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  1. dra43b Jul 17, 2020

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    I feel like something's off with this connie but can't quite point it out. Any opinions please? received_353708418952704.jpeg received_715937592321915.jpeg received_996024370818466.jpeg received_1126233517758017.jpeg received_960740784331311.jpeg
     
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  2. Peemacgee Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers Jul 17, 2020

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    I suspect that it has a random gold coloured bezel paired with a SS dogleg case. In turn it’s been paired with a two-tone BOR to complete the ensemble.
     
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  3. connieseamaster Jul 17, 2020

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    I don't hate it. Though I think it would look better once the gunk has been cleaned off the bracelet.
     
  4. dra43b Jul 17, 2020

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    It looked pretty cool at first but it really seemed something was off though can't quite point it out.
     
  5. SkunkPrince Jul 17, 2020

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    I have seen some few instances of gold bezel on otherwise stainless case. I wouldn't say with any certainty that it came from the factory that way, but this is not my first....
     
  6. Peemacgee Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers Jul 17, 2020

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    As far as I'm aware, in the 60s, Omega did Connies in gold and gold cap with gold bezels (some with SS mid cases but capped lugs) but didn't do fully SS cases with (yellow) gold bezels.
    They did do a peculiar (and quite rightly uncommon) gold body C-case with silver coloured bezel

    Who knows what they got up to in the 70s

    Regarding the OP's watch, I don't believe that is even a heavily polished Connie bezel of any type.
     
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  7. Peemacgee Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers Jul 17, 2020

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    Just when you think it's safe to go back in the water.......
    this pops up in my email alerts
    however, I'm not at all convinced all the part of this watch began life together (silver indices and hands and gold bezel?)
    -but with Omega and C-cases all bets are off

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  8. Sherbie Jul 17, 2020

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    Could it be that the original stainless steel bezel was lost, and they simply fitted a gold cap in its place?

    omegas with missing bezel threads are quite common, there is one on the boards now
     
  9. aprax Jul 17, 2020

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    +It's a dog leg case and those come with flat bezels (some counterfeit cases have rounded ones as Mondodec points out in his blog here). The sloped shape of this random bezel is what's clashing here, apart from the colour.
     
  10. Masterofkarate Jul 18, 2020

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    Never seen this with a gold bezel. Probably not original. Other than that it looks legit.