Saturday, November 15, 2014

Death Watch?

Banker Henry Graves commissioned the 'Holy Grail' of watches (pictured) only to suffer its 'curse'Is this timepiece curse?  check this out

The original owner paid $15,000 for the watch - about £650,000 at today’s prices. But he later became convinced that it had come with a deadly curse.

Just seven months after Graves received the watch in 1933, his best friend died.
In early November 1934, Graves's youngest son, George, was involved in a car crash in Pasadena, California, and died.

The news was devastating, and made even worse by the fact that Graves had lost his eldest son, Harry, in a car crash in 1922 when he was just 25 years old.

For Graves, the Supercomplication was a bad talisman and he intended to throw it into Upper Saranac Lake in upstate New York but was convinced not to at the last moment by his daughter Gwendolen - Dailymail for more
Sold for record $15m



The timepiece was named after the American businessman who commissioned it, Henry Graves, who ended up claiming it had brought him nothing but badly luckThe timepiece was named after the American businessman who commissioned it, Henry Graves  who ended up claiming it had brought him nothing but bad luck

 Qatari Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed Al-Thani died just days before the 'Holy Grail' of watches he used to own was sold for a record £15millionQatari Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed Al-Thani died just days before the 'Holy Grail' of watches he once owned was sold for a record £15million

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