An historic timepiece which stopped ticking when the Titanic sank 93 years ago today is to be auctioned.
The 18-carat Gold Pocket Watch is among the rare artefacts connected to the ill-fated ocean liner to be sold by Bonhams and Butterfields in Massachusetts in the US on May 1.
The watch, which was damaged when disaster struck mid-Atlantic, belonged to Nora Keane, an Irish immigrant, living in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with her brothers and sisters.
Following a four-month visit to her mother in Castle Connell, County Limerick, Miss Keane decided to return on the maiden voyage of RMS Titanic, boarding at Queenstown as a 2nd Class passenger.
She was rescued by lifeboat with the watch which got water damage when the lifeboat passed under the ship’s pump discharge.
Its gilt face has some rust staining, but it is still expected to fetch £2,600-3,600, Bonhams said.