Did you read that story? Who could Is this the famous Waltham WM Ellery watch key wind watch Waltham Model 1857, serial number 67613, (also?) now in the custody of the Smithsonian Museum he had received upon the Gettysburg Address? Or is it effectively another make, apparently of English provenience?
Appreciating your analyse (as you know, I am not a watchmaker). Best regards SWG
> Did you read that story? Who could Is this the famous Waltham WM > Ellery watch key wind watch Waltham Model 1857, serial number 67613, > (also?) now in the custody of the Smithsonian Museum he had received > upon the Gettysburg Address? Or is it effectively another make, > apparently of English provenience?
> Appreciating your analyse (as you know, I am not a watchmaker). > Best regards > SWG
On Oct 30, 7:08 pm, "Jack Denver" <nunuv...@netscape.net> wrote:
> I dunno but I'd be pissed if my watchmaker wrote all over the dial side of > my watch like that.
I imagine that the contents of the message would be of essence.
It did not impair the good working of the watch though and gave the newspaper a good story. Imagine that in year 2159 a similar story could be written about yours' ? What a nice topics for alt.horology!
No this was an English fuseee watch, not the Waltham. He purchased this in Springfield, Illinois in the early 1850s, before the Waltham factory had opened:
Lincoln was a very sucessful lawyer - a watch of this quality and with an engraved 18K case was not a cheap item.
This watch is at the Smithsonian in DC.
The Waltham, now in a museum in Kentucky (where he was born) was not presented to Lincoln until much later (the Gettysburg Address was delivered in Nov. 1863).
> Did you read that story? Who could Is this the famous Waltham WM > Ellery watch key wind watch Waltham Model 1857, serial number 67613, > (also?) now in the custody of the Smithsonian Museum he had received > upon the Gettysburg Address? Or is it effectively another make, > apparently of English provenience?
> Appreciating your analyse (as you know, I am not a watchmaker). > Best regards > SWG
Of course in retrospect it forms an interesting historical snapshot. Emotions were running very high, at a fever pitch at that moment - it was not the normal practice of watchmakers to scratch more than their names and the date of service. Still, I see it as unprofessional, then and now. It bothers me when I see for example sports columnists in the newspaper make snide remarks about the President that have nothing to do with their job (they did this more with Bush - Obama is (for now) their hero).
"SWG" <swisswatch...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> I dunno but I'd be pissed if my watchmaker wrote all over the dial side of > my watch like that.
I imagine that the contents of the message would be of essence.
It did not impair the good working of the watch though and gave the newspaper a good story. Imagine that in year 2159 a similar story could be written about yours' ? What a nice topics for alt.horology!
> No this was an English fuseee watch, not the Waltham. He purchased this in > Springfield, Illinois in the early 1850s, before the Waltham factory had > opened:
> Lincoln was a very sucessful lawyer - a watch of this quality and with an > engraved 18K case was not a cheap item.
> This watch is at the Smithsonian in DC.
> The Waltham, now in a museum in Kentucky (where he was born) was not > presented to Lincoln until much later (the Gettysburg Address was delivered > in Nov. 1863).
> > Did you read that story? Who could Is this the famous Waltham WM > > Ellery watch key wind watch Waltham Model 1857, serial number 67613, > > (also?) now in the custody of the Smithsonian Museum he had received > > upon the Gettysburg Address? Or is it effectively another make, > > apparently of English provenience?
> > Appreciating your analyse (as you know, I am not a watchmaker). > > Best regards > > SWG
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