Buddy Holly's watch sold

The diamond-studded watch Buddy Holly was wearing when he was killed in a plane crash has been sold at auction for US$155,350 ($248,029).

The buyer, a woman from near San Francisco who wanted to remain anonymous, said she was a "tremendous" fan of the rock'n'roll pioneer.

Holly was given the diamond and white gold Omega wristwatch by his wife, Maria Elena. He wore it on February 3, 1959, when he and singers Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed the crash in Iowa. Holly was 22.