Overview
- Henry Aldridge & Son will auction the Jules Jurgensen gold pocket watch in Devizes, Wiltshire, on 22 November 2025.
- The timepiece bears Straus’s initials, stopped at about 2:20 a.m. during the disaster, was recovered from his body and returned to his son Jesse.
- The watch stayed in the Straus family for generations and was restored by great‑grandson Kenneth Hollister Straus before the consignment.
- A handwritten letter by Ida Straus on Titanic stationery, postmarked “Transatlantic 7” and describing early voyage details including the near‑miss with SS New York, will be sold alongside it.
- Reports place the watch near the £1 million or $1 million mark, with the letter variously estimated around £100,000–£150,000 or about $200,000, reflecting differing valuations.