The Last Emperor's Patek Philippe
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wrote on 18 Mar 2023, 02:17 last edited by Axtremus
HONG KONG – A Patek Philippe watch owned by the last emperor of China’s Qing dynasty, and worn through his five years as a captive of the Soviets in Siberia, will come to auction later this year. Based on similar sales in the past, it could very easily gavel for a price in the seven figures.
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wrote on 18 Mar 2023, 02:23 last edited by
That’s quite a story.
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wrote on 18 Mar 2023, 02:24 last edited by jon-nyc
“You never truly own a Patek Philipe, you just look after it for the next generation”.
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wrote on 18 Mar 2023, 03:26 last edited by Renauda
Interesting story.
There was a 1986 movie about Puyi directed by Bertolucci entitled The Last Emperor . I remember watching it when it came out and thought at the time it was very well done.
Worth watching if you ever come across it:
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Interesting story.
There was a 1986 movie about Puyi directed by Bertolucci entitled The Last Emperor . I remember watching it when it came out and thought at the time it was very well done.
Worth watching if you ever come across it:
wrote on 18 Mar 2023, 03:58 last edited by@Renauda said in The Last Emperor's Patek Philippe:
Interesting story.
There was a 1986 movie about Puyi directed by Bertolucci entitled The Last Emperor . I remember watching it when it came out and thought at the time it was very well done.
Worth watching if you ever come across it:
That's a wonderful movie. I had it on video, back when people owned videos.
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wrote on 18 Mar 2023, 08:11 last edited by
I've seen that movie. It was great.
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wrote on 18 Mar 2023, 08:30 last edited by
I remember seeing the trailers when the movie first came out; it looked lavish.
As for the watch, it looks like it could use some cleaning. I wonder if that's intentional.
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I remember seeing the trailers when the movie first came out; it looked lavish.
As for the watch, it looks like it could use some cleaning. I wonder if that's intentional.
wrote on 18 Mar 2023, 11:17 last edited by@Friday said in The Last Emperor's Patek Philippe:
As for the watch, it looks like it could use some cleaning.
Yep. It took a licking and kept on ticking.