1967 White Gold Constellation 168.019 on Hodinkee

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FWIW, I reached out to them requesting some info (more specs and confirmation about timekeeping performance) as well as shots of the clasp and movement, and they very kindly obliged. If anyone wants to see the pics just pm me and I can pass them along. (Don’t think it’s my place to post them here.)

I’m still mulling. If the watch was 3mm larger, it’d be mine already. (Though it would probably also be 20k and someone else would have beaten me to it.)
 
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confirmation about timekeeping performance
I hope/assume that it will be freshly serviced for that price
 
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I don’t think they are serviced unless they exhibit timekeeping issues prior to them advertising for sale. I do think you have recourse if it starts going wrong fairly soon after you buy though, their customer service is pretty responsive.
 
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Yeah there was no mention of a recent service—only that it’s running strong.

After further thought, this one just isn’t for me. I love the idea of a full wg watch w/ bracelet under 15k, but too many demerits here. It’s a bit small for me, though I might have overlooked that if the dial appealed more. And without papers or an EoA, the price feels ambitious. Also, despite it being full 18k gold, the weight is 110g—quite a bit less than, say, a 5-digit Day-Date with hollow center links. That surprised me. So you do get the wg look, but the heft isn’t really there. Guessing that’s got something to do with how the bracelet is constructed.

It was a fun fling but not meant to be.
 
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As stated before, it's not so rare as they say, maybe with that bracelet it is, but in general these pop up regularly. But definitely one of my grail pieces! I love the c-shape case and hope I'll get one of these some day.
I wonder if there are any with baguette diamond indexes? I think I have seen one or two with square ones, but baguettes would be something else 😜.