Watch

Swiss

1940s

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Title: Watch
Date: 1940s
Culture: Swiss
Medium: gold, diamonds, rubies
Credit Line: Gift of Polaire Weissman, 1986
Object Number: 1986.332
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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