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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9757828, member: 111"]The watch is Swiss - ARS&F (Auguste Robert Stauffer & Fils) was registered in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in 1880.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fancy vest chain might have been used by either men or women, and could date earlier or even a few years later than the watch. At left in the first pic is an empty bail, which most likely held a toggle bar that was inserted into the buttonhole of a vest, the charm or charms hanging down, and the watch tucked into a pocket...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9757828, member: 111"]The watch is Swiss - ARS&F (Auguste Robert Stauffer & Fils) was registered in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in 1880. The fancy vest chain might have been used by either men or women, and could date earlier or even a few years later than the watch. At left in the first pic is an empty bail, which most likely held a toggle bar that was inserted into the buttonhole of a vest, the charm or charms hanging down, and the watch tucked into a pocket... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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