Timepieces that have appeared on the wrists—or in the pockets—of the commander in chief throughout the centuries tell us a lot about their sartorial style and character.
George Washington
Jean-Antoine Lépine Pocket Watch
(Courtesy of National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors)
In November 1778, Gouverneur Morris asked George Washington if he could get him anything from Europe. Washington wrote him, “I wish to have a good gold watch procured for my own use; not a small, trifling, nor finically ornamented one, but a watch well executed in point of workmanship.”
Abraham Lincoln
Gold Pocket Watch, purchased from George Chatterton, jeweler, Springfield, Illinois…