Hey everyone, I acquired this constellation months ago as a part of a watch lot from a client of mine, and it was not in working condition. I finally got around to servicing the movement and it works beautifully. The crystal is shot and could use a replacement. I'm wondering if anyone would know where I can obtain the original crystal for this constellation for a reasonable price. I believe the part number is PZ5140. If anyone can point me in the right direction, that would be awesome. Also I don't know much about constellations, and would be interested in hearing any fun facts or worthy info about this particular one. It seems to be all original, I think. I plan to gift this one as a surprise to my little lady when the crystal is changed. Thank you in advanced
Looks like it has the wrong case back. It should be ref. 14381 instead of 14393. The best place for the crystal is directly from Omega, otherwise Google can give you a list of dealers who still have it, as well as eBay.
14393 has movement cal. 561 and has date while 14381 has movement cal. 551 without date like your watch.
You can google that reference number on the back for how the watch looks like normally, and you can look it up on Omega Heritage website for official detail on that reference too: https://www.omegawatches.com/planet-omega/heritage/vintage/. The proper back looks essentially the same as the one you have and the whole case is just slightly different in thickness. If you're not selling, there's no worry.
Thanks for that info @TNTwatch. Do you guys think that it would make any sense to sell this "as is" and then hunt for a better example, or invest a few more dollars into this such as a NOS crystal, and keep it? I have about $300 in it to date.
$300 is an absolute bargain for this watch If it had the correct case back - With the service and a new crystal this could be a $1000 watch to a collector Collectors will baulk at the wrong case back but Joe Public might not Just disclose the mismatch if you come to sell it Put a new crystal on it ($50?) and let your missus enjoy it
With a dial and hands in that condition plus the case back gouges, you must know some rather un-picky collectors!
Ok agreed - so collectors might not have been quite the right phrase 'acquirers' might have been a better term Still a great watch for 300 bucks though
Polished the crystal instead of swapping it, cleaned up the case a bit, slapped on the strap, and gifted it to my wife last night. Here it is....
Hi Watchthirst. I own a ref. 14393 10sc, cal. 551 no date. Serial 17019507. Also have a 14393 4, cal. 561 w/date. Serial 18849807. I believe your Constellation has the correct caseback. Congrats on the watch. Your lady is lucky!
That's an incorrect belief. Your first watch either had a wrong caseback or it has a wrong dial and movement put in a wrong case. One case reference cannot have different movements with different features like that. You can verify your first watch by obtaining an Extract of Archive from Omega.