A gold pocket watch that belonged to the richest man on the Titanic has sold at auction for a record-breaking £1.175 million, which is roughly $1.5 million. The watch was sold on Saturday to a ...

A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of John Jacob Astor, the richest man on the Titanic, sold on Saturday at auction for a record–breaking £1.175 million ($1.471 million). It is the ...

The Titanic's sinking claimed over 1,500 lives. There were well-known people among the casualties.

According to reports, a woman's pocket watch was recovered from the personal effects of a man named Hans Christensen Givard.

Astor is well known as the richest passenger aboard the R.M.S. Titanic and was thought to be among the wealthiest people in the world at that time, with a net worth of roughly US$ 87 million ...