Antoinette watch found

March 20, 2009

France returns rare objects to Israel 25 years after they had been stolen from a Jerusalem museum by an Israeli burglar. The objects, mostly gentleman's watches and clocks, were found in a vault at a French bank last November thanks to close cooperation between French and Israeli police. Among the returned items was an 18th century watch made by the famous watch maker Abraham-Louis Breguet for French queen Marie Antoinette.