My maternal grandfather’s gold pocket watch, bequeathed to me by my mother, hangs on a hook under a bell jar atop a bookcase in my living room. Its crystal is missing, its face has several nicks and ...
Only two Arabic numerals at 12 and 6 o’clock extend the watch’s simple, linear composition. Its bracelet, a manchette or cuff style, consists of broad interlocking links that continue the ...
A pocket watch that stopped when its owner went down with the Titanic is going to auction with a high five-figure asking price. Uruguayan passenger Ramon Gomez died when the ship sank in the Atlantic ...