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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 559336, member: 5833&quot;]No, the bail is not for the bar pin, it is for something suspended from it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Think it only looks like it might be something that way because the ring is not soldered closed, or even quite closed all the way.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exactly.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Two possibilities, but it is hinged, something to use when wanted &amp; be out of sight when not.&nbsp; Anything suspended from it would have to be fitted with its own findings that would allow it to be detached.&nbsp; Not clear to me how you would use it for a watch &amp; be able to take the watch off so you could bring it down to where you can see it.&nbsp; A watch pin usually has a hook in that position, not a closed ring.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Something this way is more likely.&nbsp; This would make it a day/night piece: modest by day; glitzy by night.</p><p><br /></p><p>But this is what caught my eye.&nbsp; French makers&#039; marks are in tiny lozenge shaped cartouches like this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170975[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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