this is about to close on eBay in an hour or so - currently running at £1,220
apart from the wrong yellow crown and poor redial - it appears to have yellow arrowheads coupled with a pink case.
(and pink hour/minute hands coupled with yellow second hand)
so whats going on there then?

I do have another question
it's a snapback case and the case back lacks the expected brickwork observatory, and has the non-gold case star style/arrangement.
Anybody know if early French or English cases departed from the Swiss originals in this way?

no inside shots of the case back -even though the seller states the caliber and year

 

Franken with dial and 2nd hand from donor?

 

Its completely fake.. Nothing omega about that except maybe the movement? Idk can't see the movement..

 

A perfect example of caveat emptor...

 

Well I wasn’t ready to call it a complete fake as the arrowheads didn’t look crappy enough to raise immediate concerns and I haven’t studied theses early case styles enough to be certain
- and it’s usually the doglegs that get the full fake treatment.
At least the bidding didn’t rise in the last two hours of the auction - which is unusual - so I hope at least some of the bidders read this thread

 

It is a fake.... the observatorium in caseback is a big tell.

 

https://omegaforums.net/threads/urgent-help-60s-constellation-gold-buy-decision.3033/#post-34477

 

Thanks for the thread link

As I said - doglegs are generally pretty easy to spot but I wasn't 100% about earlier references

However this sums it up nicely:

“Well the first flag to look for in a pre 168.009/17 gold Constellation is the case back medallion. In all instances, an 18k gold Constellation will have a brickwork observatory roof. From 168.009/17 the reverse then occurs with solid gold Constellations.
Cheers
Desmond“



I pity the poor b*st’d who paid £1,220 for the watch