Click here to see the details of this beautiful 1957 Corum replica watches Omega chronograph.Hodinkee in Chronograph, Omega, Sports, Vintage Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 2:41PM Coming from the Associate Press today is an interesting story about a pocket watch owned by Abraham Lincoln.The unconfirmed tales states that a watch-maker back in 1861 was actually in possession of the President's watch when the first shots of the civil war were fired at Fort Sumter.The watchmaker, Jonathon Dillon, is said to have been moved to write the following inside the watch:"The first gun is fired.
Slavery is dead.Thank God we have a president who at least will try."This story has never been confirmed but was reported by the NY replica watch gift Times back in 1906.Today, curators at the National Museum of American History will open up the back of Lincoln's watch to see if these words do exist.What do you guys think, tall-tale or truth? We'll find out today(via the AP) (thanks Justin) Update on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 1:48PM by Hodinkee Mystery Solved! This is what was inscribed on Lincoln's watch:"April 13, 1861.Fort Sumter was attacked by the rebels on the above date.J.Dillon.April 13, 1861.
Thank God we have a government.Jonathan Dillon." . Hodinkee in Announcements, Antique, Lincoln's Watch Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 11:22AM swiss replica watches About a month ago we featured a Rolex Datejust bearing the coat of arms of a nation called the Sultanate of Oman.We didn't know much about this particular Arab nation, but we learned quite a bit while writing that post.We learned that it sits on the Persian Gulf, we learned that its form of government is titled an "Islamic Absolute Monarchy", and we learned that its current leader Qaboos bin Said al Said rose to power after overthrowing his own father.
