Uncommon watch gifted to John Lennon to be returned to Yoko Ono after it was stolen
A uncommon watch purchased for John Lennon by Yoko Ono simply months earlier than his dying is to be returned to her.
The Patek Philippe watch, which is estimated to be value $4.5million (£3.6million), was a fortieth birthday present to the previous Beatle in 1980. It bears the inscription “(JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER LOVE YOKO 10·9·1980 N.Y.C”, on the again of its 18-carat gold face – a line from a tune the couple composed collectively the identical yr, court docket paperwork confirmed, based on Reuters.
It’s stated to have modified arms and international locations a number of occasions after it was taken by Ono’s Turkish chauffeur in 2006, the court docket heard. He claimed he had her consent to take the watch.
As soon as in Turkey, the watch, which Ono purchased simply two months earlier than Lennon’s assassination, modified arms once more in 2010 earlier than being offered to a German public sale home who offered it to an Italian nationwide residing in China.
The court docket heard she solely found that it had been stolen in 2014 after a Geneva-based firm, commissioned by the Italian to evaluate its worth, tipped off her lawyer.
Yesterday (November 14) a Swiss court docket dominated that the watch didn’t belong to the Italian, paving the way in which for its return to Ono. It’s at the moment being held for safekeeping in Geneva by the lawyer of the appellant.
Elsewhere, it was not too long ago reportedly claimed that Ono was warned that her late husband was “in peril” previous to his dying.
Lennon was murdered by obsessed fan Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980 – when he was shot whereas arriving at his condominium at The Dakota in New York Metropolis.
In a brand new e-book titled We All Shine On: John, Yoko and Me written by Elliot Mintz – the previous spokesperson and confidant of Lennon and Ono – Mintz opened up in regards to the aftermath of the musician’s dying and the way it affected his spouse and his two sons, Sean and Julian.
Final month, to rejoice what would have been Lennon’s 84th birthday, a field set was shared containing “meditation mixes” of his 1973 tune ‘Thoughts Video games’.