Tiffany & Co. Sets Record With Acquisition of Titanic Pocket Watch

The Titanic pocket watch, crafted by Tiffany & Co. in 1912, was a heartfelt gesture of gratitude from three Titanic survivors—Mrs. Madeleine Talmage Astor, Mrs. Marian Longstreth Thayer, and Mrs. Eleanor Elkins Widener—to Captain Arthur H. Rostron of the RMS Carpathia. Captain Rostron led the heroic rescue of nearly 700 passengers following the Titanic’s devastating sinking on April 15, 1912.

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According to records from The Tiffany Archives, the timepiece was…