![]() But to his disappointment, he discovered it was made of brass.Īfter Puyi was deported back to China from a Soviet Union detention camp in 1950, the wristwatch was later gifted to his Russian interpreter Georgy Permyakov.Īfter three years of investigation, Phillips researchers verified the authenticity of the watch and found its original purchase record, which came from the French retailer Guillermin. ![]() ![]() As the story goes, Puyi ordered his men to scrape off half of the yellow gold coating on the dial because he wanted to check if the watch was made of platinum. He later became the pseudo-emperor of the Japanese puppet state Manchukuo in the 1930s, until its collapse in 1945. Puyi, born Aisin-Gioro Puyi, who inspired the Oscar-winning film “The Last Emperor,” was the 11th and the last monarch of the Qing Dynasty. According to the auction house, the watch is one of eight known copies of the model in the world. According to Thomas Perazzi, head of Phillips Asia’s watch division, the sale of the Puyi timepiece was the highest price sold for a Patek Philippe Reference 96 at a sale. ![]()
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