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Rare Antique 18kt Gold Blood Stone Fox Watch Fob , Figural Charm Pendant
Rare Antique 18kt Gold Blood Stone Fox Watch Fob , Figural Charm Pendant

Rare Antique 18kt Gold Blood Stone Fox Watch Fob , Figural Charm Pendant

Located in Monroe Township, NJ

Featuring a stunning pair of intricately sculpted foxes, the pendant exudes a sense of movement and elegance, bringing the foxes to life.

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Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Gold

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Bud Fox Wall Street Pre-Owned Coveted Cartier Large Panthere Watch 18K Gold 27mm
Bud Fox Wall Street Pre-Owned Coveted Cartier Large Panthere Watch 18K Gold 27mm

Bud Fox Wall Street Pre-Owned Coveted Cartier Large Panthere Watch 18K Gold 27mm

By Cartier

Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

It is a special coveted watch perfect for any watch collector or anyone who loves Charlie Sheen.

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Vintage 1980s Wrist Watches

Materials

18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Mid 18th Century Carnelian Gemstone Gold Flask
Mid 18th Century Carnelian Gemstone Gold Flask

Mid 18th Century Carnelian Gemstone Gold Flask

Located in Paris, FR

Each side of the mounting’s base features two animals: on one side, a fox is watching a stork with its beak in a vase, and on the other side, a stork is watching a fox eat.

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Antique 1740s German Vanity Items

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Cartier Lady's White Gold and Diamond La Dona Wristwatch

Cartier Lady's White Gold and Diamond La Dona Wristwatch

By Cartier

Located in Greenwich, CT

Elegant and timeless, this Cartier lady's La Dona 18K white gold and diamond watch will make watching the clock an effortless and artful experience.

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Early 2000s Swiss Wrist Watches

Materials

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Cartier yellow gold Stainless Steel Ballon Bleu Midsize Automatic Wristwatch

Cartier yellow gold Stainless Steel Ballon Bleu Midsize Automatic Wristwatch

By Cartier

Located in Greenwich, CT

With a silvered guilloche dial and black Roman numerals, this midsize stainless steel and 18 karat yellow gold Cartier automatic wristwatch, is an iconic wardrobe must have. Style #...

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2010s French Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

18k Gold, Stainless Steel

Vintage 14K Gold Hand Painted Reverse Intaglio Fox Horse Dog Watch Bracelet
Vintage 14K Gold Hand Painted Reverse Intaglio Fox Horse Dog Watch Bracelet

Vintage 14K Gold Hand Painted Reverse Intaglio Fox Horse Dog Watch Bracelet

Located in Montclair, NJ

This gorgeous vintage watch bracelet features wonderful portraits of a dog, fox and a jockey riding a horse done in a reversed intaglio technique.

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21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

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Sicis Stainless Steel Crazy Fox Blue Feather Micromosaic Quartz Wristwatch

Sicis Stainless Steel Crazy Fox Blue Feather Micromosaic Quartz Wristwatch

By Sicis Jewels

Located in London, GB

Steel Case Nano­Mosaic ­ Satin Strap Quartz Movement (Swiss Made) Silver 925‰ White Diamonds Retail price includes UK VAT. For any questions please feel free to ask.

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Contemporary Wrist Watches

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Antique 1890's 14k Yellow Gold Fox & Hound Chase Carnelian Crest Watch Fob
Antique 1890's 14k Yellow Gold Fox & Hound Chase Carnelian Crest Watch Fob

Antique 1890's 14k Yellow Gold Fox & Hound Chase Carnelian Crest Watch Fob

Located in Bernardsville, NJ

This charming fob features a fox on one side and a hound on the other chasing after another.

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Antique Late 19th Century European Late Victorian Pendant Necklaces

Materials

14k Gold, Yellow Gold

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Fox Watches For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, there are many options to choose from in our inventory of fox watches. All of the items for sale were constructed with extraordinary care, often using Gold, 14k Gold and Yellow Gold. Our collection of these items for sale includes 14 vintage editions and 2 modern creations to choose from as well. Our inventory is broad and distinctive, with accessories on offer that were made as long ago as the 18th Century to those produced as recently as the 21st Century. There are many different pieces in our collection of fox watches to choose from, but Victorian and Contemporary fox watches are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made iterations of these items over the years, but those made by Fabergé and Sicis Jewels are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Lovers of these pieces agree that it’s a versatile accessory, but a selection from our variety of 3 Ruby versions can add an especially stylish touch. A selection of round cut and brilliant cut can be found today on these pages. When shopping our range of fox watches, you’ll find that there are less available pieces for men today than there are for women.

