The pocket watch of the richest man on the Titanic ... iceberg in the early hours of April 15, 1912. His 14-carat gold Waltham watch was sold at Henry Aldridge & Son auction house in Wiltshire ...

Crafted from 14-karat gold, the pocket watch features 17 jewels and the initials “JJA” on the case. After it was recovered from the ocean, the piece was returned to Astor’s family and fully ...

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 ...

A GOLD pocket ... The watch was found on John Jacob Astor in in the north Atlantic a week after the Titanic sunkCredit: BNPS Despite being one of the world's wealthiest men, Astor remained on ...

A gold pocket watch worn by the richest passenger aboard the Titanic when the ill-fated ocean liner sank was sold at auction on Saturday for a record-breaking sum of nearly $1.5 million.

A gold pocket watch worn by the wealthiest passenger on the Titanic has sold for six times the asking price, fetching £900,000. The watch belonged to businessman John Jacob Astor and was estimated to ...

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 ...

His pocket watch, which stopped when it fell into the freezing water, was among the possessions recovered from his body ten days after the sinking. The gold-plated Ingersoll watch and chain was ...

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 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 ...