That is awesome! I didn't' know those existed. I have been on the lookout for a ladies constellation for my significant other, but perhaps I'll expand my search.
Well, I was going to flip the nice black dial Seamaster I got and get a Constellation but after spending some time here I realized it's a damn nice one and I'm not going to get a Constellation I can afford with an original dial anyway any time soon so I decided to keep it and spent the balance on a Seamaster for my daughter instead. I just couldn't help it. When I saw it I was like Yes! Very happy with this decision. From what I can tell it's a 1972 with a cal 681.
Very nice, I've not seen one of these dive bezel style womens with the 684 movement. I might need to hunt one out for the missus.
Do you happen to have a shot of the caseback to identify the reference?
I love these little womens automatic movements, it still never ceases to amaze me that the same functionality as a 565 movement was all crammed into 17.5mm across.
you did very well - congrats!
The running slow could be many things but a service will sort that out. Flakes from the dial can certainly migrate to the movement so see what the watchmaker says about the dial as it may be possible to work something out with that dial.
These are very cool watches and some years ago I built one (Watchco style) for my wife - it's her favourite watch.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/chr...d-an-amateur-vintage-style-watch-build.18596/
Good luck, Chris
There is usually a lacquer on the top to protect the dial, painted text and so on which is probably what is lifting. It might be possible to remove that and replace with new but it can lead to loss of all the text and no-one can say for sure if it will be possible - sometimes it works and other times it doesn't. I don't like doing this and most watchmakers will be the same and insist that you accept you may lose the dial.
Where are you and do you have a watchmaker that you use? You need someone who has done this before and not everyone will have - I'm almost retired now and not taking on work but there are other vintage specialist watchmakers who should be able to help.
Al, @Archer may be able to say if a maroon (burgundy) dial for a 566.0024 stainless steel case is available in the Omega network. I suspect not...
Cheers, Chris
You guessed correctly Chris - it is no longer available. Omega suggests that the dial be returned to them for restoration. This might actually be one of the rare cases where sending the watch to Omega is not a bad idea, if a replacement dial can't be located.
The running slow could be many things but a service will sort that out. Flakes from the dial can certainly migrate to the movement so see what the watchmaker says about the dial as it may be possible to work something out with that dial.
These are very cool watches and some years ago I built one (Watchco style) for my wife - it's her favourite watch.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/chr...d-an-amateur-vintage-style-watch-build.18596/
Good luck, Chris
