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Titanic 熱中している人s have 表明するd 関心 after the pocket watch of the richest man on the ship - 回復するd when his 団体／死体 was fished out of the 大西洋 seven days after the 悲劇 - was sold for a 記録，記録的な／記録する-breaking £1.175 million this month.
The timepiece belonged to John Jacob Astor IV, a hotelier who was 価値（がある） £55 million ? about £7 billion today ? who was の中で more than 1,500 people who died when the ship struck an iceberg in the 早期に hours of April 15, 1972.
His 14-carat gold Waltham watch was sold at Henry Aldridge & Son auction house in Wiltshire for a 記録，記録的な／記録する-breaking £1.175 million, six times the guide price, matching the 記録，記録的な／記録する paid for a Titanic artifact ? the violin played by bandmaster Wallace Hartley.
The sale has led to 批評 on social マスコミ, with amateur historians taking to X, 以前は Twitter, to 激突する the sale, （人命などを）奪う，主張するing that the piece belonging to Mr Astor should be 陳列する，発揮するd in a museum.
However, the auction house has said that it's a 誤解 to assume that such artefacts 結局最後にはーなる in 私的な collections, with many going on 陳列する，発揮する in museums around the world.
使用者s have slammed the sale of the gold pocket watch (pictured) 回復するd from the 団体／死体 of the richest man on the Titanic, 追加するing that it should be 陳列する，発揮するd in a museum
John Jacob Astor IV left $69million of his $85million 広い地所, 同等（の） to だいたい $2.6billion in 2022, to his eldest son William Vincent Astor (権利) who became the richest man in America
Mr Astor 溺死するd after helping his 妊娠している wife Madeleine into a lifeboat,
His 団体／死体 was 回復するd from the North 大西洋 seven days later dressed in a blue 控訴 and brown flannel shirt. He was later identified by the 初期のs 'JJA' engraved on the watch and sewn の上に his jacket.
In 返答 to the sale of the pocket watch, commenters have taken to X to 表明する their 関心s. One said: 'Either a museum or 支援する to the 子孫s. No other 選択.'
The 保護 group Titanic 記念の Lighthouse wrote: 'We are ますます uneasy with the auctioning of 回復するd Titanic family artifacts. We hope John Jacob Astor's watch now finds its way to a museum and not into the 手渡すs of a 私的な collector never to be seen again.'
A number of social マスコミ 使用者s took to X, 以前は Twitter, to 表明する their 関心 with the sale, （人命などを）奪う，主張するing that the watch should be 陳列する，発揮するd in a museum
When MailOnline 接触するd Henry Aldridge & Son for comment, a spokesperson pointed out that only 'an 極端に small number of individuals', have 反対するd to the sale.
'The fact of the 事柄 is many of these items 結局最後にはーなる in museums at some point after 存在 購入（する）d.
'In fact, all you have to do is look at Titanic Belfast where a large number of pieces from Titanic we have auctioned are on 展示. The world’s largest Titanic museums in Branson and Pigeon (1)偽造する／(2)徐々に進む TN have literally hundreds of items from Titanic and her 乗客s and 乗組員 on 展示 - a large number having been sold at auction.
'These pieces are bought by collectors and then put on show. It’s 完全に 不確かの to say that all these items disappear into 私的な collections and are never seen again. In many 事例／患者s it’s 全く the opposite.'
However, some on social マスコミ have not taken this into account, with another 令状ing: 'So sad. Should have become a museum piece for all to see and wonder at, rather than some rich person's thing. Titanic is still a 墓／厳粛／彫る／重大な, even after 100 years.'
類似して, another said: 'A 罰金 example of materialism 勝つ／広く一帯に広がるing over sentimental value. The 追跡 of riches never fails to captivate the mind, even まっただ中に historical 悲劇s.'
A fifth 追加するd: 'Honestly I don't get owning things just for bragging 権利s.' Another wrote: 'A museum or 支援する to the family should be 正確に／まさに where it goes.'
'Either it belongs in a museum or it goes 支援する to the 子孫s. No ifs ands or buts about it,' said another.
追加するing to the 審議, another wrote: 'That's unbelievable. The things people are willing to 支払う／賃金 for.'
