Auctioned atomic blast watch ‘marks exact moment when history changed forever’

The watch melted during the bombing of Hiroshima (Nikki Brickett/RR Auction via AP)

A watch that melted during the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6 1945 has sold for more than 31,000 dollars (£24,000) at auction.

The watch is frozen in time at the moment of the detonation of an atomic bomb over the Japanese city – 8.15am – during the closing days of the Second World War, according to Boston-based RR Auction.