About to pull trigger on 1958 Constellation purchase and wanted to run it past your hawk-like eyes. The clip on the hands looks odd, though.Thoughts?

Singapore202000

Should the clip be underneath the disc where the hands meet? As that a repairer's gaff? And the watchface? Wonderfully preserved or a redial? Lettering all right? The are slight variations on the E crossing, but I believe this happened... they were finished by hand at that period, I read. The G looks ok? Acceptable? The price, we are talking about is $1,600. Movement number and caseback number seem to be both 1958. Medallion on back looks crisp, lettering of consellation and waterproof on back arent polished out and all the stars are there.

I would so much welcome your thoughts before I shell out any money, as I want to get this right. I am asking the seller for closer ups of the movement and a clean view of the the number. It starts 16,04... I think.

Singapore202000

Thanks for that. On reflection, it just has to be. I'll pass and instead buy a gold one from Antiquorum -- when I save up a bit more, lol.

Peemacgee

@Singapore202000

Did the seller suggest that the dial was original? - if so you should perhaps avoid this seller.

There are a couple of immediate obvious tells of a redial:
as @TexOmega mentioned - the straight 'n' in Constellation.
A 2852 would never have a crossed-T
The minute haches on a pie pan should never cross the edge of the flat section of the dial and should be a consistent distance from the edge all-round

This is a useful resource to study the correct dials etc. for the various Constellation references:
http://omega-constellation-collectors.blogspot.com/

Singapore202000

Hi guys. What if I got a major reduction in the price and had the redial watch redailed by a top pro so that was a perfect match of the original? I've been told about Classic Watch Repair in Hong Kong (I live down the road) who comes highly recommended. I want my Connie to be my daily watch, so if the price is right and the redial is perfect it doesnt matter to me. For my special days I have an Omega 1954 gold Tresor with box and papers which is an original presentation watch in the 1956 Melbourne Olympic games to a Greco-Roman gold medallist from Finland. I've been on Chrono24... and frankly, with my new set of eyes, I'm pretty much suspicious of every item that has a newish looking dial. The older ones, a few, with blemishes, look promising... but even those have been warn long and hard and the back medallion is often rubbed away with stars missing and the "Constellation" and "waterproof" is almost always rubbed away. It seems like getting a perfect original one is like the Holy Grail... almost impossible to find!