The Count of Monte Cristo (1844)

Alexandre Dumas's revenge epic. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. (Goodreads)

Watches

Breguet pocket watch: "Danglars' watch, a masterpiece by Breguet which he had rewound with care before setting out the previous day, chimed half past five in the morning."

Source text: Danglars’ watch, one of Breguet’s repeaters, which he had carefully wound up on the previous night, struck half past five. Without this, Danglars would have been quite ignorant of the time, for daylight did not reach his cell. (Project Gutenberg ebook 1184, Chapter 115)