1960s C case Constellation black stick or dauphin hands

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Spruce

·Sep 20, 2021·Sunburst dial fan

Hi,

I have this 1966 168.017 with a 561 movement.

I’m looking to buy an age appropriate set of non-tritium black hands to replace these dauphine hands, which I’ve been told are from an earlier pie-pan Connie.

I also intend to exchange the crystal (it’s not signed) for a non-cyclops crystal.

Once I’ve replaced the current hands I shall be looking to sell them.

This is the type of hands I’m looking for

 

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Spruce

·Sep 27, 2021·Sunburst dial fan

Bump

 

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·Oct 5, 2021·Sunburst dial fan

Looks like I’m on a loser here but I’ve no doubt that a set'll turn up later if not sooner.

 

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kaplan

·Oct 19, 2021

I've never seen thin baton hands for sale, but good luck with your search

If you decide to settle, the thicker baton hands are very easy to find

 

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Spruce

·Oct 19, 2021·Sunburst dial fan

Thanks @kaplan,
I appreciate the response. I don’t want to trespass on any source that you may have but if you would be happy to act as go between?

 

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kaplan

·Oct 19, 2021

Not at all, and to your luck, I think these are actually thin hands, I didn't take a second look before since they are very common: https://www.ofrei.com/page864.html

My source is simply watching eBay, when you search for "565 hands" they come up - any movement# works

https://www.ebay.com/itm/274306443319

eBay is cheaper, and just checked a pair that I bought earlier, they were actually thin, so I guess your quest might be over 😁

(Source of confusion: the thickness, and not paying much attention while window browsing spares)

 

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·Oct 19, 2021

I also compared the hands I posted to the exact model you have, they seem to match 1:1 length/width wise