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

The Patek Philippe watch, with an estimated value of $4.51 million, was a 40th birthday gift from Ono in 1980, just 2 months before Lennon's assassination in New York

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

Switzerland’s Supreme Court has ruled that Yoko Ono is the rightful owner of a watch she gifted John Lennon in 1980, two months before he was assassinated outside his home in New York City. For his birthday that year,

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.