Advice on Omega 168004/14 with a solid 18k band.

Posts

1

Likes

0

watchcat

·Apr 16, 2025

Hi everyone. Im helping my mom sell an Omega Constellation Automatic Chronometer 18k with solid 18k band. # 168004/14.
I am having it serviced.
If you were to sell this would you:
1) sell the band separately and add nice leather band to watch and sell that
2) sell all together?

Any information and advice is welcome.
Thank you, Mark

 

Posts

12,835

Likes

17,504

gatorcpa

·Apr 16, 2025·ΩF InvestiGator

First of all, many collectors would prefer a watch like this be sold unserviced, so that they can take it to their own watchmaker.

Second, I cannot tell if this bracelet is an original Omega branded piece. If original Omega, it is quite rare and you’d probably be better off selling them together. If generic 18K gold, then maybe selling the bracelet for scrap might be the way to go. I just don’t have enough information to guide you.

gatorcpa

 

Posts

5,747

Likes

8,925

Peemacgee

·Apr 17, 2025

what @gatorcpa said.

The bracelet doesn’t look to have an omega symbol on the clasp, so likely not an Omega bracelet.
If so, get a nice inexpensive simple 18mm/16mm strap ( unpadded, plain, or something like lizard-like) in black or dark brown and sell the bracelet.

Your watch is a an 18k 168.004 ( the ‘14’ is for the deluxe version which has a gold dial)

Don’t get a service but do get some poly watch and polish the crystal - don’t polish the watch at all.

 

Posts

12,158

Likes

21,089

Davidt

·Apr 17, 2025

Second don’t bother getting it serviced if you’re selling. Best case, it will ad little/no money and worse case it will decrease the value and appeal to a collector of not done by a sympathetic watchmaker.

 

Posts

2,221

Likes

4,423

SOG53

·Apr 17, 2025

Is the bracelet removable?

 

Posts

5,747

Likes

8,925

Peemacgee

·Apr 17, 2025

SOG53

Is the bracelet removable?

you're quite right - it does rather look as though it is fused to the body of the watch case.

Well - that solves that dilemma then....

 

Posts

182

Likes

394

kfranzk

·May 8, 2025

Its a nice 18k nonremovable bracelet watch, there are a few out there ref 168.011 or 7190, I saw even one in white gold.
Here look mine:

And one 7190 inside: