Wattsson & Wattsson Gives Barack Obama a Signature Pendant
When the president visites...Wattsson & Wattsson Jewelers in Marquette, Michigan, has given a signature piece of jewelry to U.S. president, Barack Obama, when visited the state.
“We have lapel pins, pendants, earrings with the outline of the U.P. But the pendant is our most popular piece,” said public affairs and marketing director Faye Nesbitt Elder to JCK.
The pendant varies in style and can be custom-made. Second-generation owner Chris Wattsson custom-designed the pendant with a white diamond marking the location of Marquette. “It was gifted to Obama on Air Force One on February 10,” Elder says.
The presentation included a handwritten note with the history of the company.
Elder says because Obama wears only the American flag on his lapel, the jeweler opted to give the president a pendant. The president then gave the pendant to First Lady Michelle Obama.
“According to the Obama administration, at the end of Obama’s term, the piece will go to the Smithsonian,” she says.
The store’s founder, the late Ron Wattsson, created the pendant in 1985. Elder says there has been a surge in sales following the donation to the president. “Residents of the U.P. want something similar to what Obama has or they want a custom piece.”
President Obama left Michigan on February 10.
By: JewelryOurs
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