My Watch Story: A Universal Geneve From King Faisal Of Saudi Arabia by Ignacio Hwang

“My Watch Story" is a video series starring HODINKEE readers and their most prized watches. For more stories from other collectors and to learn how to submit your own go to: Ignacio, who resides in Boston, tells the story of his gold Universal Geneve – a gift received from his father in 1971 from King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. His father, who worked for the ministry of foreign affairs in Taiwan, was fortunate to receive the watch, considering only 10 of these special pieces were made. The watch and all the countries it visited always mesmerized him as a kid and he dreamed one day of finally owning it.