. 633 timepieces on HMS Beagle
- Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II owns a Dent
- The BBC synchronised their hourly six pips with a Dent
- King Edward VI granted Dent a Royal Warrant
- Big Ben, 150 years young. Made by Dent
