Wristwatch Used to Declare JFK's Time of Death May Sell for $100,000

A New York City auction house is selling a watch believed to be used to mark the time of a historic moment in United States history: the death of President John F. Kennedy.

The watch belonged to Dr. Kemp Clark, a former neurosurgeon at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, who declared Kennedy dead on Nov. 22, 1963, at 1 p.m. CST. The listing for the Patek Philippe wristwatch on Christie's website states the auction ends on Dec. 17, and the artifact is expected to fetch more than $100,000

"There is endless debate among historians on the actual time of death and there was most likely also a clock in the ER," John Reardon, Christie's international co-head of watches, told the Associated Press. "However, the family and historians agree to these facts: the watch was on [Clark's] wrist that1 day and he called the time of death and signed the death certificate." Read more...