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ZURICH - Luxury wristwatches using traces of steel and coal taken from the shipwreck of the Titanic are to go on sale later this year, Swiss watchmaker Romain Jerome said yesterday. Parts of the watch's case will use an alloy, to be cast by the Titanic's builders Harland and Wolff, using a small piece of metal taken from the shipwreck and combined with new steel.
Artefacts from the Titanic, including bronze plates from its lifeboats, were auctioned in June for tens of thousands of dollars in New York. A basic steel watch, due to go on sale in May, will cost 8000 Swiss francs ($NZ9564) and a top-of-the-range model 150,000 francs.
