A rare watch given to John Lennon by his wife Yoko Ono and which was stolen after his death does not belong to an Italian man who bought it from an auction house years later, a Swiss court ruled on Thursday,

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

One was the perennial appeal of The Beatles – and, more specifically, John Lennon. The second was the world of luxury watches, in particular a Patek Philippe that Lennon received shortly before his death in 1980.

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

A Swiss court has ruled that a rare Patek Philippe watch given to John Lennon by Yoko Ono, which was stolen after his death, does not belong to its Italian buyer. The decision paves the way for its return to Ono,

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.