Laurie's daughter took a photo of Abraham Lincoln!

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Does anyone have more history on Mrs. Lincoln's wristwatch? I have spent so many years telling our female guides to not wear or to hide their wristwatches because they are not period appropriate. I never remember seeing this post or ever reading about this one. I'm not finding much history online about it either.

From what I have found, this watch may date after the Civil War period. The only source that gave any indication of when wristwatches were invented said that the first one was manufactured by Philippe Patek in 1868.