Heart of the Ocean
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The Titanic movie featured Kate Winslet as Rose wearing "The Heart of the Ocean" - a blue diamond necklace based on the famous Hope Diamond. (The actual Hope diamond was never on the Titanic.) This stunning necklace has captured the imaginations of romantics everywhere.
Jewelers Asprey & Garrard were inspired to make a real Heart of the Ocean diamond necklace. The result was a 170 carat heart shaped sapphire with 65 diamonds, each 30 carats. Celine Dion wore it at the Academy Awards ceremony as she sang "My Heart Will Go On" - the theme song from Titanic during the 1998 ceremony. It was later sold at a benefit auction for $2.2 million.
Jeweler Harry Winston created a "Heart of the Ocean" blue diamond necklace. The $20 million necklace was worn by Gloria Stuart, who portrayed Rose as an older woman.
In the film, Rose's fiancé Caledon Hockley (played by Billy Zane) bought "La coeur de la mer" necklace as a reminder of his love for her. Rose wore the diamond while the rest of the men were smoking and drinking brandy. Rose was also wearing it in the scene where Jack drew her in the nude. This is the picture that Brock Lovett discovers in the safe where he believes the diamond will be. When Rose and Jack return to her room after running around the ship from Cal, Cal's man at arms drops the necklace into Jack's coat. The coat didn't belong to Jack. Though he claimed he was only borrowing it, he was branded a thief. Before the Titanic sinks, Cal put his outer coat on Rose, which contained the diamond in its pocket. When the Titanic sinks, Rose is still wearing the coat. After being rescued from the water, Rose discovers the diamond in her pocket. Rose keeps possession of the diamond all of her life, until she returns to the ruins of the ship, and she drops it into the water- where she believes it belongs.
