Vulcain Cricket President. Truman s successor dwight eisenhower more commonly associated with the day date was given one as was his vice president richard nixon who received his from the national association of watch and clock collectors in 1955. A full overview of all 50s president watch models from the vulcain cricket collection can be found here.
Truman with a 14k gold version of the watch on the eve of his leaving presidential office. The first cricket developed in 1947 became a hit among consumers of the time looking for a reminder mechanism before the era of pagers cell phones and online calendars. Almost every single president in the past 60 odd years has received a vulcain cricket for their inauguration or as a special post presidency gift which is pretty impressive for such a small watchmaking outfit.
Since then they have given watches to all the us presidents yea i know the issues about gifting things to the president but there is some way around it sorta.
A full overview of all 50s president watch models from the vulcain cricket collection can be found here. A larger 42mm hand wound vulcain cricket 50s presidents watch is available for 6 770 usd. Vulcain 50 presidents 560156a15bal101 1 350. The first cricket developed in 1947 became a hit among consumers of the time looking for a reminder mechanism before the era of pagers cell phones and online calendars.
