埃及國王古董手錶以91萬美元的價格拍賣

A Patek Philippe watch once owned by Egypt's King Farouk sold for $912,500 at a Christie's auction in Dubai, an official from the auction house said, setting a record for a watch sold in the Middle East.

佳士得拍賣行的一位官員稱，埃及國王法魯克用過的一隻百達翡麗表在迪拜以91.25萬美元的價格售出，創造了中東手錶拍賣記錄。

"I am not surprised the watch went up to a hammer price of $750,000," an associated specialist in the watch department at Christie's said.

佳士得拍賣行手錶部門一位行業專家表示：“這塊手錶的成交價一路升到75萬美元，對此我毫不驚訝。”

In the end, the watch's sale tag of $912,500 included a buyer's premium.

加上買家的加價，最終這塊手錶的售價爲91.25萬美元。

King Farouk, Egypt's last king, was a collector of rare watches, cars and coins.

法魯克國王是埃及最後一位國王，他喜歡收藏稀世鐘錶、汽車和硬幣。

Made in 1944 and embossed with an old Egyptian royal crest, the Patek Philippe 1518 with perpetual calendar and chronograph is said to be one of only 281 such models ever made by the prestigious Swiss watchmaker.

這款百達翡麗1518系列手錶生產於1944年，鑲有古埃及皇家羽飾，帶有萬年曆和記時儀。據說瑞士這家享有盛譽的鐘表製造商僅生產了281塊同款手錶。

The 1518 series was the first by any watch manufacturer to combine perpetual calendar and chronograph.

1518系列是鐘錶製造商將萬年曆與記時計合二爲一的首創。