Like wedding rings and china sets, antique pocket watches often become precious family heirlooms passed down from parent to child for generations. They never lose their charm no matter how beaten and ...

Customers bringing jewelry in for us to purchase will occasionally bring along an old pocket watch or two. We do buy pocket watches, but there are many factors determining their value. Pocket watches ...

Isidor and Ida were 65 and 63, respectively, when they sailed on the Titanic. Ida famously didn't want to board a lifeboat ...

A pocket watch that belonged to the wealthiest passenger aboard the Titanic was auctioned in England Saturday for $1.46 million (£1.17 million), breaking the record for an object linked to the 1912 ...

The timepiece was recovered from the body of John Jacob Astor, after he died in the sinking of the ship in the early hours of April 15, 1912. A prominent American businessman, real estate developer, ...

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