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 ...

When you think of money-making watches, Swiss companies like Rolex and Patek Philippe probably come to mind, but you shouldn't count the United States out just yet. Waltham watch values may vary ...

The most complicated Audemars Piguet pocket watch in private hands is expected to fetch up to $1 million at a Sotheby’s New York auction in December.

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 ...

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 Astor IV ...

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