A Patek Phillppe watch, given to John Lennon by his wife Yoko Ono, rightfully belongs to her, Switzerland’s highest court has ruled.

The Patek Philippe was a 40th birthday gift to the former Beatle from his wife Ono before his assassination in 1980

A Swiss court has ruled that the Beatle’s long-lost Patek Philippe 2499 rightfully belongs to Ono, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. An Italian collector has been in possession of the timepiece for years, but his most recent appeal to retain the watch was rejected.

A watch Yoko Ono bought for her late husband John Lennon as a birthday gift months before his assassination will be returned to her, a Swiss court has ruled.

A Swiss court has ruled that a rare Patek Philippe watch, gifted to John Lennon by Yoko Ono and stolen after his death, does not belong to an Italian man who bought it. The court's decision paves the way for the watch's return to Ono,

The Patek Philippe watch, with an estimated value of $4.51 million, was a 40th birthday gift to the former Beatle from Japanese artist Ono in 1980, just two months before his assassination in New York.

At long last, Yoko Ono has won a legal case establishing that a watch once owned by her murdered husband, John Lennon, belongs to her, rather than to a private collector.