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 personal effects included gold cufflinks, a diamond ring, £225, $2,440, and, of course, the Waltham. Crafted from 14-karat gold, the pocket watch features 17 jewels and the initials “JJA ...

The watch was made by the American Waltham Watch Company in Waltham, Massachusetts, and it was made in 1871. It has an engraving which is dated 1876 that he was presented by other members of the ...

The 14-carat gold Waltham pocket watch, engraved JJA, was found on his body when it was recovered a week later. The highest amount previously paid for a Titanic artifact had been £1.1 million ...

A pocket watch that once belonged to a passenger on the Titanic will be available to purchase at the end of this month, potentially for as much as $66,000, according to the auction house where it ...

Almost four decades after it was stolen from a Buffalo, New York, museum, a pocket watch carried ... described it as "a fairly pedestrian Waltham 17 jewel watch with an inexpensive coin silver ...