Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch KHS Scoopnest
Washington, March 10, 2009 - The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History announced it has found a "secret" message engraved in President Abraham Lincoln's watch by a watchmaker who was repairing it in 1861 when news of the attack on Fort Sumter reached Washington, D.C.
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Posted on November 2, 2020 With the Election Day today, we thought we'd take a look back at the watches belonging to Abraham Lincoln - America's 16th president. Lincoln was known to have owned a few pocket watches in his time, but there are two in particular that seem noteworthy: a gold pocket watch and a Waltham pocket watch.
Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch National Museum of American… Flickr
Abraham Lincoln was known as a plain dealer, not tempted by the vanities of appearance. However, he did own a few things that advertised his status in society. This particular gold pocket watch was one of them. In the 18th and 19th centuries, a gold pocket watch was a status symbol, a sign of success that many distinguished people wore.
Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch American Civil War Museum
May 24, 2013, at 2:45 p.m. Inside Lincoln's Pockets. More. (Elizabeth Flock/USN&WR) The night Abraham Lincoln was shot, he was carrying: a pocket knife, a watch fob, an Irish linen handkerchief.
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Message behind the dial of Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch Description: Lincoln's English gold watch was purchased in the 1850s from George Chatterton, a Springfield, Illinois, jeweler. Lincoln was not considered to be outwardly vain, but the fine gold watch was a conspicuous symbol of his success as a lawyer.
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A. Adams Co. (manufacturer) Place of Origin. London (England) Date. circa 1860. Physical Description. Skeletonized movement may have once been exposed with glass cover; Roman numerals, porcelain face; 1 replaced hand (fleur de lis); 18K gold case; brass inner case; Swiss quality flat hair spring; 14 jewel movement; Key watch with lid, key missing.
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Word was out that a pocket watch that once belonged to Abraham Lincoln might have a secret message engraved inside of it. The evidence, while not overwhelming, was enough to pique the museum's.
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Plot In 1910, Robert Todd Lincoln, an esteemed scientist, the only living son of former US President Abraham Lincoln, and a close friend of incumbent President William Howard Taft, reveals to the President that he has found an old pocket watch that belonged to his father.
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March 10, 2009. WASHINGTON — Confirming a rumor that has circulated for generations, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History opened a gold pocket watch that belonged to Abraham.
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A hush fell over the room as the watchmaker halted his work. A partially-dismantled pocket watch that once belonged to President Abraham Lincoln gleamed in his hands. He looked up from his task and pushed a visor, fitted with magnifying glasses for detailed work, up onto the top of his head. "The moment of truth has come!" he boomed.
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Lincoln never knew his pocket watch carried this hidden inscription. And no one else knew either until an 84-year-old Dillon gave an interview to. News, Press, Watch Industry. A Letter From Our Founder, Hamilton Powell. February 18, 2021.
Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch American Civil War Museum
The open case, face and chain of Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States, beating Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge of the Southern Democrats, and John Bell of the new Constitutional Union Party.On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on Union troops at Fort Sumter, forcing them to surrender, and.
Abraham Lincoln's 18K Gold Pocket Watch Photograph by David Hinds Fine Art America
The contents of Abraham Lincoln's pockets When he was shot, Abraham Lincoln was carrying a small pocket knife, two pairs of spectacles and a pocket watch fob in his pockets.
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Ref #: PA.1396418 Date: 01/11/1865. US President Abraham Lincoln owned a gold pocket watch. Housed in the The Smithsonian, the watch holds a secret..no one alive today can recall the tragic day in 1861 when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, beginning a terrible and tragic war that divided this nation and changed it forever.
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President Abraham Lincoln's Waltham Pocket Watch In tribute, upon the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln was presented with a William Ellery, key wind watch Waltham Model 1857, serial number 67613. This watch is now in the collection of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. [3] [4] [5]
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March 10, 2009 Lincoln's watch is a fine gold timepiece that the 16th president purchased in the 1850s from a Springfield, Illinois jeweler. It has been in the safe custody of the Smithsonian.