A star on a non-Connie?

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Hello all. A question for you – did Omega give stars to non-Constellation watches? I ask because there’s this one on Ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254971592398

I’ve posted a couple of pictures of the dial, movement and case below.

It’s a 2894, cal 267, 18k case, movement 16xxxxxx so dateable to c.1958. It has the same movement, gold content, and age as the Tresor (OT 2894) on the archive website: https://www.omegawatches.com/en-gb/watch-omega-tresor-omega-ot-2894 although the dial is not especially close.

Searching for the reference on this site, I found by chance one that had a similar dial: https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-ref-2894-1958.73079/

It’s the star that puzzles me. It’s not a Connie, or claiming to be one, and the similar one posted above didn’t have a star. Nor do other 2894s I've looked at in a quick Google search. My first uneducated assumption would be a redial, but it seems a strange thing to add just for fun. I know nothing about this reference, this isn’t a watch I’m looking to buy, and I’m not looking for an evaluation of it - it just seemed to raise an interesting question.

Thanks.
 
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Having just read the really interesting thread on a pie pan Seamaster then perhaps a star on a non-Constellation isn’t so strange after all. Or a redial with artistic licence if not!
 
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google for "red star on Omega dial" or "Omega Teddington"

There have´nt been only red stars, also gold stars as marketing "tool"

BTW the dial you show looks to be original from what I can see from the one photo - it would be a nice buy if the price was not absurd
 
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Thank you! Sometimes it just requires one word, in this case “Teddington”, and the search becomes very easy.
The Brits amongst us might know of “two-ton Ted from Teddington” from a relentlessly catchy song by Benny Hill.