Description:
High quality base metal and enamel Illinois Central fob with a black leather pocket watch fob strap.
- Fancy gold-plated fob, dark green enamel covers the background diamond with white enamel border, across center is a white enamel strip with Illinois Central in gold text, measures approx. 20mm wide x 12mm tall (bail not included).
- Fob is attached, via a gold-toned square-shaped connector, to a 1/2" wide sturdy black leather strap, measuring approx. 13mm wide x 90mm (3 1/2") in length while folded with a gold-toned buckle. To use the fob with a pocket watch, you unbuckle and thread the top of the leather strap through the watch bow then re-buckle the strap. You can then put the watch into your pocket and the decorative plate will hang outside, enabling quick access to retrieving the watch to tell the time. These can also be used solely as a decorative piece as well by threading your belt through the leather strap and letting the fob display off.
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