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calart
·Hello,could someone tell me p[ease
was the C shape 168.027 stainless the only case with a solid gold bezel
Thanks
was the C shape 168.027 stainless the only case with a solid gold bezel
Thanks
C Shape gold bezel question
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masteroftime
·No
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calart
·No
apart from all gold watches .Regards
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersAll gold-capped Constellations had solid gold bezels.
But AFAIK, the C case you refer to is the only SS Constellation that had a (white) gold bezel.
But AFAIK, the C case you refer to is the only SS Constellation that had a (white) gold bezel.
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calart
·All gold-capped Constellations had solid gold bezels.
But AFAIK, the C case you refer to is the only SS Constellation that had a (white) gold bezel.
or seen it published
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G___
·To revive this - has anyone seen this published in a period catalogue or de-mounted a bezel and found a hallmark or tested a bezel?
Like @calart, I'm curious about mine, have seen all the comments and read Desmond's treatises (excerpt below) but haven't seen an official/documented/tested source. .
https://omega-constellation-collect...12/constellation-c-shape-omegas-child-of.html
Like @calart, I'm curious about mine, have seen all the comments and read Desmond's treatises (excerpt below) but haven't seen an official/documented/tested source. .
https://omega-constellation-collect...12/constellation-c-shape-omegas-child-of.html
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kaplan
·In Turkey gold testing by XRF is non-existent, but my observation is that gold composition is quite variable, I don't think Omega plated rhodium but it's just a though, Swiss white gold is an impressive allow as being uniformly white, everywhere else it's a yellowish white
Now 168.027 and 168.029 bezels are quite a spread, and I'm pretty sure there is yellow yellow gold in the mix too, I've even seen one seller claim it was 14K yellow gold or something like that
This watch I recently bought for a friend, bezel is yellow I believe, the aftermarket yellow crown's color match is supportive of this too
TL;DR: Anything goes
Now 168.027 and 168.029 bezels are quite a spread, and I'm pretty sure there is yellow yellow gold in the mix too, I've even seen one seller claim it was 14K yellow gold or something like that
This watch I recently bought for a friend, bezel is yellow I believe, the aftermarket yellow crown's color match is supportive of this too
TL;DR: Anything goes
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersI knew I’d read about C cases and rhodium somewhere.
But the outcome is inconclusive.
But the outcome is inconclusive.
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersThis watch I recently bought for a friend, bezel is yellow I believe, the aftermarket yellow crown's color match is supportive of this too
TL;DR: Anything goes
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kaplan
·Thanks for the input.
This tells me it may be time get a better bezel removal tool (the crap Amazon tool won't remove these) and a gold testing kit.
Traditional bezel removers might tarnish the case more
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·Easier to bump it from inside, you can likely use a case opener from inside, yank each side up, loosen all the grit, then bump it from crown side, get in the opening at the bottom with another case opener knife and gently pop out
Traditional bezel removers might tarnish the case more
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kaplan
·To revive this - has anyone seen this published in a period catalogue or de-mounted a bezel and found a hallmark or tested a bezel?
Like @calart, I'm curious about mine, have seen all the comments and read Desmond's treatises (excerpt below) but haven't seen an official/documented/tested source. .
https://omega-constellation-collect...12/constellation-c-shape-omegas-child-of.html
And in case others stumble onto this thread in the future, the yellow cases are even less, their bezels are different and made so thin, there is like 1 gram of 14K gold on them, steel cases have slightly thicker bezels
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G___
·Just saw your original question, no hallmarks, and it's between 1 and 2 grams - if your curiosity was weight related as well
And in case others stumble onto this thread in the future, the yellow cases are even less, their bezels are different and made so thin, there is like 1 gram of 14K gold on them, steel cases have slightly thicker bezels
That's interesting on the thinness, but not surprising given the cost (even then).
I weighed a 10k bezel from a Bulova when I had it apart for cleaning and it was 2.70g.
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