A Patek once owned by the last Emperor of China is going on tour

#patek #history
Kclouis

The Imperial Patek Philippe: Aisin-Gioro Puyi's Wristwatch And Other Historically Important Artefacts Once Belonging to the Last Emperor of the Qing Dynasty

Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is honored to announce the unveiling of several artefacts once belonging to Aisin-Giro Puyi, the last Emperor of the Qing dynasty, at the opening of Phillips’ new Asia headquarters in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District.

www.phillips.com

Will try to see this when it hits New York.

EDIT: Looks like the auction is coming up, so I guess the tour is old info and I missed it.

SpecKTator
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Frankly surprised there aren’t a bunch of fakes, clones, or homages out there already.