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Watch worn by ‘Titanic’ actor Bill Paxton to go up for auction as part of Sotheby’s ‘Important Watches’ sale in December [Video]

Two watches with ties to the “Titanic” film and wreckage site will be up for auction during Sotheby’s “Important Watches” sale in December. 

The RMS Titanic tragically sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg. 

There were around 1,500 people who lost their lives during the sinking of the ship. 

TITANIC FASCINATION: WHY THE WORLD REMAINS ENTHRALLED BY TALE OF DOOMED PASSENGER LINER

It was not until Sept. 1, 1985 that Dr. Robert Ballard and his team found the ship’s wreckage around 12,600 feet below the ocean’s surface off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

Since the discovery of the Titanic wreckage, fewer than 250 individuals have witnessed the site with their own eyes. 

One man who visited the Titanic wreckage site many times throughout his life is Alfred “Al” Giddings. 

Giddings was an underwater cinematographer, best known for his work on the Oscar-winning, James Cameron-directed “Titanic” film,which Giddings co-produced and worked on as the director …

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