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Connie black dial.....too good not to be a redial????

  1. Banner Roar Nov 11, 2017

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    Looks prepared and case polished. Movement is serviced and a 564.
    Concerns....... star too big and touching the text. The Ad's in automatic are pointed. The edges of the dial facets edges not sharp.

    2nd pic is my other black dial for comparison.
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  2. No Mercy Nov 11, 2017

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    I can see it is redialed at the first sign, indeed a bad redial work.
    Plus: wrong star figure on dial, wrong hand set (all 3 hands), wrong crown, over-polished case.
     
  3. cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Nov 11, 2017

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    Yes, first dial is refinished.
     
  4. 1jansen Nov 11, 2017

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    My example in original black dial is an 18K YG ref.168005/6 cal. 561

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  5. François Pépin Nov 11, 2017

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    Are you sure it is original?
     
  6. 1jansen Nov 11, 2017

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    Pretty sure.
     
  7. 1jansen Nov 11, 2017

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    ...though it does not pass the "rule of Desmond" on the hair cross over the scripts of AUTOMATIC / Constellation.
     
  8. Noddyman Nov 11, 2017

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    I also think your example is redial. The fonts look off to me and the crosshair cuts through Constellation in the wrong place for this reference.
     
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  9. dan7800 Nov 11, 2017

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    My novice eyes say the 1st is refinished. One of the most telling is that the star seems to be touching the word "constellation" (might just be the angle though)
     
  10. No Mercy Nov 11, 2017

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    Just the basic thing to tell yours is redialed: "T Swiss Made T" on a non-luminous dial.
     
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  11. 1jansen Nov 11, 2017

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    I have another example of the same ref.168005/6. Again in 18K YG with original black dial, which I am 100% sure of its originality. But the dial is aged, oc051_a.jpg though in my personal opinion is beautifully aged. Your views are welcome.
     
  12. Noddyman Nov 11, 2017

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    Yep this one looks ok
     
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  13. 1jansen Nov 11, 2017

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    thank you
     
  14. François Pépin Nov 11, 2017

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    Your second one looks good. But the first one definitely looks like a redial to me. (Sorry for the bad news).
     
  15. 1jansen Nov 11, 2017

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    Guys, Thank you for your fair comment.
     
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  16. Banner Roar Nov 11, 2017

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    Great comments and nice to see other examples.
     
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  17. X350 XJR Vintage Omega Aficionado Nov 11, 2017

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    White printing would be a dead giveaway too. :(
     
  18. ConElPueblo Nov 11, 2017

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    Thank you for the nice pictures (2nd one especially!) :thumbsup:

    Adding to the choir, note how the hands are wrong, too. They are for a dome dial Constellation.
     
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