On the first day they were on sale at Macy's 11000 of them
link were sold and an Ingersoll spokesman would later say that the incredible success of the Mickey Mouse watch saved the company from bankruptcy. Mickey Mouse was as much of a hit on the wrist as on the big screen. In 1939 at the Chicago World's fair a 5000-year time capsule was buried containing
link iconic objects that were meant to depict life in 20th century America among them an Ingersoll Mickey Mouse watch.
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