his holiness wearing a replica Omega 2577.80 watch but what about the Patek Philippe

Indeed, there are pictures of his holiness wearing a replica Omega 2577.80 watch but what about the Patek Philippe? This question has recently been put to rest during the Dalai Lama’s recent visit to New York City, where he clarified that he indeed received a Patek Philippe, not a Rolex, as a gift from President Roosevelt when he was a small boy.To make matters more interesting, the Patek Philippe he received has been reported to show the phases of the moon and the days of the week, in all likelihood a perpetual calendar.(Patek Philippe started production of the famous Ref.1526 in 1942, the first regular production perpetual calendar for the company.)There is more to the story though.

Eric Wind, a contributing writer to Hodinkee, picked up a replica Omega 1819.51.91 watch copy of The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama by Thomas Laird after reading a draft of this very posting."First, the watch was given to the Dalai Lama by FDR in 1943, but it was not personally given by FDR.The Patek actually was given to the Dalai Lama in Lhasa, Tibet by two intelligence agents in the OSS (the World War II U.S.intelligence service that was the forerunner to the CIA).

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