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Cf. Exhibition Palais Galliera, "Van Cleef & Arpels", Editions Paris-Musées, Paris, 1992, page 161, plate 322 for a similar watch
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A LADY'S "INVISIBLY-SET" RUBY, DIAMOND AND 18K GOLD WRISTWATCH, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
The flexible brick-link bracelet with diamond line clasp centering on two invisibly-set ruby crescents sliding to open two flaps, revealing a rectangular dial with black Arabic chapters and blued steel hands, old European-cut diamond detail, circa 1950, 18.5 cm., in a Van Cleef & Arpels black leather fitted case
Signed by Van Cleef & Arpels, N.Y., no. 2171
The flexible brick-link bracelet with diamond line clasp centering on two invisibly-set ruby crescents sliding to open two flaps, revealing a rectangular dial with black Arabic chapters and blued steel hands, old European-cut diamond detail, circa 1950, 18.5 cm., in a Van Cleef & Arpels black leather fitted case
Signed by Van Cleef & Arpels, N.Y., no. 2171