John Lennon’s Missing Patek Watch, Now Found, Is Likely Worth Millions
- Swiss court rules that Yoko Ono is rightful owner of watch
- Timepiece is probably one of the world’s most valuable watches
John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Photographer: Vinnie Zuffante/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
A Patek Philippe watch given to John Lennon by his wife Yoko Ono shortly before his assassination in 1980 has been discovered in Geneva, resurfacing after having disappeared for years.
The former Beatle’s timepiece is currently in possession of lawyers for an Italian watch collector who bought it from a now-defunct German auction house, according to official legal documents from a Geneva court. Ono had given Lennon the watch for his 40th birthday, and a former driver for the Japanese artist is suspected to have stolen the timepiece long ago.