The clock here made Yang Jing a little dazzled.
Seeing Yang Jing walk in, an old man who looked to be in his sixties greeted him and said with a smile: "Welcome to the world of time, I think I can meet most of your requirements for time."
Hello, guest from the East, I am Jean Armand, the owner of our shop. ” To Yang Jing's surprise, this old man with a typical French name turned out to be very fluent in English, and he was also a very authentic London accent, and he couldn't hear a little French accent.
Yang Jing smiled and said, "Hello, Mr.
Armand, I like your atmosphere here.
I'm Abbott Young from Huaxia. ” "Okay then, young and promising Yang, do you need anything for me to serve you?"
The old man is polite, very similar to the traditional British housekeepers that Yang Jing often sees, but Yang Jing always feels that something is not quite right with this old man, as if this old man is indeed polite on the surface, but there is a faint arrogance and a trace of discrimination in his demeanor.
Yang Jing has been in London for two years, and it is common for Chinese to be discriminated against in Europe, so Yang Jing is very sensitive to such a demeanor.
Of course, this old man may be because of the opening of the store, and that discriminatory expression is well hidden.
Since the old man did not show obvious discrimination, Yang Jing still said very politely: "I'll just take a look, of course, if I encounter something satisfactory, I think I will take a few pieces." ” The old man nodded very gentlemanly and said, "Except for some top-notch watches here, I can basically see other clocks here."
Whether you want an antique timepiece or a modern timepiece, if you need it, just tell me I'll do it.
Although he was still very polite, Yang Jing could clearly feel a certain brilliance in the old man's eyes.
It seems to be faintly mocking: "How many more to take away?"
It's up to you?
” Yang Jing shrugged his shoulders and began to take a closer look at the clocks in this shop.
Not to mention, the old man really didn't tell a lie, although the area of his shop is not very large, but the clocks here are really diverse.
At a casual glance, Yang Jing saw several antique table clocks, as well as several antique pocket watches and watches.
Among them is a grandfather clock, Yang Jin bets that it is definitely the one produced by the Kenning family in Germany to celebrate the 45th birthday of Wilhelm II.
I am afraid that in the eyes of most countries in the world, Wilhelm II, who brazenly provoked the First World War, is definitely not a good person, but in the eyes of the Germans, the last emperor of Germany, who was born with Elb's palsy and had his left arm atrophied, is undoubtedly very, very great.
Although Wilhelm II did many things that endangered world peace during his reign and even blatantly provoked the First World War, the Germans of that era were still very fanatical about His Majesty the Emperor.
Even though Wilhelm II's 45th birthday in 1914 was in full swing of the First World War, it still could not stop many Germans from celebrating the birthday of His Majesty the great emperor.
At that time, the Kenning family, which had just emerged in the watch industry, gave His Majesty the Emperor a table clock made of gold and diamonds on his birthday.
Foreigners are different from Chinese people, if you send clocks to people on their birthdays, they will beat you out, what do you mean by sending clocks?
Do you want to send the bell (final)?
But in the eyes of foreigners, whether it is a watch, a grandfather clock, or even a grandfather clock, it is a very good birthday gift.
Not to mention that the clock that Kenning gave to Wilhelm II at that time was made entirely of gold and diamonds, and it is said that the clock alone was worth 180,000 gold marks.
This clock was very popular with Wilhelm II, and the Kenning family, which was in the early stages of development at the time, immediately used this clock as a model to create another 45 Wilhelm II memorial clocks.
These commemorative clocks may not be as extravagant as the real birthday table clock, but their dials and hands are also made of gold.
At that time, such a commemorative bell sold for as much as 1,200 gold marks.
Before the First World War, the German gold mark was still quite valuable, because the currency of that era was pegged to gold.
At that time, the world's most popular currency was not the US dollar, but the British pound, which contained about 73 grams of pure gold, while the German gold mark contained half the gold content of the pound.
That is, in those days, one pound was equal to two German gold marks and five dollars.
In other words, one gold mark in that era was equal to 25 US dollars, and 1200 gold marks were equivalent to 3000 US dollars.
What did $3,000 mean in those days?
In those days, you could buy a large enough piece of land in Texas for $300 and retire to enjoy life, and for $3,000, you could be called a local rich man!
Indeed, if you calculate the current dollar and the 1900 dollar according to the change in the price of gold, you will find that $3,000 in 1900 is about equal to $350,000 today!
After all, the GDP of the United States in 1900 was only 20.5 billion US dollars, so you can imagine how high the value of this 1,200 gold marks was.
Yang Jing is very fond of clocks, which may have been inherited from his parents.
Yang Jing's mother and father both like watches, and even Yang Jing has been very fond of this kind of art specially used for timekeeping since he was a child.
Therefore, Yang Jing still knows a lot about clocks and watches.
Of course, he knew the value of the 45th anniversary of Wilhelm II.
Even if you don't count the history, this grandfather clock is worth almost $350,000 on its own, and if you count the history of more than 100 years, the value of this grandfather clock will be at least ten times or more.
Seeing that Yang Jing was looking at the grandfather clock, the old man leaned over and said very proudly: "Yang, your vision is very good, this grandfather clock can be said to be the treasure of the town store in my shop."
There are only six of these commemorative grandfather clocks from 103 years ago left in the world, and the only ones that can move around normally are mine and another British aristocrat's treasure. ” The old man saw the envy in Yang Jing's eyes, and said even more proudly: "That's right, the 45th birthday commemorative grandfather clock of William II produced by the Kenning family is the only memorial clock left in the whole of Paris and even the whole of France, of course, its price is also very expensive." ” Yang Jing asked, "Monsieur Armand, can you tell me the price of this clock?"
I would love to learn more about clocks from you. ” "Of course, young man, this clock was bought by my father from a German guy more than forty years ago, and now if it is auctioned, it will never start at less than four million euros.
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It's just that I've never thought of this clock, so I don't know how much it is worth now. ” Hearing this price, Yang Jing secretly stuck out his tongue, and then said with a smile: "Mr.
Armand, thank you very much for letting me learn so much knowledge.
But this bell is a beautiful baby!
It will attract the eye of anyone who comes to your store. ” The old man smiled and narrowed his eyes, but the arrogance in his demeanor was undoubtedly revealed. ps: A new week has started again, Lao Mo kneels and begs for recommendation tickets, clicks and favorites!
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