The items included his Swiss-made, silver-on-brass pocket watch with Hebrew figures on its heavily stained face. A deck blanket from the Titanic sold for slightly less than the watch at 96,000 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the high, technical, and artistic ends of the watch industry. It might sound like a morbid thing to spend $57,500 on a ...

A pocket watch, tickets and money found among the belongings of passengers on the Titanic are among items on sale at a UK auction later this month. The gilt silver and brass watch was found among ...

Among them was a "gilded ladies' pocket watch," reads a description on the auction house's website. Made from silver and brass, the watch has only traces of salt water corrosion and its dial is ...

a pair of his oversized eyeglasses and a few quills with an engraved brass inkwell from the Ottoman Empire. When I opened the last drawer, his silver pocket watch lay among other knickknacks.

A pocket watch, tickets and money found among the belongings of passengers on the Titanic are among items on sale at a UK auction later this month. The gilt silver and brass watch was found among ...

Smith‘s Pocket Watch Number Two headed to auction ... Instead, the movement is crafted from a single brass plate that was first given a distinctly English finish called “frosting” and ...