Sometimes, extraordinary watches have mixed histories. Others also come with a word of caution. In 2015, Christie's tried to sell one link of link the most phenomenal examples of a ref. 2497 but it was pulled from the sale due to a title dispute mere minutes before it was set to cross the rostrum. To complicate title matters, the watch formerly belonged to link the late Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie – certainly no easy estate to unravel.