18K Constellation with integrated bracelet. Legit/Reference?

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Sumpf100

·Today at 3:44am

Sorry for the poor pictures, but can anyone identify this 18k Constellation with integrated bracelet and determine possibles reference numbers? B.P.C.I. is the abbreviation for a former Swiss bank. It appears to be an anniversary gift. I'm finding it difficult to assess the watch as a whole, but with the receipt, it seems legit. However, the dial doesn't appear to pass the MOY test. Many unanswered questions for such a (potentially) high-quality watch...

 

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MtV

·Today at 3:45am

The answer is: scrap value.

 

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Sumpf100

·Today at 3:53am

MtV

The answer is: scrap value.

Thanks. Is the dial wrong or even much more?

 

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MtV

·Today at 4:02am

The positioning of the words in the top half of the dial indeed doesn’t look great. I‘m not into this generation of Connies, so I’d prefer to have others comment on the dial, however:

Gold price is at a point at which even the sought-after 50s full-18k Grand Luxe Connies finish close to gold-value plus parts value in auctions.
The generation of Constellation you posted isn’t particularly sought after to begin with, the bracelet isn’t even detachable, etc etc.

Dial originality, correctness of the crown (questionable) etc will make no difference for the value here.

 

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Passover

·Today at 4:18am

Reference number is 168.018 IMO

Looks like the original lugs had been removed

 

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Sumpf100

·Today at 4:36am

Oh, thanks. Did Omega do such things on request?

 

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Sumpf100

·Today at 4:58am

Please excuse me if some of my questions seem too silly😅I'm new here.

 

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Peemacgee

·Today at 5:12am·Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers

Passover

Reference number is 168.018 IMO

Looks like the original lugs had been removed

I think you are probably right.

1976 is rather late for a 168.018 -it must have been sitting around at the jewellers for a while.
I'd like to see the serial - as dauphine hands tended to appear on the earlier versions. (which makes it potentially even more anachronous)
The attached bracelet style looks to be significantly later than the watch - I wonder if the watch was butchered later on for someone. (and it looks hideously over-heavy on the watch)
The text on these watches can be all over the place (in style and positioning - Omega still on a sugar-high from f'kin around with C cases) but there is something 'off' about this dial (shape of the some letters and spacing between letters)
The decagonal crown is from earlier Constellations (later lyre-lug and dogleg models)

 

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Peemacgee

·Today at 5:15am·Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers

Sumpf100

Oh, thanks. Did Omega do such things on request?

yes, they sold lugless watches with attached gold bracelets.
Local suppliers (Dennison, Shackman etc also did fixed bracelets - some with lugs still in place)
You can see them in the old sales adverts.

Of course a jeweller, like Bourqenez may have done this.

Sumpf100

Please excuse me if some of my questions seem too silly😅I'm new here.

There are no truly silly questions - just dig into what's available on OF or on line and give an opinion first, if you can

 

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Sumpf100

·Today at 6:03am

Thanks!