Materials and Features:

• Alternating Dual-Injection Spheres: Features substantial 19mm round acrylic beads arranged in a striking geometric rhythm. The design alternates deep tortoiseshell apple juice lucite swirls with opaque milk-white thermoplastic components.

• Flanged Bar Link Extender: The 4-inch adjustable extension chain uses Monet's proprietary flat-sided oblong bar links. Each link concludes in machined flanged capsule barrels that join into the round connecting hoops.

• Pneumatic Swaged Tail Bead: The terminal extension features a high-polish, solid-poured gold-tone ball bead. The end of the core strand is fed inside a cast sleeve receptacle and pneumatically crimped at the base stem to hide all raw thread knots.

• Tensioned Core Cording: The substantial 65-gram collar strand is assembled using multi-filament nylon threading. The configuration provides a clean, flexible drape that conforms perfectly to the contours of the neckline.

Type: Open hook clasp adjustable along a proprietary flanged-capsule link extension chain.

Age/Origin: Circa 1968 / Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Marks: Unmarked (Definitively attributed to Monet based on the registered Bahama Resort catalog blueprints and signature flanged capsule oblong extender chain links).

Other: This exceptional strand represents a fully authenticated, un-stamped production run from the 1968–1969 Bahama Resort collections by Monet. While Monet's casting foundry stamped a signature hallmark directly onto metal jewelry backings, their continuous bead strand lines relied exclusively on custom-stamped metallic hang-tags attached to the hook clasp via split rings. Because these lightweight retail tags frequently detached over decades of secondary market wear, the item is left unsigned. The presence of the proprietary flanged capsule oblong extender links and the pneumatically crimped spherical tail-bead serves as an unalterable factory fingerprint proving its true high-end heritage.

Measurements:

• Weight: 65g

• Dimensions: Approx. 16.5” total operational length inclusive of the hardware, adjustable from 12.5” through to 16.5” (Beads measure a uniform 19mm in diameter across the entire strand)

Condition: Very Good Vintage Condition. The apple juice lucite spheres retain full optical chatoyancy and smooth surfaces with no chips or flea bites, and the white beads preserve an intensely bright gloss. The gold-plated extension hardware remains mirror-bright with minimal finish rub, and the hook mechanism holds tight tension.