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Re: cartouche 37 [message #15872 is a reply to message #15871]

Thu, 02 December 2021 03:50

thesnark17
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It looks like the bezel is intended to imitate diamonds. This effect was common in jewelry from the '20s and particularly '30s (when there was less disposable income lying around).

Sometimes very small diamonds were set in the center of designs like these. It is called an "illusion setting". Since there is a real stone involved, it looks a lot more real. Not done that way in Gruen watches as far as I know though.

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		cartouche 37 By: Jenneke on Wed, 03 November 2021 22:34
		Re: Unknown cartouche enamel By: Ephemerald on Wed, 03 November 2021 22:50
		Re: Unknown cartouche enamel By: Ephemerald on Wed, 03 November 2021 22:59
		Re: Unknown cartouche enamel By: Jenneke on Wed, 03 November 2021 23:09
		Re: cartouche 37 By: Case on Thu, 04 November 2021 02:41
		Re: cartouche 37 By: Jenneke on Thu, 04 November 2021 06:55
		Re: cartouche 37 By: Case on Thu, 04 November 2021 13:09
		Re: cartouche 37 By: Barney Green on Thu, 04 November 2021 15:05
		Re: cartouche 37 By: Jenneke on Thu, 04 November 2021 17:41
		Re: cartouche 37 By: Case on Mon, 08 November 2021 02:19
		Re: cartouche 37 By: Ephemerald on Wed, 01 December 2021 22:24
		Re: cartouche 37 By: thesnark17 on Thu, 02 December 2021 03:50
		Re: cartouche 37 By: Jenneke on Thu, 02 December 2021 11:11

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