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Waltham 14K Gold Pocket Watch - 1905 - Two Pictures Of The Same Watch
14 karate gold Waltham pocket watch with hunter's case, made in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1905 - 115 years ago. Runs perfectly. These pictures are front and rear views of the same watch. The chain was made in England and is 10k gold, as most English watch chains were in those days. That's why the chain is a slightly different shade of gold, than the watch case. Like most English things, of this sort, every individual link in the chain is hallmarked with the English Lion Rampant. The fob is silver with gold in the center. Abraham Lincoln had a Waltham very similar to this one (of course, a few years older than this one) in his vest pocket, the evening he was assassinated. Lincoln’s watch has been in the safe custody of the Smithsonian Institution since 1958 - it was donated to the museum as a gift from Lincoln's great-grandson, whose name was Lincoln Isham. In the 2012 Steven Spielberg movie, “Lincoln", Spielberg asked if he could borrow the Lincoln watch and let actor Daniel Day Lewis use it, as he was portraying Lincoln. The Smithsonian would not allow him to use the watch in the movie, but they did allow director Spielberg to record and use the sound of Lincoln’s watch. So, when Daniel Day Lewis (as Lincoln) looks at his watch and you hear it ticking, that is actually the sound of Lincoln’s watch ticking.
Waltham 14K Gold Pocket Watch - 1905 - Two Pictures Of The Same Watch
14 karate gold Waltham pocket watch with hunter's case, made in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1905 - 115 years ago. Runs perfectly. These pictures are front and rear views of the same watch. The chain was made in England and is 10k gold, as most English watch chains were in those days. That's why the chain is a slightly different shade of gold, than the watch case. Like most English things, of this sort, every individual link in the chain is hallmarked with the English Lion Rampant. The fob is silver with gold in the center. Abraham Lincoln had a Waltham very similar to this one (of course, a few years older than this one) in his vest pocket, the evening he was assassinated. Lincoln’s watch has been in the safe custody of the Smithsonian Institution since 1958 - it was donated to the museum as a gift from Lincoln's great-grandson, whose name was Lincoln Isham. In the 2012 Steven Spielberg movie, “Lincoln", Spielberg asked if he could borrow the Lincoln watch and let actor Daniel Day Lewis use it, as he was portraying Lincoln. The Smithsonian would not allow him to use the watch in the movie, but they did allow director Spielberg to record and use the sound of Lincoln’s watch. So, when Daniel Day Lewis (as Lincoln) looks at his watch and you hear it ticking, that is actually the sound of Lincoln’s watch ticking.