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- July 29th, 2009
Charlotte Bronte
Novel writing originally was the male bastion. However, a few successful women made forays into this male fortress and earned a name for themselves. Charlotte Bronte was one among them. With the publication of Jane Eyre in 1847 she shot up in fame as a spectacular woman celebrity. The present day new rich and famous make their way into the world of glitter and glamour by the purchase of a status symbol. Bronte also did the same. Possessing a timepiece in the Victorian England reflected the radiance of the owner’s triumph. She got for herself a pendant style Patek Philippe. This has romanticized the Patek Philippe among the English fans of Bronte and many have become proud owners of replica watches of the celebrated brand.
Bronte might have pinned the watch on her frock or might have worn as a chain around her neck. The watch had gold case and opened on hinges and revealed in the inner lid an enamel portrait of an affectionate mother and child. Like Queen Victoria, Bronte too had a cute clock to pin on her frock.
Charlotte Bronte was enamored of watches as evidenced by the densely packed references to watches in the 450 and odd pages of the sprawling novel, Jane Eyre. There are at least eleven direct references to watches. The novelty of the gadget and perhaps Bronte’s subliminal fascination of the new status symbol of the successful might have triggered these allusions. Three of the characters, all from the upper echelon of the social rank, in the novel wear watches parading their class as well as affluence.
The first reference to the watch is made by the heroine Jane herself watching the superintendent of Lowood called Maria Temple: “a gold watch (watches were not so common then as now) shone at her girdle”. For the social historian the reference shows the paucity of gadgets like watches in the Victorian England and asserts the fact that they were available only to special classes. For the student of sartorial studies the reference gives a peep into the manner of wearing a watch by woman in that period.The culmination of the novel witnesses the gift of the gold watch by the hero, Rochester to Jane Eyre, after he became blind.
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A Pendant Patek Philippe
