1969 VINTAGE Spiro Agnew Watch #13828 - Authentic Original Dirty Time Company

1969 VINTAGE Spiro Agnew Watch #13828 - Original Dirty Time Company Orange County CA - Swiss Made Designed in California - gently worn. Needs a battery and the band is usable but has a slight separation between the layers (see pictures). I do not think this band is original. My aunt bought this watch in San Diego when they first came out. This would have been worn by my uncle but only briefly and gently. History on watch______________________________________________________________________________________ During Christmas 1969, a physician in Orange County, California named Hale E. Dougherty decided to capitalize on this joke by making a watch that featured Agnew in a pose and outfit reminiscent of the famous Mickey Mouse watches. Dougherty named his watch company the “Dirty Time Company,” perhaps in reference to the perceptions about Agnew’s dirty political and financial dealings. The Dirty Time Company Spiro Agnew watches were basic mechanical, Swiss Made watches. Among those who owned the watches were Elizabeth Taylor, John Lennon, as well as both Republican and Democratic Members of Congress. Dougherty even sent an early watch to Agnew who wrote back that the watch was “both attractive and clever,” before later changing his tune and threatening legal action over the use of his likeness and invasion of his privacy.