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  1. Banner Roar Oct 19, 2017

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    Sharing what I think is a nice find from the far East. My first curtain dial connie.

    Got is a few months back but has been with SimonF for a service. Movement was in good condition just needed a clean and oil.

    Case looks real nice to me, still has good facet definition. Dial is showing it's age and from living in humid climates. I don't mind this at all. The jumbo size looks great on the wrist.

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  2. TropicConnie Oct 19, 2017

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    Beautiful! I had a Seamaster with a ribbon dial once. Not something one sees every day, and I'd imagine that this, being a Constellation, is much rarer.
     
  3. Peemacgee Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers Oct 19, 2017

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    Congratulations.
    The fact that it’s jumbo is uncommon enough - but with a ‘curtain’ dial too...

    Nice to see an extract for a Connie.
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  4. Banner Roar Oct 19, 2017

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    Agree, I know some forum members don't value them but I do. I apply giving only movement number so when I get back all the information as shown in this example it is a good check for factory originality.
     
  5. harrymai86 Oct 19, 2017

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    I love jumbo size :) congratz on your new addition.
     
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  6. peire06 Oct 19, 2017

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    Nice timepiece. How much did Omega charge you to issue the Extract of the Archives? How long did it take to get it?

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  7. Banner Roar Oct 19, 2017

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    Last time it was 90stg and took 4 weeks to arrive.
     
  8. mikechi22 Oct 19, 2017

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    How big is “jumbo” exactly?
     
  9. peire06 Oct 19, 2017

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    36mm and more.
     
  10. mikechi22 Oct 19, 2017

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    A regular Connie is 34, no? Hard to fathom that an extra 2mm is all it took to be classified as “jumbo”!
     
  11. harrymai86 Oct 19, 2017

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    I believe standard connie is 34.5mm vs 37mm of the jumbo. Much better wrist presence.
     
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  12. BenBagbag Oct 19, 2017

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    Awesome! Very special looking watch! What drove you to get an extract for it?
     
  13. Banner Roar Oct 19, 2017

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    As a default I get an extract for all my watches.
     
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  14. BenBagbag Oct 19, 2017

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    That's awesome. Don't mean to hijak your thread about your really beautiful and interesting jumbo Connie... but... What is the most interesting thing you learnt from an extract / what is the most obscure watch you have gotten an extract for?
     
  15. mikechi22 Oct 19, 2017

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    Great catch! Your watch is really beautiful! Congrats!
     
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  16. mikechi22 Oct 19, 2017

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    I just sent out my 168.018 for service, so can’t measure it, but it wears so much bigger than the two pie pan Connies I have. I wonder if it isn’t larger than the pp’s by a millimeter or two?
     
  17. Banner Roar Oct 19, 2017

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    You never know what extra bit of information can unlock a watches history and bring it alive. Found a black dial connie with BOR bracelet and case in a small rural UK auction house. From the extract I got that it was sent to HK. So through the auction house I asked the seller for if he had a HK connection. I think this got his attention and so I was able to find out he purchased it new while stationed in HK as a UK diplomat in 60/70's. Reading between the lines he was a spy. So, I call this my James Bond Connie.
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  18. Peemacgee Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers Oct 19, 2017

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    The round cases Connies are often called ‘jumbo’ in error - although they may be 35mm (?)
    They do wear bigger than the doglegs or earlier Connies though as the bezel is slimmer.
    (And they come with pie pans too - wearing one of mine at the mo’)
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  19. kaplan Sep 29, 2022

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    Reviving an old thread, I made the same assumption once

    Purchased a grey blue dial C-Case (2 years of looking at all eBay listings 10+ times a day and one of my less than 5 eBay finds) - all original with the bracelet

    It was from the daughter of the original owner, she said his father was a US foreign service officer in HK and PH, and he likely picked the watch from one of those places

    I directly jumped to the best case scenario and consider it a spy watch as well :)
     
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