Anyone snag this linen dial Constellation?

[Davidt]

I had this in my watch list this week but unfortunately my bid wasn’t enough to take it home.
Nevertheless, I though this was a beautiful watch, even with the clumsy engraving on the rear and once cleaned and serviced it should be a stunner.

I’m no Constellation expert but I assume it’s a 2652? Did anyone here win it?

 

[hejsam]

The case definitely looks like a 2652 but the dial dont belong to the case, this is a later style of dial.
ChronometER is also a later writing of the correct chronometRE on 2652’s

 

[hoipolloi]

You are lucky enough to miss it. Congrats.

 

[Davidt]

hejsam

The case definitely looks like a 2652 but the dial dont belong to the case, this is a later style of dial.
ChronometER is also a later writing of the correct chronometRE on 2652’s

I did notice that and it’s one of the things that stopped me going nuclear with my bid. The main reason being that I’m not experienced enough with the minutiae of Connie’s to know some of these details.

 

[Davidt]

hoipolloi

You are lucky enough to miss it. Congrats.

For the same reasons as pointed out by @hejsam or anything else?

 

[Caliber561]

I was thinking it might be a 2887. The thick bevel on the edge of the caseback and the dial text are in line with that, IMO.

 

[hoipolloi]

Davidt

For the same reasons as pointed out by @hejsam or anything else?

It looks like a 2887 case with wrong dial. Dial may not have feet and repainted, I guess.

 

[Davidt]

Caliber561

I was thinking it might be a 2887. The thick bevel on the edge of the caseback and the dial text are in line with that, IMO.

interesting. I hadn’t considered that (again, I’m not up on the finer details of the various Connie references).
Am I right in saying the 2887 can be found with both RE and ER spellings?

 

[MtV]

It’s indeed a 2887. What did it go for, in case you know?
A very small number of 50s Connies have appeared with those later linen dials. Our own @MSNWatch owns one if I’m not mistaken, not sure if it’s a 2887 though.

 

[Davidt]

Sold for £1045 GBP. I bid up to £850 held back by my lack of expertise with Connie’s.

 

[Barclay191]

I bid up to 890. I thought MTV is right. It looks like 2887 or 14396(but does not looks like 37mm).

 

[MSNWatch]

IMO it’s a 2887 with the correct dial. Would have gone for it if I was aware of the auction.

 

[Bruce235]

"Consteliation"??? I guess it lost some ink on the second "l"

 

[MSNWatch]

Bruce235

"Consteliation"??? I guess it lost some ink on the second "l"

Crystal scratch.

 

[iamvr]

MSNWatch

IMO it’s a 2887 with the correct dial. Would have gone for it if I was aware of the auction.

I was aware of it but lacked the knowledge 😢. It appears that Omega started to experiment with dial features on that ref. that are more commonly seen in the 60s.

 

[MSNWatch]

Have discussed this with @MtV and this may be the earliest reference that omega used the linen dial in.

 

[Davidt]

ha, of dear, seems this may have been one that got away and I should have been bolder.