Bust-down watches—the rap-world colloquialism for timepieces encrusted in aftermarket diamonds and gemstones—seem like an invention of recent history. In the early 2000s, especially, there was no ...

A gold pocket watch owned by Isidor Straus, a first-class passenger on the Titanic, sold for a record $2.32 million. Becoming the highest price ever paid for Titanic ...