No vintage watch has come close to beating that figure since but if there’s one that potentially could it’s the John Lennon’s Patek Philippe reference 2499 that Yoko Ono gave him on his 40th birthday.

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 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.

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