https://www.kaplans.se/en/auktioner/3703/vara/1635264

Congrats to the buyer.

 

It is the bracelet variant of the GL - it would be a tough call to find a RG bracelet to match this watch...

I would need the "wrong" box for my SM olympics - so if somebody here has bought the watch please contact me - I would swap the box for a Connie box.

 

I think the price is way to high for the watch without the bracelet. How many of these were made?

Another example from the forum: https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-constellation-grand-luxe-ref-2930-sc.50956/

 

Doubt it's known how many produced - to my knowledge they're not super rare or anything. Here's mine:

 

I can live with uncommon

 

The UN connection set aside, there would be nothing remarkable with the sale location. Lots of extremely affluent people were (and are) living in Kinshasa.

 

Probably someone stationed there bought it through the store in order to get it duty-free. It could have been delivered there prior to his departure home.

 

That is correct. Many Swedes have been deployed abroad on UN peace keeping mission. Congo included. Their salary was tax free and luxury items were duty-free. So it was common that they bought themselves an expensive watch before going home

 

Nearly all officers in the Danish Army I know have brought back a watch of some kind from their tour of duty, so in forty years time the market will be awash with banged-up Omegas with some sort of Army background story to jump up the price, when all that watch ever witnessed was staff work by day and evenings in the camp, drinking slush-ice and eating cake

In the Danish army, the Seamaster 300 Professional is known as "The Officer's Watch" as so many bought one while abroad...

 

Damn, I thought I had the official danish army officer’s watch? It’s got great provenance

 

Amazing piece. That 8 is too cool.

 

Thanks - and agreed on the numerals, that’s why I fell for it- and I like the cappuccino color and last but not least I like it because it comes from @ConElPueblo who’s such a dear gentleman.

This was a good OF thread hijack, thanks all for the opportunity

 

Agree! It's the inverted numeral "2", and located across the dial from the real one too!

 

ALL my watches have incredible military provenance which raises the value no end

 

...My DS-3 PH1000M have both Danish Army and Royal Australian Navy provenance, making it extremely valuable

 

Yeah but you forgot to sign me a letter and send me a picture of yourself in your uniform wearing the watch and copies of your service papers.