1867 Waltham Home Pocket Watch Given To Civil War Veteran & Medal Of Honor Recipient by Vice President Elect Schuyler Colfax, 18 size - Silver Nickel Dimensions: 15mm diameter (excluding crown)

Dimensions: 15mm diameter (excluding crown) 26mm long lug tip-to-tip

adjusted for temperatures and three positions

the focus was and still is normally much more directed to the what's on the outside of the watch than what's on the inside

Movement type: Caliber 1281 Buren microrotor automatic

Light remnants of wear and signs of polishing to the back so that the printing is light

1867 Waltham Home Pocket Watch Given To Civil War Veteran & Medal Of Honor Recipient by Vice President Elect Schuyler Colfax, 18 size - Silver Nickel Dimensions: 15mm diameter (excluding crown)A very historically important pocket watch made in 1867 given to Civil War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient William H. Smith of Michigan by the Speaker of the House and Vice President Elect, the Honorable Schuyler Colfax from Indiana. One of the iconic American pocket watch companies was American Watch Co., later known as Waltham for the city in which it was founded. They sold watches under a number of different brand names including Home Watch