source https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19590924.2.13&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- TIL that during Khrushchev’s 1959 visit to the Mesla Machine Company steel plant in Pittsburgh, a worker named Kenneth Jackey handed him a cigar. Khrushchev didn’t smoke and in return, gave Jackey his wristwatch. Later, Jackey had the watch appraised for insurance and was told it was worth only $14.

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[–] blobjim@hexbear.net 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

wonder if that watch still exists and how much it would actually be appraised for (by someone other than an insurance company). Hell, I'd buy it for quite a lot xD

[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's listed for $104 on Zazzle

[–] blobjim@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

corn-man-khrush Oh, would you look at the time!

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's funny, actually. I'd wear something like that, if I actually liked Khrushchev enough to make the jokes that go with it. Or if it was the end of the Cold War and jokes about him were still topical.

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Now, why would a principled communist want anything that belonged to that revisionist nutjob?

(Tbf, there is a piece of communist history of a similar nature (the teddy bear that East Germany gave to Fidel Castro) I'd like to know what happened to, so I can't be too critical, at least of the wanting to know what happened to the watch.)