First time poster - was recommended to post here for your expert knowledge!

I'm trying to find out more about this vintage Constellation, potential value, and generally get your thoughts. All I know is it's probably 50's, gold plated, to my knowledge hasn't been redialed (but please do let me know your thoughts), and otherwise is in pretty good condition. Crown is signed, but I've never seen one with this type of crown - they're normally smooth, rounded and polygonal - so I'm not sure whether it's original.

Have attached a few photos - hopefully they're clear enough.

Much appreciated!

 

How much Tritium lume can you see on the hands and marker plots?

 

It has dog-leg lugs, which resembles dog legs which is quite loved by collectors here. It has a domed dial. The markers are onyx inserted - which is designed by Gerald Genta... the person who designed watches like AP Royal Oak. From what I know it has a solid gold bezel and is gold capped. The bottom usually connotes tritium lumes which is luminous materials on the hands/edge of dial usually.

I'm not too certain but it may have been redialed(you'll find out in a bit when more people post here), as in they fixed some text on it or painted over stuff like bad patina. From the pictures it looks like there's inconsistencies like different text thickness for the constellation, maybe not.

 

It's probably from 1963 or later and the dial has been restored/repainted and has either been installed improperly (or a wrong tension ring put on?) or is from another Constellation reference.

The value in these lie mostly in the condition o the 1) dial and 2) case, neither of which looks too good. The case has received a fair bit of polishing, which really shows on these more angular Constellation references.

 

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