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<LEGEND>
     This Schedule contains summary financial  information extracted from Part I
     Item I Financial  Statements of Fossil, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of and for
     the thirteen  weeks ended April 1, 2000 filed on Form 10-Q and is qualified
     in its entirety by reference to such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
</LEGEND>
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