The American Watch cº watches
In 1851, the company American Watch Cº was created, which the following year became the Walthan Impotement Cº, before passing in 1885 to the powerful Walthan Watch Company.
The watch he wore the day of his election as president, Abraham Lincoln in 1860 was a silver America Watch, and later he received a Walthan Gusset watch, " WM Ellery "model, n ° 67613 From 1864, where his watchmaker wrote the alleged secret message.
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