🔥RARE-VINTAGE‼️ Navajo Turquoise / Red Blood Coral Gemstones & Sterling Silver Cuff Watch Bracelet Timex Quartz Watch‼️ 🔥

🔥Timex watch likely Circa 1960s

🔥🔥 Native Bracelet Circa 1960s-1970s

⏱️WATCH NOT WORKING-WINDS UP BUT NON OPERATIONAL⏱️

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Unsigned - weighs 84 grams

1 5/16" width of cuff

2 3/8" wide

1 3/16" opening

🤩🤩Analysis of the Native American Watch Bracelet—-

What you have here is a classic style known as a Native American Watch Cuff or Watch Band. These were, and still are, highly popular, particularly among the Navajo and Zuni artists.

🤩🤩The Turquoise—

The turquoise stones are quite striking.

• Appearance: The stones are a bright, beautiful blue with a heavy, dark matrix (the web-like lines/ inclusions). This type of matrix is often associated with stones from mines like Morenci, Kingman, or Cerrillos Mines —all prominent sources in the American Southwest. The dark brown/black matrix often suggests iron or copper content in the host rock.

• Cut: The stones are cut as cabochons (domed, polished stones) and are irregularly shaped, or "freeform," which allows the artist to follow the natural contours of the raw material, a common practice in quality Native American work.

🤩🤩The Red Ox-Blood Coral Stones—-

The red stone, which is also very common in Southwestern Native American jewelry, is GENUINE Blood Red Coral.

• Type: The specific color and smooth, slightly irregular cabochon shape suggest it is Mediterranean Coral (often called oxblood or red coral), or sometimes a highly prized darker, saturated Sponge Coral.

• Cultural Significance: Coral has been traded into the Southwest for centuries and is highly valued by many tribes, especially the Zuni and Navajo, who often use it in combination with turquoise, silver, and shell.

🤩🤩The Metalwork & Setting—

The metalwork surrounding the stones is characteristic of traditional Southwestern silver artistry.

• Metal: It is undoubtedly Sterling Silver.

• Technique: The pieces are heavily decorated with repoussé (the raised bump detailing), stamping (the impressed patterns on the border and leaves), and appliqué (the small silver balls, or silver drops, and the carefully soldered leaves/flowers).

• The floral motifs, leaves, and silver drops are particularly common in Navajo and sometimes Zuni work, though Zuni is more famous for inlay.

• Bezel Setting: The stones are set in simple, smooth bezels, which are strips of silver wrapped around the stone's perimeter to hold it securely.

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