Read more pocket watch stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/38829/pocket-watch.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 00:40:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52947/lincolns-watch-yields-hidden-message.htmlHarry Kimball<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=188912&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331231331' border='0' />A legend about a DC watchmaker who etched a secret message inside Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch is true, the Washington Post reports. Smithsonian officials opened the watch today and found it amid the tiny gears: "Jonathan Dillon April 13, 1861. Fort Sumter was attacked by the rebels on the above...Abraham Lincoln's English gold watch.http://www.newser.com/story/52947/lincolns-watch-yields-hidden-message.htmlTue, 10 Mar 2009 17:15:32 CDT