Titanic passenger’s gold watch expected to fetch more than $1M at auction

An 18-karat gold pocket watch recovered from the body of one of the Titanic ‘s wealthiest and most high-profile passengers is expected to sell for more than US$1 million at auction, according to a British auctioneering house.

The more than century-old timepiece belonged to Isidor Straus, who, along with his wife, Ida, was on board the infamous vessel when it sank in the Atlantic after striking an iceberg on its way to New York City on April 14, 1912.

In the days following the disaster, his body was recovered from the Atlantic, and his possessions were logged and returned to his son, Jesse, along with his other personal items. Among them was his engraved Jules Jurgensen pocket watch, which had stopped at 2:20 a.m., according to the auction house , around the time the Titanic is belie