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

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.

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