tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381818808983196453.post7773193474197333788..comments2024-03-28T07:16:45.124+00:00Comments on Those Who Dared: Celebrity timepiecesRichard Nelssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822141092382845275noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381818808983196453.post-71143743287002417632010-11-24T01:44:49.742+00:002010-11-24T01:44:49.742+00:00The endorsement of watches by explorers seems a na...The endorsement of watches by explorers seems a natural, given the role of a chronometer in ascertaining location in those old pre-GPS days. Robert Peary used Waltham watches, manufactured in the Massachusetts town of the same name, and his name was used in their <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=hNpGAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA318&ots=Us3sohppAl&dq=peary%20%22north%20pole%22%20%22Waltham%20watch%22&pg=PA318#v=onepage&q=Waltham%20Watches&f=false" rel="nofollow">advertisements</a>, although I'm not sure they had his permission.Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.com