SALE IS FOR THE BRACELET ONLY-THE MATCHING DIAMOND SLIDE/14K OMEGA NECKLACE IN THE LAST 4 PHOTOS IS LISTED UNDER THE ‘NECKLACE’ CATEGORY!

BRACELET PROVENANCE:

Originally purchased by Dr. Consuelo Ayala near Garland, TX. Consuelo grew up in El Paso, TX, where her parents ran an in-house printing press and instilled a strong work ethic. She loved dancing with Ballet Folklórico but she always dreamed of becoming a pediatrician or family doctor. While pursuing her path to medical school, she spent many summers working as a guide at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming and at the Grand Canyon, gaining a deep appreciation for nature and diverse communities.

She happened to be a psychiatrist within the Texas mental wellness system. During her years of study she developed Friedreich’s ataxia, a progressive condition with symptoms similar to multiple sclerosis. As her health gradually deteriorated she moved away from general medicine and focused on psychiatry, determined to use her medical knowledge and talents despite the growing physical challenges. Eventually confined to a wheelchair, she continued to drive an adapted van fitted for her needs and remained active in serving the community until her death in 2019. She persevered through great difficulty, built a wonderful career, and helped countless patients. She worked harder than most, all while caring for her aging mother, and seldom took time to reward herself.

After receiving an award, she discovered this bracelet & the 14k gold and diamond slide matching necklace in “JALIN JEWELERS” window near Garland, TX in 1999 and finally did something nice for herself by splurging on this exquisite gold duo. She carefully saved every dollar for months to buy them and treated the purchase as a well-earned celebration of her achievement.

Sadly, her life was cut short, and she never had the chance to fully enjoy wearing them for nearly as long as she had hoped. That’s when her niece, who lives here in Santa Fe, brought the pieces to me.

THE BRACELET:

Very minimalist in style, this was made in Italy & is designed in 14k solid gold. It’s called a ‘Flat Omega’ & has 2 security lock features on both sides of the bracelet for added security. Because of it’s straight perimeter, you have the choice of wearing this alone OR will make the perfect bracelet for stacking it with other gold bracelets!

My guess is that it seemed Consuelo might have wore the bracelet more than the necklace, because when I received it, there were surface scratches on the gold. So to avoid the buyer from having to spend money to take the scratches out, I took it to my professional jewelry repair man, who made it look like new again & buffed all the scratches out! (The scratches were taken out AFTERI photographed the bracelet.)

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ARTIST: UNKNOWN

CIRCA MADE-Mid to Late 1990'S

METAL: 14K GOLD

LENGTH: 7" (Without tongue of clasp)

WIDTH: 3/8" (10 mm)

WEIGHT: 27.7 GRAMS (0.96 OUNCES)

SECURITY: Comes with ‘fold over’ ‘figure 8’ looking clasps that lock over the beads (see photos 5 & 9)

CONDITION: Perfect-Wearable Condition-All Parts working-Clasps are strong-No kinks-No bends in the Gold-I recently had all surface scratches removed!

HALLMARK: 14k-Italy on one end-On the tongue itself, is a name that I can’t read (I believe it may be the company who made it?)

COMES GIFT BOXED

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SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT:

Anything with a high price tag, will have a mandatory signature confirmation requirement & will come insured (reflected in shipping price).. If you're not home in the day & need it shipped where it can be signed for, please change that in your "Ship To" section before I create the shipping label***I'm sorry if this may be an inconvenience, but I do not ship expensive pieces without one. This is for your safety & mine.

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PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING:

In order to give you close up photos so I can provide you with all the detail, can tend to make the item look gigantic & exaggerated than in actuality. So to get an accurate idea of how big this is, please zoom in on the photos where you can see it on the wrist or you can do is pull out a tape measure & compare to my given measurements.