Breaking News: General Patton's Watch C A Graduation Gift From His Parents C Sells For $137,000 At Auction

October 29, 2015

Remember General Patton's five-minute-repeating, split-second chronograph pocket watch that we covered here back in September? Well, it went up for auction today at Heritage Auctions and sold for a whopping $137,000.The watch was originally purchased for $350 (negotiated down from $600) by General Patton's father, George Patton II as a gift for his son back in 1927. The watch was originally estimated for $25,000 to 35,000 and hammered at $137,000, which is no surprise due to the provenance and level of complication. For full details on the lot, you can visit the Heritage website here.