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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9575717, member: 79705"]<p style="text-align: center"></p><p>Here's a Morning Glory Antiques <a href="https://www.morninggloryjewelry.com/articles/victorian-and-edwardian/victorian-watch-jewelry-chains-fobs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.morninggloryjewelry.com/articles/victorian-and-edwardian/victorian-watch-jewelry-chains-fobs/" rel="nofollow">page on watch jewelry</a> that shows watch pins (with hooks on back) and a photo of a woman wearing one over her right breast. Wrist watches became the thing in the 20/30s so yes a watch pin would usually be earlier I would think. Bronwen has taught me they also could hook into removable bails that were separate pieces. Convertible jewelry.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had a cameo with a hook at the top and no bail. I ended up using half of a lavalier that was missing it's bottom part. It had a ring at the bottom, so I put the hook through it, then a rubber ear back on the hook to keep it from sliding off. It's worked perfectly. A jeweler might be able to make you a bail with a tiny ring soldered to the bottom for similar purpose if you wanted it as a pendant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9575717, member: 79705"][CENTER][/CENTER] Here's a Morning Glory Antiques [URL='https://www.morninggloryjewelry.com/articles/victorian-and-edwardian/victorian-watch-jewelry-chains-fobs/']page on watch jewelry[/URL] that shows watch pins (with hooks on back) and a photo of a woman wearing one over her right breast. Wrist watches became the thing in the 20/30s so yes a watch pin would usually be earlier I would think. Bronwen has taught me they also could hook into removable bails that were separate pieces. Convertible jewelry. I had a cameo with a hook at the top and no bail. I ended up using half of a lavalier that was missing it's bottom part. It had a ring at the bottom, so I put the hook through it, then a rubber ear back on the hook to keep it from sliding off. It's worked perfectly. A jeweler might be able to make you a bail with a tiny ring soldered to the bottom for similar purpose if you wanted it as a pendant.[/QUOTE]
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