Iwotshi yesihlahla eyayikade yeyomlawuli wokugqibela weQing Dynasty, eyaphefumlela ifilimu eyaphumelela iOscar ethi “The Last Emperor,” ithengiswe kwifandesi eHong Kong ngoMeyi ophelileyo irekhodi le-5.1 yezigidi zeerandi.
Umthengi ongaziwayo uthenge umzekelo onqabileyo wewotshi yePatek Philippe eyayiyeye-Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi.
“Sesona siphumo siphezulu” esifunyenwe kwifandesi yewotshi yesihlahla yenkosi, uThomas Perazzi, intloko yentengiso yeewotshi kwindlu yefandesi yePhillips Age, uxelele iReuters.
Iwotshi ngomnye wemizekelo esibhozo eyaziwayo yemodeli "yePatek Philippe Reference 96 Quantieme Lune". Yanikwa ngumlawuli kumguquleli wakhe wesiRashiya xa wayevalelwe kwintolongo yaseSoviet, indlu yefandesi yathi. Kwibhidi, iqashiso liye laludlula ngokulula uqikelelo lokuqala lwe-US$3 yezigidi.
Ezinye iiwotshi zabalawuli nezithengiswa kwifandesi zibandakanya uPatek Philippe womlawuli wokugqibela wase-Ethiopia, uHaile Selassie, othengiswe ngo-2017 ngezigidi ezi-2.9 zeedola. I-Rolex yomlawuli wokugqibela waseVietnam, u-Bao Dai, wathengiswa ngezigidi ezihlanu zeedola kwifandesi ngo-2017.
Umlawuli wokugqibela waseTshayina wazalwa ngo-1906 waza wenyuka esihlalweni xa wayeneminyaka emibini kuphela ubudala. Emva kokuphela kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II ngo-1945, uPu Yi wabanjwa nguMkhosi waseSoviet kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseTshayina iShenyang, wabanjwa njengebanjwa lemfazwe, wathunyelwa kwinkampu yaseKhabarovsk, eRashiya, iminyaka emihlanu.
Intatheli uRussell Working yadlan’ indlebe nomguquleli womlawuli uGeorgiy Permyakov ngo-2001. kwaye uthi umlawuli wanika uPermyakov umlindo ngosuku lwakhe lokugqibela eSoviet Union, ngaphambi nje kokuba athunyelwe eTshayina. “Ngamanye amaxesha wayesenza izimbo ezinjalo kubantu abathandayo,” utshilo u-Working.