Henry Aldridge & Son, the auction house that sold the watch, had predicted it would sell for between £100,000 and £150,000. The auction for John Jacob Astor IV's 14-carat gold Waltham pocket ...

A pocket watch owned by John Jacob Astor IV, the wealthiest Titanic passenger, was auctioned for £1.175 million, far exceeding the estimated £100,000-£150,000. Astor's watch, along with other ...

The watch is one of many noteworthy objects up for auction on Saturday at Henry Aldridge & Son in Wiltshire, England. John Jacob Astor's gold watch is expected to sell for between $125,000-$188,000.

An American buyer won the bidding war for John Jacob Astor IV's 14-carat gold Waltham pocket watch, shattering the ... in 1848 as one of the wealthiest men in the U.S., according to the Library ...

Now, some of Astor's personal effects can be yours—for a price. The timepiece, called "quite simply the most important Titanic watch in existence," by Aldridge, has switched hands a few times ...

Like his jacket, the 14 carat gold Waltham pocket watch was engraved with Astor’s initials. The watch is believed to have stopped working at 2:20 am, which is around the time that the Titanic ...

Gold’s return is, in part, a reaction to the watch world’s recent mania for stainless steel. But it also feels like a response to the po-faced elevation of the stealth-wealth trend ...

The watch was among the personal effects found with Astor’s body after the Titanic sank, according to the auction house. He also had gold cufflinks, a diamond ring, money and a pocketbook on him ...

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Gold’s rise to all-time highs above $2,400 an ounce this year has captivated global markets. China, the world’s biggest producer and consumer of the precious metal, is front and center of the ...