In news that will make every rich guy panic-check his wrist, the gold pocket watch of Macy’s co-owner Isidor Straus—frozen forever at 2:20 a.m., aka “Titanic’s final oopsie”—is hitting the auction block and is expected to sell for “shut up and take my inheritance” money. This isn’t just a watch; it’s the original “time’s up” meme, recovered from a dude who chose love over a lifeboat because his wife Ida said, “Nah, we die together, babe.” Somewhere James Cameron is crying into a pile of Oscars while collectors prepare to remortgage their yachts for the ultimate flex: owning the world’s most expensive “fashionably late” notification.
Titanic passenger’s rare gold pocket watch could become priciest artifact ever sold
