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Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

1920

  • Work on this object began.

1930

  • Work on this object ended.

2017

2025

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Pocket Watch

This is a Pocket watch.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Private Collection as part of Jeweled Splendors of the Art Deco Era: The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection.

It is dated ca. 1925. Its medium is carved coral, enamel, blued steel, gold.

It is credited Lent by Private Collection.

  • Handbag Watch
  • bakelite, metal, glass, paper.
  • Gift of Max Pine and Lois Mander.
  • 2008-9-13
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  • Handbag Watch
  • bakelite (tm), glass, metal.
  • Gift of Max Pine and Lois Mander.
  • 2008-9-14

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 3.2 × 3 × 1.4 cm (1 1/4 × 1 3/16 × 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Cartier, France, on dial, no 08081 on crown

It is signed

Cartier, France, on dial, no 08081 on crown

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Jeweled Splendors of the Art Deco Era: The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection.

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