UKumkani uFarouk ujonge i-800 yeedola lamawaka, ngubani umthengi?

UChristie utyhile ukuba ifandesi iwotshi ilungiselela ukuyibamba eDubai ngoMatshi 23, 2018, ibandakanya iwotshi yePatek Philippe evela kwizinto zobuqu zikaKumkani uFarouk I, kunye nexabiso lokuqala eliqikelelweyo leewotshi ezizodwa phakathi kwe-400.000-800.000 yeedola zaseMelika. . UChristie ubonise inxaxheba emalunga ne-180 yeewotshi ze-elite kwifandesi, eya kuboniswa kuluntu kumboniso kawonkewonke oza kubanjwa ukusuka nge-19 ukuya kwi-23 kaMatshi e-Emirates Towers Hotel e-Dubai.

UKumkani uFarouk I (1920-1965) ngumzukulwana ka-Muhammad Ali Pasha, umlawuli weshumi waseYiputa ophuma kumnombo ka-Muhammad Ali Pasha, kunye nokumkani ongaphambili waseYiputa naseSudan.

UKumkani uFarouk I walawula iYiphutha ukusukela ngo-1936 ukuya kutsho ngo-1952, kwaye wayesaziwa ngokuthanda kwakhe ukufumana iiwotshi zodidi oluphezulu. UKumkani uFarouk ndaluzuza njengelifa olu thando kuyise, uKumkani uFouad I, kunye noKumkani uFarouk I wagunyazisa ezona zindlu zidumileyo zamazwe ngamazwe ngelo xesha ukuba zimenzele iiwotshi, kwaye le wotshi ivela kuPatek Philippe (inombolo yesalathiso: 1518) bubungqina bokuba incasa yakhe ephezulu. Le modeli yaziswa nguPatek Philippe ngo-1941, kwaye kuqikelelwa ukuba iiwotshi ezingama-281 zenziwe. UPatek Philippe wayengoyena menzi wewotshi ohamba phambili kwihlabathi ekudaleni uthotho lokuqala lweekhronograph zekhalenda ezingapheliyo, kwaye inani elingu-1518 libonisa oku.

I-Swiss watch house yongeza umtsalane wobuqu kulo msebenzi wobugcisa obuvela kwimpahla kaKumkani uFarouk I, njengoko isithsaba sobukumkani baseYiputa sasikrolwe emqolo, kunye neenkwenkwezi kunye nesiqingatha seflegi yaseYiputa kunye nonobumba F. Kuthiwa uKumkani UFouad ndandinethemba ngeleta ethi "F", ngoko ke wakhetha oonyana bakhe abathandathu amagama Iqala ngonobumba "F", kuquka unyana wakhe, uKumkani Farouk I, umnini wale wotshi.

URemy Julia, iNtloko yabaLindi eChristie's kuMbindi Mpuma, eIndiya naseAfrika, uthe: “Sele sibona uluhlu olubanzi lomdla kubaqokeleli abavela kumazwe ale ngingqi nakumazwe aphesheya kwiwotshi yePatek Philippe kaKumkani uFarouk I ngexesha likaChristie. bukela ifandesi kwinyanga ezayo eDubai ukusuka kwimbali yoMbindi Mpuma.

Wongeze wathi, "UChristie uthengise le wotshi kumqokeleli kwifandesi yangaphambili kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo, kwaye uChristie uyakuvuyela ukuyiphathisa uKumkani uFarouk endibukele kwakhona ukuba ndidlulisele kwisizukulwana esitsha sabaqokeleli."

Kunye newotshi yewristwtshi kaKumkani uFarouk I, ifandesi ezayo kaChristie ibandakanya izicatshulwa ezivela kugcino lwePatek Philippe eqinisekisa ukuveliswa kwale wotshi ngezalathiso zegolide ngo-1944 kunye nokuthengiswa kwayo okwalandelayo ngoNovemba 7, 1945.

Kuyaphawuleka ukuba iifandesi iwotshi Christie kaThixo ingqina ukukhula okubonakalayo kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo ekukhanyeni umdla okhulayo iiwotshi zakudala kunye umtsalane ukwanda amanani abaqokeleli abavela kumazwe akuMbindi Mpuma. NgoFebruwari 2, uChristie ubhengeze ukwanda kwe-26% kwiintengiso zizonke zehlabathi ngo-2017, emva kokufikelela kwi-5.1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola (i-6.6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, ukwanda kwe-21%), ngelixa intengiso iyonke yeefandesi zayo eYurophu nakuMbindi Mpuma yafikelela kwi-1.5 yeebhiliyoni zeeponti. ukwanda nge-16% (i-US$2 yebhiliyoni, ukwanda kwe-11%).