Levi's has famously been one of the key American heritage companies, dating all the way back to 1853. Most recently, Levi Strauss & Co. found a pair of 100-year-old jeans near a mining town in Nevada and dubbed them "New Nevada."

In an effort to preserve the jeans and learn more about their past, Levi's historian, Tracey Panek washed them and documented the journey, resulting in an incredible revelation into the level of durability behind jeans and their construction.

Check out the video above, and for more from Levi's, check out the new 501 Skinny they recently unveiled.