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The National Watch and Clock Museum is presenting an exhibit of objects rarely viewed by the general public. These unique timepieces were used by American presidents to track their time in office as they guided the nation through good times and bad, war and peace, prosperity and depression.
The National Watch and Clock Museum was given permission to examine a select number of watches. Jim Michaels, the Director and Head Watch Instructror of the NAWCC School of Horology, opened 11 of the presidential watches and commented on their condition and uniqueness.
The NAWCC captured this on video and has included these videos for viewing.
Click on the icons below to see these historical watches.
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This gold pocket watch, owned by George Washington, was presented by him to his friend Colonel Thomas Johnson (1732-1819) in Trenton, NJ on December 10th, 1777.
Total time: 4:49
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This watch was purchased for George Washington, on his request, by Bovenor Morris in April 1789 from the shop of Jean-Amoine Lepine, clockmaker of Louis XVI.
Total time: 5:45
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John Adam's Pocket Watch
Total time: 3:26
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Thomas Jefferson's Pocket Watch
Total time: 2:11
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President Monroe's pocket watch was presented to him as a gift by his sister-in-law after the death of her father, Lawrence Kortwright.
Total time: 4:06
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President Rutherford B. Hayes's Pocket Watch
Total time: 3:36
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President Warren G. Harding's Pocket Watch
Total time: 1:40
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Pocket Watch
Total time: 3:53
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President Harry S. Truman's Watch was engraved with "This hand made watch presented to Hon. Harry S. Truman, President of the United States by the First Graduating Class in Horological Engineering, American Academy Inc. Denver, Colorado, Washington, D.C., February 4, 1949."
Total time: 1:38
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President Lyndon B. Johnson's Pocket Watch #1 inscribed with "Do unto others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You."
Total time: 2:01
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President Lyndon B. Johnson's Pocket Watch #2
Total time: 5:32
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