Dear Hobby:

Are you okay in London? Liv and I miss you very much, and I miss Lizi and William. Are these two little guys still obedient?

The situation in France was not very good, Luxembourg surrendered, and the Netherlands also announced that they had given up their resistance. Damn Nazis had begun to enter the French border, and it was said that the situation on the front line was not very good. Liv and I were both worried about whether the French soldiers could withstand the tanks of the Imperial people.

A few days ago, the German plane crossed the defense line and flew over Paris. Although it was quickly driven away by the brave French Air Force soldiers, Liv and I both thought this was not a good thing. There are many rumors in Paris now that the Germans will be able to fight soon, and Paris may not be able to save it by then.

Sorry, I shouldn't have told you these things to worry about. But if I don't say these things, I don't know what to say to you.

Liv and I have decided to take a boat to find you next week, but I don’t know if we can buy a ticket. If we don’t leave, it is said that the German striker has arrived at the Lille front line. If there are no reinforcements, it will be really difficult for the French soldiers and British soldiers to resist the German tanks. Therefore, we must leave Paris. Liv and I and the children do not want to throw their lives in Paris.

Okay, let’s not talk about these sad things, let’s talk about some happy things.

Hobby, do you still remember our distant cousin Lewis? Yes, it is Lewis in Switzerland. He is now a very well-known watchmaker. At the beginning of this year, I specially commissioned Patek Philippe to ask him to make a watch for me that has two functions: world time zone and pulse meter. You know, I am a loyal user of Patek Philippe, so I can directly commission Patek Philippe to customize a watch for me. I use that watch very well and I have been wearing it with me now.

However, while making that watch, I also asked him to make a World Time watch for me. Lewis had already made this watch last year. I saw that watch, it was very beautiful, so I personally entrust him to make another watch for me. Although I did not commission this watch by Patek Philippe, Lewis still obtained the private authorization of Mr. Stein, the current boss of Patek Philippe, and made the watch for me in the name of Patek Philippe.

This watch was also delivered last month. It was great, very good. But now I can’t live without the watch I have been wearing. There is a pulse meter on it, which is very convenient, so I am going to mail this watch to you, hoping you can like it!

Love your brother, Pierre.

May 18, 1940

This is the first letter paper, and there are two letter papers below. Yang Jing opened the second letter paper and found that the ink marks of these two letter papers were different. These two letter papers were obviously not written on the same day.

The letter paper I just read was written in blue ink, while the second letter paper was written in black ink.

Dear Hobby:

I have to say sorry, Liv, I and the children may not be able to go to London to find you.

The situation in France has become very bad, and I didn't expect that in just a few days, the entire northern part of France would be completely corrupted. French soldiers and troops from Britain were surrounded by German tanks in a very small area near the sea. Oh my God, has God abandoned us?

The German striker has arrived in the suburbs of Paris. Now, every day in Paris, you can hear the rumbling sound of cannons and the whistling of German planes.

I don't know how long France can resist, but the situation is really critical. The letters I sent to you last week were returned. The British submarines had blocked the English Channel, and the letters were no longer mailed between Britain and France.

Now there are no few ships on the coast of France, so we can't even take a boat to cross the English Channel to get to England. Liv and I are going to take our children out of Paris and hide in the south of France.

Also, the watch made by Cousin Lewis was hidden in the base of the clock.

Do you remember the hidden game we played together when we were kids? If you still remember, then you can find this table, and of course, these two letters. That is to say, when you see these two letters, you have found it.

My neighbor is a French naval officer. He will go to Dunkirk tomorrow. I looked for him yesterday and he said he could bring me something to England, so I am going to hand over these clocks to him and take you there.

I hope you can receive these clocks.

Also, you must remember that the watch is worthy of your careful collection. I hope that when we meet again, I will see the watch on your wrist.

Love your brother, Pierre Alphonse

May 24, 1940

As for the third letter, it more directly proves the origin of this form, because this letter was written by Master Cottier to the Paris Doctor.

Dear Pierre:

I have received your letter. To be honest, I was a little embarrassed at the beginning. However, after I talked about this with Mr. Chris Stein of Patek Philippe, Mr. Stein readily agreed to my request. He said that he would personally authorize me to make a platinum world watch for you, and he could use the Patek Philippe trademark. But Mr. Stein also specifically explained that this is the only one.

So, my dear cousin, I can make this watch for you soon, and when you see this letter, it should be in front of you.

......

The third letter was written by Master Cottier to his cousin, the Paris Doctor. In addition to explaining the origin of this form, this letter also has some common words, and at the end of the letter, the name of Lewis Cottier.

After reading these three letters, Yang Jing let out a long sigh, picked up his mobile phone and checked it out, and finally confirmed the true origin of this watch.

Obviously, Pierre Alphons, who wrote these two letters, was the Parisian doctor who once commissioned Patek Philippe to make the watch with two functions: World Time Zone and Pulsemeter.

This happened in 1940. At the request of an old customer, Patek Philippe asked Master Cotill to create a watch that has both world time zone and pulse meter.

But what Yang Jing didn't expect was that this doctor was actually a cousin with Master Cottill. Therefore, this doctor asked Master Cottill to make another Patek Philippe World Time men's watch Ref-1415-HU in private for him.

Master Cottier couldn't bear to refuse his cousin's request, and after asking Mr. Chris Stein, the boss of the Swiss watchmaker Stein who acquired Patek Philippe in 1932, he made this watch for the Paris Doctor.

No wonder Patek Philippe has no record of this watch. At that time, Mr. Chris Stein only authorized it to Cottill personally. Even Patek Philippe was unwilling to offend watchmakers like Cottill. If they could try their best to meet the requirements of such watchmakers, they would try their best to meet the requirements of such watchmakers.

Later, it may be Chris Stein forgot about this or that he had forgotten the authorization of the Patek Philippe record, so this watch did not appear on Patek Philippe's official record.

But even if there is no record, the true identity of this table cannot be denied. After all, with these three letters on it, it is enough to prove that this table is absolutely true. Of course, if the one wrapped together is included, with the certificate signed by Master Lewis Cottier, the identity of this table will definitely not be gone.

And it can also be seen from these three letters that after getting this watch, Pierre Alphons wanted to give it to his younger brother, Hobby, far away in London.

As a result, it was obviously not a good time.

The first letter was written on May 18, 1940, and the Great Retreat of Dunkirk, which shocked the world, took place on May 26 of that year.

The doctor originally wanted to wait a few days before taking a boat to the UK, but in the end, both Britain and France were preparing for the Great Retreat of Dunkirk. It was impossible to take a boat to the UK at that time, because at that time, all the ships gathered in Dunkirk, and there were no passenger ships for ordinary people to take. Even if there were ships, no ship dared to go to sea at the risk of being sunk by German planes.

At that time, the seabed of the English Channel was dominated by British submarines, but the sky was occupied by German fighters and bombers.

After discovering this fact, the doctor wrote a second letter to his younger brother, hiding the three letters and the watch in the base of the clock, and entrusting his neighbor who was an officer in the French Navy to send the clock to England.

According to the doctor's letter, as long as his younger brother receives this clock, according to the hidden game the two brothers played when they were young, his younger brother will definitely be able to find this watch and the three letters.

As a result, for some reason, the clock was not sent to London. Perhaps the officer was captured by the Germans on the way to Dunkirk, or perhaps something else happened. Anyway, the clock was finally left in France. I don’t know why it was collected by the old man in the watch shop. Armand finally got it cheaper!
Chapter completed!