Constellation 14902 - A Bargain?

MtV · Fri. 8:45am

So, this one just finished at 1150€/1350$ roughly at auction.

Described as 14902 Constellation, cal 565.

Here are some pics:

Dial looks clean. Case doesn’t appear overly polished. Not a bad example at all and considering these are 2k+ watches nowadays, it was an absolute steal.

Or was it?

A little quiz to learn something. Maybe the OF establishment can hold back for a minute and let others test their knowledge. 😀

TexOmega · Fri. 9:59am

redial.....the fonts on the "n"'s in Constellation should be different

Minute marks all over the place

theluckyluke · Fri. 10:01am

Thanks for the quiz.. I’ll have a go:

14900 is a precursor to 167.005 so the case isn’t correct as it should be a dog leg.

IIRC the dial should be a two liner as well. This one is clearly a redial, although it looks nice from afar.

Cal 565 that’s with a date..

The hands are too long.

A lot of transplants basically.

In summary that was a steal - you’re getting 3 or 4 watches for the price of only one ✌🏼

MtV · Fri. 4:10pm

Well spotted - even though the seller chose a great hand position to hide the length.

565 is not only a date version, it’s also not a chronometer certified movement.

I‘m sorry for whoever bought this.

jffoo · Fri. 5:29pm

I know alot of fakes don't have the dot for the "i" in constellation

dsio · Fri. 5:39pm

That side view of the case looks a bit on the agricultural side

gatorcpa · Fri. 10:35pm

Absolute frankenwatch.

Cal. 565 is non-chronometer movement that was never used in a Constellation.

Someone paid a lot of money for a few good parts from different watches.
gatorcpa

Peemacgee · Sat. 5:04am

I hope @MtV doesn’t mind but I’m going to tag this example onto the end of his thread because of some similarities with the OP.

This watch is up for auction in Europe - middle of next month.
The description is more or less accurate except that the lot title says NOS.
(The case and dial are particularly nice)

I’ve had a brief (very polite ) email exchange with the auction house explaining why it cannot be NOS but it seems they have chosen not to amend the description.

The difference here is that it has a €2000 starting price.
(Which it wouldn’t warrant even if it was NOS)

Some pics.

gatorcpa · Sat. 8:13am

Peemacgee
I’ve had a brief (very polite ) email exchange with the auction house explaining why it cannot be NOS but it seems they have chosen not to amend the description.

Can you publish a link to the listing so we know which auction house is responsible for this mess?
gatorcpa

Peemacgee · Sat. 8:19am

gatorcpa
Can you publish a link to the listing so we know which auction house is responsible for this mess?
gatorcpa

Hmm - I could but I didn’t want to name and shame just yet as they still have a couple of weeks before the auction, so they could yet see the light.
The auction is in Italy on June 15.
I’m sure that anyone interested could find the lot if they wanted to.

Peemacgee · Sat. 8:24am

For the record- the watch has the wrong hands and the wrong movt, the latter being produced around 4-5 years after the last .004 was produced.
The box is interesting being rectangular ( not ‘squarish’) but it does have Constellation on it - I wonder if it was for a ladies watch?
I don’t believe the hang tag is contemporaneous to the watch but I can’t be sure.
Definitely not NOS which implies all original ‘as new’ and untouched.

omega1994 · Sun. 8:09am

hang tag has new omega logo. not vintage old

Constellation 14902 - A Bargain?

MtV

TexOmega

theluckyluke

MtV

jffoo

dsio

gatorcpa

Peemacgee

gatorcpa

Peemacgee

Peemacgee

omega1994

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