Overview
- Henry Aldridge & Son will sell the watch in Devizes, Wiltshire, on November 22, after the family brought it to market for the first time.
- The Jules Jurgensen piece was a gift from Ida Straus for Isidor’s 43rd birthday in 1888, bears his initials, and was logged among effects recovered with his body.
- The movement had stopped at 2:20 a.m., the recorded time the Titanic went under, and it was later repaired by great‑grandson Kenneth Hollister Straus.
- A letter Ida wrote on Titanic stationery shortly after departure, postmarked onboard and praising the ship’s luxury, is included with an estimate of about £150,000.
- Auctioneers say the watch ranks among the most significant Titanic artifacts to reach sale, noting past benchmarks such as the Carpathia captain’s watch at £1.56 million and Wallace Hartley’s violin at £1.1 million.