Also on sale was the violin 事例／患者 belonging to Mr Hartley, which was snapped up for £290,000.
John Jacob Astor IV was famously 描写するd in the 1997 James Cameron film Titanic and was played by actor Eric Braeden.
It is not known what 条件 the watch was in at the time but it would have stopped working at 2.20am - the moment the Titanic and Astor disappeared into the 大西洋.
Vincent Astor had the watch 回復するd and 修理d and wore it until 1935 when he gifted it to his godson, William Dobbyn. Dobbyn's father, also called William, had been Astor's (n)役員／(a)執行力のある 長官 and was also の近くに to Vincent.
The Dobbyn family sold it to a collector in the 1990s.
Since then it has been 陳列する，発揮するd at さまざまな museums 含むing the 国家の Geographic 展示 in Washington DC and Titanic Museum 'The World's Largest Titanic Attraction' in Missouri, US.
It was …を伴ってd by a 調印するd affidavit from William Dobbyn Snr's daughter-in-法律 確認するing it has been a gift to her husband from Vincent.
It 追加するs that Vincent 知らせるd him the watch was carried by his father when he 死なせる／死ぬd in the 沈むing of the Titanic.
The impeccably-dressed 実業家 was last seen smoking a cigarette on the starboard wing of the 橋（渡しをする） wing chatting to a fellow first class 乗客 before he died.
John Jacob Astor IV and his new wife Madeleine, from an image taken の直前に they traveled on the RMS Titanic
Astor's 団体／死体 was 回復するd from the north 大西洋 seven days later dressed in a blue 控訴 and brown flannel shirt
John Jacob Astor's 子孫s grew their wealth for 世代s, buying much of the land New York City is built on
The Titanic leaving Southampton on her ill-運命／宿命d maiden voyage on April 10, 1912
Along with the watch there is a pair of gold cufflinks owned by Astor and his 計画（する） of the Titanic's first class accommodation.
The foldable 30ins by 40ins 文書 was used by William Dobbyn in Paris to 計画（する） the Astors' trip and 確認する the 特別室s they were in.
The 控訴s C74 and C76 are circled in pencil with the notation $1225.00 Apr 10 From Cherbourg. Other handwritten 公式文書，認めるs on it 含む 'Paris office 持つ／拘留する these rooms for Col A.' It is valued at £30,000.
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said: 'The watch is one of the most remarkable items of Titanic memorabilia we have come across.
'It is an exquisite timepiece that is in superb 条件 which is unsurprising considering who its 初めの owner was.
'Yet it spent seven days in the 氷点の water of the 大西洋 in the 影響 of the 災害 and would almost certainly have stopped working and 苦しむd all sorts of 損失.
'It was 明白に of 広大な／多数の／重要な sentimental value to Vincent Astor who had it 回復するd and wore it for the next 23 years.
'It is a unique part of the Titanic story and one of the most important pieces of horological history relating to the most famous ship in the world.'
Astor's marriage to 18-year-old Madeleine had created 論争 in New York, coming soon after he 離婚d his wife, Ava, the mother of his two sons.
Along with the watch there is a pair of gold cufflinks owned by Astor and his 計画（する） of first class accommodation on Titanic (pictured)
The watch, which sold for a whopping £1.175 million, belonged to 商売／仕事 有力者／大事業家 John Jacob Astor
To get away from the スキャンダル and gossip the newlyweds they took an 延長するd honeymoon to Europe and Africa.
After the Titanic struck an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912, Astor did not think he or his family were in any 即座の danger.
He was 警告するd about the 真面目さ of the 状況／情勢 本人自身で by Edward Smith, the captain of Titanic, and saw Madeleine into lifeboat four.
Astor asked if he could join her because she was in 'a delicate 条件' but he was told no men were 許すd to board until all women and children had been 負担d.
同様に as Astor, fellow millionaire 乗客s Isador Strauss and Benjamin Guggenheim were unable to get a place on the lifeboats にもかかわらず their wealth and died.
Madeleine Astor was five months 妊娠している at the time. She gave birth to a son on August 14, 1912, and called him John Jacob Astor V in memory of her husband and the boy's father.