Swiss made 1 jeweled movement
that is running well and keeping reasonable time this is
a 1 jewel movement so don't expect perfect time. Yellow
gold plated case with a stainless back. White dial with
blue letter markers that spell out Spiro Agnew and gold
hands. Red lizard grain band. Cir. 1970's.
Size 34 x 42 mm
AGNEW, Spiro Theodore, (1918 - 1996)
AGNEW, Spiro Theodore, Vice President of the United States;
born in Baltimore, Md., November 9, 1918; educated in the
public schools of Baltimore; attended the Johns Hopkins
University; graduated from the University of Baltimore Law
School 1947; served in the United States Army during the
Second World War and the Korean conflict; practiced law
in Baltimore; elected county executive of Baltimore County
1962; elected Governor of Maryland 1966; elected Vice President
of the United States on the Republican ticket with President
Richard M. Nixon on November 5, 1968; resigned as Governor
of Maryland on January 7, 1969; inaugurated 39th Vice President
of the United States on January 20, 1969; reelected Vice
President, November 7, 1972; charged with accepting bribes
and falsifying federal tax returns, pleaded nolo contender
to the latter charge in federal court, and resigned October
10, 1973; international trade executive; was a resident
of Rancho Mirage, Calif., and Ocean City, Md.; died September
17, 1996, in Ocean City; cremated, ashes interred at Dulaney
Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Md.