A Watch That Melted During the Atomic Blast Over Hiroshima, Japan, Sells for More Than $31,000

A watch melted during the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945. Nikki Brickett/RR Auction via AP

BOSTON—A watch melted during the Aug. 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, has sold for more than $31,000 at auction.

The watch is frozen in time at the moment of the detonation of an atomic bomb over the Japanese city—8:15 a.m.—during the closing days of World War ll, according to Boston-based RR Auction. The winning bid in the auction that ended Thursday was $31,113.