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.

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