How Much are Fox Watches?

Prices for fox watches can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, these accessories begin at $297 and can go as high as $5,026, while fox watches, on average, fetch $1,200.

Why Gold Shines in Jewelry Craftsmanship

Gold is the feel-good metal, the serotonin of jewelry. Wear vintage and antique gold necklaces, watches, gold bracelets or gold rings and you feel happy, you feel dressed, you feel, well, yourself. 

Gold, especially yellow gold, with its rich patina and ancient pedigree going back thousands of years, is the steady standby, the well-mannered metal of choice. Any discussion of this lustrous metal comes down to a basic truth: Gold is elementary, my dear. Gold jewelry that couples the mystique of the metal with superb design and craftsmanship achieves the status of an enduring classic. Many luxury houses have given us some of our most treasured and lasting examples of gold jewelry over the years.

Since its founding, in 1837, Tiffany & Co. has built its reputation on its company jewelry as well as its coterie of boutique designers, which has included Jean Schlumberger, Donald Claflin, Angela Cummings and Elsa Peretti. There are numerous gold Tiffany classics worth citing. Some are accented with gemstones, but all stand out for their design and the workmanship displayed.

For the woman who prefers a minimalist look, the Tiffany & Co. twist bangle (thin, slightly ovoid) is stylishly simple. For Cummings devotees, signature pieces feature hard stone inlay, such as her pairs of gold ear clips inlaid with black jade (a play on the classic Chanel black and tan), or bangles whose design recalls ocean waves, with undulating lines of lapis lazuli and mother-of-pearl. And just about any design by the great Jean Schlumberger is by definition a classic.

Even had he eschewed stones and diamonds, Southern-born David Webb would be hailed for the vast arsenal of heavy gold jewelry he designed. Gold, usually hammered or textured in some manner, defines great David Webb jewelry. The self-taught jeweler made very au courant pieces while drawing inspiration from ancient and out-of-the-way sources — East meets West in the commanding gold necklaces made by Webb in the early 1970s. The same could be said for his endlessly varied gold cuffs.

In Europe, many houses have given us gold jewelry that sets the highest standard for excellence, pieces that were highly sought after when they were made and continue to be so. 

Numerous designs from Cartier are homages to gold. There are the classic Trinity rings, necklaces and bracelets — trifectas of yellow, white and rose gold. As a testament to the power of love, consider the endurance of the Cartier Love bracelet.

Aldo Cipullo, Cartier’s top in-house designer from the late 1960s into the early ’70s, made history in 1969 with the Love bracelet. Cipullo frequently said that the Love bracelet was born of a sleepless night contemplating a love affair gone wrong and his realization that “the only remnants he possessed of the romance were memories.” He distilled the urge to keep a loved one close into a slim 18-karat gold bangle. 

BVLGARI and its coin jewelry, gemme nummarie, hit the jackpot when the line launched in the 1960s. The line has been perennially popular. BVLGARI coin jewelry features ancient Greek and Roman coins embedded in striking gold mounts, usually hung on thick link necklaces of varying lengths. In the 1970s, BVLGARI introduced the Tubogas line, most often made in yellow gold. The Tubogas watches are classics, and then there is the Serpenti, the house's outstanding snake-themed watches and bracelets.

A collection called Monete that incorporated the gold coins is one of several iconic BVLGARI lines that debuted in the 1970s and ’80s, catering to a new generation of empowered women. Just as designers like Halston and Yves Saint Laurent were popularizing fuss-free ready-to-wear fashion for women on the go, BVLGARI offered jewels to be lived in. 

Since Van Cleef & Arpels opened its Place Vendôme doors in 1906, collection after collection of jewelry classics have enchanted the public. As predominantly expressed in a honeycomb of gold, there is the Ludo watch and accessories, circa the 1920s, and the golden Zip necklace, 1951, whose ingenious transformation of the traditional zipper was originally proposed by the Duchess of Windsor. Van Cleef's Alhambra, with its Moroccan motif, was introduced in 1968 and from the start its popularity pivoted on royalty and celebrity status. It remains one of VCA’s most popular and collected styles.

Mention must be made of Buccellati, whose name is synonymous with gold so finely spun that it suggests tapestry. The house’s many gold bracelets, typically embellished with a few or many diamonds, signified taste and distinction and are always in favor on the secondary market. Other important mid-20th-century houses known for their gold-themed jewelry include Hermès and Ilias Lalaounis.

Find a stunning collection of vintage and antique gold jewelry on 1stDibs.