Bust-down watches—the rap-world colloquialism for timepieces encrusted in aftermarket diamonds and gemstones—seem like an invention of recent history. In the early 2000s, especially, there was no ...
A historic Titanic artifact auction set a new record when a passenger's 1888 gold pocket watch sold for $2.3 million, ...
A gold pocket watch belonging to Titanic passenger Isidor Straus, which stopped at the moment the ship sank, has sold for a record £1.78 million. The timepiece, believed to be a gift from his wife Ida ...