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For just $187,000, you could be the proud owner of a pocket watch that belonged to the wealthiest Titanic victim. The 14-carat gold Waltham timepiece once owned by business magnate John Jacob ...

April 29, 2024 A Gold Pocket Watch Recovered From the ‘Titanic’ Just Sold for a Record $1.5 Million The Waltham timepiece belonged to the wealthiest passenger on the world-famous liner.

A gold pocket watch that belonged to the richest man on the Titanic has sold at auction for a record-breaking £1.175 million, which is roughly $1.5 million.

An American buyer won the bidding war for John Jacob Astor IV's 14-carat gold Waltham pocket watch, shattering the auctioneer's pre-sale estimate of £150,000, according to Henry Aldridge & Son.

His 14-carat gold Waltham watch was sold at Henry Aldridge & Son auction house in Wiltshire for a record-breaking £1.175 million, six times the guide price, matching the record paid for a Titanic ...

A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the richest man who died on the Titanic has gone up for auction. John Jacob Astor, 47, was the wealthiest man aboard the ship and would have been a ...

A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic sold at auction for nearly $2 million, setting a record for memorabilia from the shipwreck. The 18-carat ...

After lying hidden beneath the depths of Lake Michigan for over a century, a historic gold pocket watch - lost in a deadly shipwreck - has finally made it home to the United Kingdom.

A Waltham-made timepiece that Vortic Watch Company uses in their 100 percent American-made watches. (Curt Nickisch/WBUR) This article is more than 9 years old.

A gold pocket watch that was recovered from the body of the richest man on the Titanic has been sold for a record-breaking £1.175m. The watch was sold to a private collector in the US at Henry ...