Pocket Watch Once Belonging To General Patton To Be Sold At Auction

The pocket watch that once belonged to General George S. Patton is going to be sold on October 29, 2015, at Heritage Auctions in New York.  The 1909 Patek Phillippe was given to Patton by his parents as a congratulatory gift for graduating from West Point Academy.  Patton carried the watch with him while fighting Pancho Villa in Mexico and also while serving in the U.S. Army World War One tank corps.  The watch was extremely important to Patton and was a sign of the close relationship that he had with his parents.  The inscription on the cuvette of the watch reads: “Lieut George S. Patton USA/from his/Father and Mother/June 11th 1909.”

See General George S. Patton’s pocket watch offered at Heritage Auctions in New York, Art Daily, October 13, 2015.