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<LEGEND>
     Financial Data Schedule for Fossil, Inc.  Part I Item.  Financial state-
     ments of Fossil, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of and for the Thirty-Nine Weeks
     ended October 3, 1998, filed on Form 10Q, and is qualified in its entirety
     by reference to such Financial Statements.
</LEGEND>
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